ways we can connect

chat with me in the hallways
- blog | twitter | facebook | These are the pin-up walls and bulletin boards that line the hallways of the Atelier. Get a peak into my sketchbook, check out the latest announcements, answer the Question of the Day, leave a comment, or just hang out.

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subscribe to the aerogramme
- about twice-monthly (rarely more, sometimes less) digest of what’s happening at the Works [ just enter your address under the envelope on the right ]

While it is a nifty and convenient missive, the Aerogramme is not a special advance notice or discount list. Subscribe to it if you prefer to receive updates from me via email, but know that you won’t be missing out if you prefer to connect via blog feed, twitter or facebook. As a champion of the lean inbox, I don’t want more notes being slipped under your office door than you’d like simply because there’s no other way to get the information. For that reason, all channels receive similar broadcasts.

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slip a virtual note under my virtual office door
- question? rave? please send your email message to:

hello [at] thirdhandworks [dot] com

If your inquiry is about my participation in an event for your readers, clients or colleagues, please read this first.

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deliver a real note to my real mailbox
- I love snail mail! It’s almost as good as meeting someone you’ve only known from conversing online or by telephone. It’s so delightfully real. Send your missives and parcels to…

Cairene MacDonald
Third Hand Works
PO Box 31113
Portland, OR 97231

some important notes about how I use email, social media and the telephone

Because we all use these tools differently.

Most of my working hours are spent in my studio. It’s where I create the juicy materials that (hopefully) rock your time-management world and where I most love to be. And for reasons of creativity and productivity, that space is internet and telephone free.

I visit my office most weekday afternoons (that’s Pacific time) to answer email. In between those spaces, we might pass in the hallways and have the chance to say hello via Twitter or Facebook.

If you don’t receive a reply to your email message within 1-3 days, please know I’m probably just immersed in a project or considering my response (some questions are easier to answer than others). A reply is coming.

Same goes for blog comments and Twitter/Facebook conversations. I simply don’t spend much time hanging out in the hallways of the Works – and may not see that note you’ve left on the bulletin board until the next time I emerge from my studio (though I will be delighted to find it there when I do).

As for the telephone… I use it almost exclusively for scheduled conversations. Again, for reasons of creativity and productivity (and perhaps one too many gigs as a receptionist), a ringing telephone is something I usually avoid. Email is the best way to get in touch.