What You Can Ask of a Researcher in an Email
Daniel Lemire,
Weblog,
Mar 10, 2008
I am asked things from time to time. I do try to accommodate everyone, but my time is limited (especially these days, when I have five projects, each of which requires 30 percent of my time). If the request is for something very specific and I can get back to you quickly, it has the best chance of success. If it is to comment on an article or to review an essay, then it may take too long for me to do. The same goes for product reviews and/or demonstrations. Daniel Lemire asks that people not ask him to do his programming (Brad Fitzpatrick also wrote a post on this, but I can't repeat - or even link to - the language here). Me, it's my job to do research for you - but that's what I do, all day every day, and I post my results to my website. Which really is the best place to find my research.
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