communication

A human will help you

Most of us use the "new media" all day long, but don't have the slightest idea whom to contact about it. That's not the way it should be, writes Mike Pilewski.

Adopt a word

Dagmar Taylor asks: "What's your favourite word? Would you pay to adopt it?"

play phone tag

respond to a telephone message by leaving another message, without either person ever getting to talk to the other (einander hinterhertelefonieren)

Many rules haven't changed since the days of letter-writing.

Writing e-mails - Medium

E-mail provides a quick and uncomplicated way of communicating. So what's so difficult about writing it? Nothing, if you know the rules. Find out what they are in our latest exercise.

Toby's top tips for better e-mail

Improve your e-mails in English! Toby Skingsley shares his top five tips in this week's podcast.

How not to send an e-mail

"It doesn't matter how well your e-mail is written if nobody opens it," writes Mike Pilewski.

An e-mail to Bacchus in Britain

Inez Sharp writes: "A lot is happening on the English wine scene."

BP Group Chief Executive Tony Hayward discusses the operation with a US Coast Guard. Photo: BP

How not to apologize for a disaster - Difficult

The managers at BP have made every mistake in the book in handling the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. We look at the details of these gaffes and discuss cultural differences in the behaviour expected in the US and the UK.

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Eamonn Fitzgerald writes: "Chatroulette is like speed-dating thousands of people."

Telling wry stories with Google Maps

Eamonn Fitzgerald writes: "Nobody, not even the makers, has any idea what people will do with today's new communication technologies."

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