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These are my slides for the Jam Session at the EuroIA 2008. Just a proposal to kill the noise at mailing list digest.
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Mailing Lists Digests in Infoxication Age
Olga RevillaItakora.com
Mailing list digests?
• Recopilation of emails sent to a mailing list.• You receive 1 only mail with all the mails sent
that day.
• Mailing lists you will probably know and participate:– Cadius.– IAI List.– Yahoo Groups.– Google Groups.– ...
A normal day at [email protected]
“Iai-Members Digest, Vol 33, Issue 18”73 messages that are equivalent to...
MS-Word PagesWords
These digests
&
My opinion about them
Why are they soooooo long?
• Many people contributed to the list • Many useless words received
Statistics
12478 wor ds
61 wor ds661 wor ds
11442 wor ds
• Digest total = 24.642 words
IndexInstructions
Real emails
Replied email (not quotes)
Let’s do the laundry!
Instructions
Why not an only hiperlink to them?
Read help and instructions on this list
61 words 7 words
IndexWhy not grouping email by subject?
507 words 258 words
Replied email (not quotes)
12.478 words 0 words
Real email
Head
Body
Signatures (contact info, legal advices and so on)
8022 words
1950 words
1470 words
Real email. Head
Euro IA Jam Session Olga Revilla: …. Ariel Guersenzvaig: .... Louis Rosenfeld: ....
---------- Mensaje reenviado ----------From: Olga Revilla ([email protected])To: [email protected]: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:42:22 +0000Subject: Euro IA Jam Session
Real email. Signature
Euro IA Jam Session Olga Revilla: …. Ariel Guersenzvaig: .... Louis Rosenfeld: ....
Olga [email protected] Phone: XXXXXXMessenger: XXXXXXX
CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT. The information contained in this e-mail message, including attachments, is the confidential information of, and/or is the property of, Vanguard. The information is intended for use solely by the individual or entity named in the message. If you are not an intended recipient or you received this in error, then any review, printing, copying, or distribution of any such information is prohibited, and please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this e-mail from your system.
Euro IA Jam Session Olga Revilla: …. Ariel Guersenzvaig: .... Louis Rosenfeld:
Real email. Head & signature only on request
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:13:41 -0700 (PDT) Email: [email protected]
Signature:Olga [email protected] Phone: XXXXXXMessenger: XXXXXXX
CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT. The information contained in this e-mail message, including attachments, is the confidential information of, and/or is the property of, Vanguard. The information is intended for use solely by the individual or entity named in the message. If you are not an intended recipient or you received this in error, then any review, printing, copying, or distribution of any such information is prohibited, and please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this e-mail from your system.
Let’s hang the laundry
MS-Word PagesWords
2/3 of words are useless =
2/3 less of words out of first eyesight=
100% noise reducted ?
Still some challenges...
• 30 Word pages• How to do it plain text?• Notify there are previous emails on this
subject
Programmer’s of the world:
don’t let the penguin suffer so more
