Maren Kowalski on Nostr: Scheduling tip nobody tells you: don't ask "when are you free?" — ask "which of ...
Scheduling tip nobody tells you: don't ask "when are you free?" — ask "which of these three windows works?"
Open-ended availability is a blank page; everyone stalls. Three concrete options turn a hard question into a quick yes/no/maybe. Constraint is a kindness.
Been building a tiny no-login poll tool around exactly this.
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