Comments on: Emotipro & Con http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/12/07/emotipro-con/ Fascinating, Inspiring, Rewarding and Engaging kinded spirits. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:34:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Fortunalee http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/12/07/emotipro-con/#comment-148881 Fortunalee Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:04:36 +0000 http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/12/07/emotipro-con/#comment-148881 >> Far less troubling than the fact that we are raising a generation who will not be able to spell, after the marathon texting. Jennifer: On the other hand, should we eventually reach the stars, those same "youngsters" that couldn't spell, will be able to communicate between worlds with a minimum of energy expended, when sending microwave bursts with packets of information. Pardon me, my science fiction is showing... >> Far less troubling than the fact that we are raising a generation who will not be able to spell, after the marathon texting.

Jennifer:

On the other hand, should we eventually reach the stars, those same “youngsters” that couldn’t spell, will be able to communicate between worlds with a minimum of energy expended, when sending microwave bursts with packets of information.

Pardon me, my science fiction is showing…

]]> By: Billy http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/12/07/emotipro-con/#comment-148720 Billy Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:34:26 +0000 http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/12/07/emotipro-con/#comment-148720 www.emoticonsareawesome.com is now for sale to the highest bidder... FYI http://www.emoticonsareawesome.com is now for sale to the highest bidder…

FYI

]]> By: Christy http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/12/07/emotipro-con/#comment-148651 Christy Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:36:38 +0000 http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/12/07/emotipro-con/#comment-148651 Re: -30- Let's just say that we had to explain what # # # meant at the end of a press release. Shorthand helps, only if you know it. As a "remote employee," I definitely use emoticons in email to help establish familiarity with new people I'm working with internally. Come on! How dull would a place be to work if you couldn't throw around a few jokes? It really helps lighten the load. However, when emoticons are used *instead* of communication, that's when I start to have a problem with it. Toss me right up on that fence. Re: -30-
Let’s just say that we had to explain what # # # meant at the end of a press release.

Shorthand helps, only if you know it.

As a “remote employee,” I definitely use emoticons in email to help establish familiarity with new people I’m working with internally. Come on! How dull would a place be to work if you couldn’t throw around a few jokes? It really helps lighten the load.

However, when emoticons are used *instead* of communication, that’s when I start to have a problem with it.

Toss me right up on that fence.

]]> By: Jennifer http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/12/07/emotipro-con/#comment-148650 Jennifer Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:33:38 +0000 http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/12/07/emotipro-con/#comment-148650 I personally am rather rudimentary with my emoticons, so I tend to pepper my emails with things like {shrug} or {sigh} or {with a heavy heart} (yes... I actually ADD words in this context... but that's to be expected from me). But overall... I'm going to say that those animated emoticons that jump up and down or blow you kisses... totally inappropriate for the workplace... or for the world. But I do see the basic ones as a fairly innocuous addition to e-language. Far less troubling than the fact that we are raising a generation who will not be able to spell, after the marathon texting. I personally am rather rudimentary with my emoticons, so I tend to pepper my emails with things like {shrug} or {sigh} or {with a heavy heart} (yes… I actually ADD words in this context… but that’s to be expected from me). But overall… I’m going to say that those animated emoticons that jump up and down or blow you kisses… totally inappropriate for the workplace… or for the world. But I do see the basic ones as a fairly innocuous addition to e-language. Far less troubling than the fact that we are raising a generation who will not be able to spell, after the marathon texting.

]]> By: Fortunalee http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/12/07/emotipro-con/#comment-148529 Fortunalee Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:11:59 +0000 http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/12/07/emotipro-con/#comment-148529 Occassionally I have to restrain myself from putting an emoticon in a business email, even though I know it would succinctly convey my true meaning. Then I remember that not everyone has been online forever and a day, and not everyone knows what ;) means, much less k:) Every generation (and most professions) have their own shorthand, whether it's visual or verbal. Who's to say that :-\ is any less valid than -30- ? Occassionally I have to restrain myself from putting an emoticon in a business email, even though I know it would succinctly convey my true meaning. Then I remember that not everyone has been online forever and a day, and not everyone knows what ;) means, much less k:)

Every generation (and most professions) have their own shorthand, whether it’s visual or verbal. Who’s to say that :-\ is any less valid than -30- ?

