Sent from my iPhone.
By Robin Lohkamp
while i love my iphone am not afraid to show it, i have to wonder what my new email signature says about me. on-trend early adopter? check. but as a freelancer, it also admits to any client e-mail recipient that i am definitely not in my office. which is exactly where i should be, busily branding on their behalf. might as well admit my email was “sent from the elliptical machine at penfield fitness and racquet club”, “sent from my target holiday shopping extravaganza” or “sent from my long-overdue hair appointment at scott miller.”
so i ask you, status symbol sign-off or blatant out-of-office tip-off? discuss.
December 13th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
I would have just assumed you were out making things happen, typing on way to a meeting, responding from the green room of an industry think tank symposium, etc. But now you’ve kind of blown it.
December 19th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
don’t come crying to me for an iphone bailout. (not to be confused with an iphone blowout)
December 30th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
And if you find yourself with downtime but no computer handy, you could write blog posts from your iPhone: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=285073074&mt=8
January 8th, 2009 at 10:24 am
You can remove the email signature, or change it to something like; “Sent from my office”
(If you want to change it, go to “Settings”, “Mail, Contacts, and Calendars”, then scroll down to “Signature”)
January 10th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
I got the iPhone 3G the day it came out last year, and it is the most amazing device I never knew I needed. I have to confess the first time I received emails from people that ended with “Sent from my iPhone” I thought that was kind of a pretentious thing to write, hehe. I didn’t realize that was the automatic default sign off. Now, I see it and think, “Hello, fellow member of the cult.” Back on topic, I wouldn’t think you weren’t busy working, but between things like Matt said. I think it could also be construed as saying, “I’m thinking of you even when I’m not at my desk,” the place where the best ideas come from anyway.
Those alternate sign-offs are pretty funny.
January 13th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
i think it all depends on the person doing the sending. from the web guy, its expected. from the owner of the company, its pompous. judgmental? yes. but wasn’t that the question?