It’s amazing how many times I get stuck on something, start emailing the responsible team/dev/whatever and in the process of writing the email I figure it out. I keep the drafts of those emails around just in case the sshots or whatever help provide background for subsequent questions.
It’s the same kind of effect when talking out problems, but I’m working with teams in Redmond at the moment and while IM works for most of the knick-knack stuff, the architectural issues are easier to knock out in emails, especially emails I never have to send because I figure out how I want to do X/Y/Z 
TGIF, ya know? Gotsta get ready for ‘s birfday manana
