Roughly 30% Apology
A few days back, I asked folks what they were using for their .sig emails sent via mobile phone. Attached are 30+ response that I received. Interestingly, some form of apology was included in roughly 30% of the sigs.
- “Sent from my iPhone - please forgive any typographical errors” jpkang
- “pecked on a virtual keyboard” robknight
- “…sent when mobile” soumitra
- “Sent from my iWalrus.” sfslim
- “Mmmmm…fried chicken” SenorDanimal
- “From my iPhone - Sorry for the brevity” sanguish
- “Sent from the internets” sfkeydel
- “(mobile)” cromwell
- “sent from my mobile, with my apologies” 154
- “From the Internet”. As if it’d be from anywhere else. asonanthonyguy
- “Sent from Dorris” — cause that’s what I call her. whlteXbread
- “-Tim” People shouldn’t need to know (or care) where I am when I contact them. Just my .02 cents. tiglu
- “LOVE DAVE” ascetics
- “Greg via jesusphone” gregburkman
- “Sent from awesome.” nevenmrgan
- “sent without a computer.” morgantepell
- “sent via iPhone - verbose email to follow.” qsprn
- “Fat fingers, small keys: This message may be garbled. Sent from my iPhone.” mikebach
- “[tiny keyboard, typos expected]” bobtiki
- “null” pberry
- “Sent from my iBrain” altoloco
- “via positivity vibes” Shahbaa
- My business partner’s is “Sent from my I phone” (sic). I don’t have the heart to correct him. keylager
- “Sent on the go.” ddej
- “Sent from my Google Phone. Please forgive any top-posting.” mischakrilov
- “Sent from my iPhone, so please assume all speeling misteaks are Apple’s fault, not mine. Natch.” rodbegbie
- “Sent from my iPhone — Aren’t I special?” stevebirney
- “My Name (my.cell.number)” drewsblues
- “apologies for terseness and typos-sent via iPhone” alancfrancis
- “Sent with opposable digital input”, which recently replaced “I type my thumb at you, sir”. GoTrevGo
- “Using my thumbs / @ xxx.xxx.xxxx” amitrunchal
- “sent via iphone, expect typos” Sygnon
- This mail has been caringly finger-crafted on an iPhone and then passed along to you over the subether, using some technologically advanced magic.” bzavier
