tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25614437.post2782074090188372865..comments2014-08-04T18:12:12.424-04:00Comments on Hawthorn Thistleberry: Are you busy?Hawthorn Thistleberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00358395505794303985noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25614437.post-21258328743614041492009-03-28T12:21:00.000-04:002009-03-28T12:21:00.000-04:00It seems to me that this is a matter of different ...It seems to me that this is a matter of different communication styles. We ideally bring the right combination of efficiency, courtesy, and content into communications, but that combination is different for different people. It takes work to know the correct way even for people we know well face-to-face, much less for people online. For some people, the "are you busy?" step is a necessary bridge to shift their concentration elsewhere, like a simple HELLO command to a server.litlfroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234742365994968340noreply@blogger.com