]]> By: Lauren http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/12/07/emotipro-con/#comment-148525 Lauren Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:32:42 +0000 http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/12/07/emotipro-con/#comment-148525 I'm sending Spike an anti-resume this weekend, and after reading this rant, rest assured that it will be emoticon-free (although, there's a perfect example of an instance when emoticons are completely inappropriate.) Emails, on the other hand? I think olivier Blanchard is on to something when he says, "Maybe it's email that's the devil." When Hemingway wrote, his sole intention was to tell a story with strings of beautiful words. The intention behind an office email is to send a message using a faster medium than verbal conversation with each employee would provide, and I think the smiley face at the end of a sentence is just an attempt to electronically replace the smile that one would give if s/he was involved in a face-to-face conversation. I’m sending Spike an anti-resume this weekend, and after reading this rant, rest assured that it will be emoticon-free (although, there’s a perfect example of an instance when emoticons are completely inappropriate.)

Emails, on the other hand? I think olivier Blanchard is on to something when he says, “Maybe it’s email that’s the devil.” When Hemingway wrote, his sole intention was to tell a story with strings of beautiful words. The intention behind an office email is to send a message using a faster medium than verbal conversation with each employee would provide, and I think the smiley face at the end of a sentence is just an attempt to electronically replace the smile that one would give if s/he was involved in a face-to-face conversation.

]]> By: Wendy Jo http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/12/07/emotipro-con/#comment-148512 Wendy Jo Sat, 08 Dec 2007 05:07:38 +0000 http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/12/07/emotipro-con/#comment-148512 Gee, Stephenie...you took the words right out of my mouth. Gee, Stephenie…you took the words right out of my mouth.

]]> By: stephenie http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/12/07/emotipro-con/#comment-148501 stephenie Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:36:51 +0000 http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/12/07/emotipro-con/#comment-148501 I have to say that the conversation here never ceases to amaze me. Now, I use emoticons when I am emailing friends and even in some less important work emails, as well as LOL, etc... and I see some fun in using them. However, in a work situation, (Sorry V) I have agree with Spike. If I am sending a professional email, the teacher in me will not allow for the cute little emoticons, no matter how much I want to at times. I find that I type much more specifically to help indicate what I am trying to convey - sarcasm, seriousness, etc... because I can't justify the goofiness at work. That said, Spike I like your eyebrow ring and Virginia, this conversation has me ROTFLMFAO... Thanks for a good Friday discussion. I have to say that the conversation here never ceases to amaze me. Now, I use emoticons when I am emailing friends and even in some less important work emails, as well as LOL, etc… and I see some fun in using them.

However, in a work situation, (Sorry V) I have agree with Spike. If I am sending a professional email, the teacher in me will not allow for the cute little emoticons, no matter how much I want to at times. I find that I type much more specifically to help indicate what I am trying to convey - sarcasm, seriousness, etc… because I can’t justify the goofiness at work.

That said, Spike I like your eyebrow ring and Virginia, this conversation has me ROTFLMFAO… Thanks for a good Friday discussion.

]]> By: Billy http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/12/07/emotipro-con/#comment-148500 Billy Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:35:24 +0000 http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/12/07/emotipro-con/#comment-148500 I just purchased www.emoticonsareawesome.com. I'm just sayin'. I just purchased http://www.emoticonsareawesome.com.

I’m just sayin’.

]]> By: Spike http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/12/07/emotipro-con/#comment-148497 Spike Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:20:33 +0000 http://brainsonfire.com/blog/2007/12/07/emotipro-con/#comment-148497 VeeDub, it's more of an eyebrow piercing than an eyebrow ring, and you're obsessed with it. I'm getting three more tomorrow. VeeDub, it’s more of an eyebrow piercing than an eyebrow ring, and you’re obsessed with it.

I’m getting three more tomorrow.

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