Wikinomics Part 2

News Flash there is a follow up book to Wikinomics.  I received this in a feed this morning.  I then went to the book's website.  http://www.macrowikinomics.com/about/.  This book take the ideas of collaboration that were the key to the first book and applies them to the society and world as a whole. 

The site advertises it as "Macrowikinomics offers nothing less than a game plan for all of us to fix a broken world" (http://www.macrowikinomics.com/about/).

I have ordered mine.

John

Gmail Enhancements

Lifehacker had an article today about enhancements that Gmail is making to their platform.  http://lifehacker.com/5684224/compose-gmail-messages-with-cc-and-bcc-with-semi+secret-shortcuts?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lifehacker%2Ffull+%28Lifehacker%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

It also led to this shortcut link: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2010/11/undocumented-gmail-shortcuts-for.html

We use gmail or some other client like it is our third hand.  As a distance educator email is my primary method of communicating with my students.  How effective is what I type.  I have gotten feedback that perhaps I am too direct in emails and do not add enough feel good fluff.  Effective communciation via email is it possible or is it a matter of interpretation.