The National Postal Museum "likes the looks" of Everyday Correspondence. The museum tweeted me two weeks ago, but I'm still pretty jazzed about it.
Showing posts with label news article. Show all posts
Showing posts with label news article. Show all posts
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July 20, 2010
Everyday Correspondence and PNT in the News!
Last week I was contacted by Matt Frassica, a reporter for the Louisville Courier-Journal, who was writing an article on e-mail etiquette, and was impressed by PNT's guest series on valedictions. Long story short, I put PNT (real name Preston Thomas) in touch with Frassica - and a story was born!
In the article, Preston is catapulted to the same plane as etiquette authorities Peter Post, grandson of Emily Post, and author Will Schwalble. Out of all those interviewed, however, Preston is the only one who gives a good challenge to the status quo - and for that I applaud him. For example, Frassica writes that:
And since they're topical, here are links to past Everyday Correspondence posts on epistolary etiquette, valedictions, and Emily Post.
In the article, Preston is catapulted to the same plane as etiquette authorities Peter Post, grandson of Emily Post, and author Will Schwalble. Out of all those interviewed, however, Preston is the only one who gives a good challenge to the status quo - and for that I applaud him. For example, Frassica writes that:
Thomas said that "Thanks" owed its pre-eminence in business correspondence to laziness and a pack mentality."For additional quotational gems, you may read the full article available on the newspaper's website.
If you break the norm, you seem like the odd man out," he said. "Maybe the solution is just to grow a spine, put some thought into it and actually pick a word" that fits the situation, he said.
And since they're topical, here are links to past Everyday Correspondence posts on epistolary etiquette, valedictions, and Emily Post.
November 16, 2009
USPS Considering Cut in Service
Story via CNN, U.S. Postal Service Posts $3.8 Billion Loss
It's been speculated for a while that the U.S. Postal Service would eliminate a day of mail service in order to save money, and this news story does nothing but bolster the idea.
How affected or frustrated would you be with the elimination of Saturday mail service? Or, would you prefer that the postal service raise the cost of stamps, by perhaps $.10 each?
It's been speculated for a while that the U.S. Postal Service would eliminate a day of mail service in order to save money, and this news story does nothing but bolster the idea.
How affected or frustrated would you be with the elimination of Saturday mail service? Or, would you prefer that the postal service raise the cost of stamps, by perhaps $.10 each?
November 11, 2009
Penmanship and Politics
Those of you dear readers that live in the United Kingdom are likely already privy to this story, but it was sure news to me here, stateside.
It seems that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has found himself in an extremely embarrassing situation. Attempting to do a good deed by writing a hand written letter to the family of a soldier killed in the the Middle East, Mr. Brown instead insulted the soldier's mother with his poor handwriting and a series of material spelling errors.
It seems that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has found himself in an extremely embarrassing situation. Attempting to do a good deed by writing a hand written letter to the family of a soldier killed in the the Middle East, Mr. Brown instead insulted the soldier's mother with his poor handwriting and a series of material spelling errors.
The situation has gone beyond one family's beef with Mr. Brown and turned into political fodder, readily used by Mr. Brown's opponents in Parliament. From the Daily Mail article:
Tory MP Adam Holloway praised Mr Brown's 'extremely good intentions' in sending letters to bereaved families of soldiers but added: 'It's sort of an allegory for the whole thing - very good intentions but the problem has been in the execution.'The lesson: If you're going to write a letter, write it well.
'We can't write a letter correctly, we can't get the right equipment and as far as I'm concerned, we don't have the right strategy.'
July 20, 2009
Thank Heavens it Wasn't an E-Mail...
that got sent to a junk mail folder, or deleted in the heat of the moment. I'm referring to the letter at the center of this news article.
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