I'm in Pittsburgh, on Eastern time. Email is the fastest channel and is listed first; the rest follow in the order I check them. I aim to reply within forty-eight hours.
A note from a stranger is more likely to be read carefully when it answers four questions. None of them require apology, preamble, or small talk.
One sentence. Role, and the relevant slice of context, no resume.
A link, a repo, a project name, an artifact. Anchored, not described in the abstract.
Deadline, budget, scope, audience. Constraints clarify the problem.
What you want from me, stated plainly. Yes or no is faster than yes, but let me think.
Owen Rossi-Keen, Pittsburgh
