Posts Tagged ‘email’

How much is “free” worth?

Posted on March 9th, 2010 by by carl

This past week, I received several spam emails offering me free items that I knew were fake so I simply deleted the emails. You’ve probably received the same.
You’ve probably also received emails or seen offers for legitimate free things related to your career and wondered about the value.
Free resume critiques
Free job boards
Free answers to [...]

Rule of the day: Sarcasm should have its own font

Posted on January 24th, 2010 by by carl

The rule of the day relates to how sarcasm should have its own font just so it’s perfectly clear that the person writing the sarcasm is actually being sarcastic.
Have you ever read an email (or a newspaper article, Internet article, magazine article, etc) and wondered if the person writing it was being serious or sarcastic?
I’ve [...]