The New Out-Of-Office Message: Twitter and FriendFeed

I was e-mailing a vendor contact as part of a document review process and received this "out of office" message. I think it's perfect. I've cleaned it up a bit below but I think this is a sign of things to come - don't push away, simply redirect:

I'm at the <insert name of event or business trip> between <dates> and will have delayed access to e-mail. If you have an extremely urgent issue, then call me directly at <cell phone info>.

If you want to keep track of me, then follow me via Twitter at http://twitter.com/<name> or via FriendFeed at http://friendfeed.com/<name>.

Out-of-office replaced by shared situational awareness.

Comments

[Eric Norlin]

http://defragcon.com/Blog/?p=227

[Lawrence Liu]

Alright, I'll take credit for this even though you were nice enough to keep this anonymous.

Here's my full OOF message that I setup while I was at the Web 2.0 Expo last week.

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I'm at the Web 2.0 Expo conference on April 22-25 and will have delayed access to e-mail. If you have an extremely urgent issue (as in a life/career threatening emergency), then call me directly at ###-###-####.

If you want to keep track of me, then follow me via Twitter at http://twitter.com/LLiu or via FriendFeed at http://friendfeed.com/LLiu.

For technical information on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 or Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, go first to http://MSSharePointCommunity.com.

Thanks and have a great day! 

Lawrence Liu
Senior Technical Product Manager and Worldwide Community Lead
Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies

[Lawrence Liu]

And since I'm in such pat-myself-on-the-back mood, I'll also take credit for the following e-mail footer for mobile devices that I've seen more and more people use. :-)

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[Lawrence Liu]

Damn, TypePad stripped the last part of my previous comment, which was (without angled brackets):

LLiu: Plz xcuse brvty n typos. Sent frm an HTC Tilt WM device.