I last updated my signature file about 15 years ago, when I began writing this column. ADAs the use of email spread to different communities, so did the form that signature files took. “Similarly, the ‘quote’ email signature — song titles, sayings, famous writers — are obviously key in the emergence of our ‘status update’ social media landscape.”ADMcGee said that expressing your personality through an email signature is akin to picking out a Zoom background. Like everything in our modern world, signature files are not immune from petty griping. “I remember noticing the email signature of a leading ‘celebrity’ academic who simply signed with a first name.

Source: Washington Post June 09, 2020 18:56 UTC