The most digitally native people I know never say hello or goodbye. Instead, we have one long conversation. And it doesn’t matter if that conversation is on Twitter, Skype, Text or otherwise, we just pick up where we left off.
Why is this important?
When you work in the same room as someone you ask them a question that’s popped into your head, or share something that you’ve written without committing to an hour-long conversation. Often, the pleasantries we introduce because of distance prevents us from talking to each other. We just don’t have time to have those empty pleasant exchanges EVERY TIME we want to touch base on something. If you, like me, work remotely with a lot of different people, the sum of those hellos and goodbyes make a rather significant time-sponge.
Picture by Mark Sardella
