tl;dr: get to the point in the first line in your emails, and also in the subject.
“TL;DR” is an acronym meaning “Too Long; Didn’t Read” which is used to introduce a quick summary of a longer document – as I did in the first line of this email.
Often when writing an email we are working out our own thoughts of what should be communicated or should happen – which means that the important point usually comes at the end.
But people don’t often read to the end. So it’s important, when you get to the end of your email, to port the most important point up to the top (which I typically do with the TL;DR tag).
And, even better, if you can put it in the subject line, do that too.
Your email is more likely to work that way.
-the Centaur
Pictured: our wedding dragon lamp, sitting on a side table with our wedding DVD, which is sort of a coincidence; and a very cool light bulb.
Discussed: a topic I swear I’ve written about in this blog, but I cannot find via searching past posts.
