# (1 of 5): Jennifer Grucza » jennifergrucza.com

21 hours, 9 minutes after the fact. (Wed 03 Aug 2005, 12:10 PM CST)

Hmm, I would say the 987.654.3210 is the lazy form, since it's easier to reach the period on the keyboard than either the hyphen or parentheses. If I'm trying to be pretty, I tend to go for the parens, but lately I've been getting out of that... There's not much reason for the area code to be separate anymore, at least in my area, because you have to dial the whole 10 digit number anyway.

I really don't like the +1 because it just seems confusing to me, like it's supposed to be an international number or something.

Then there's the really lazy way: 987 654 3210. Just use spaces.

# (2 of 5): Matthom

1 day, 1 hour after the fact. (Wed 03 Aug 2005, 4:05 PM CST)

Hee... guess I'm too nit-picky about it.

Personally, I hate phone numbers - they're like IP addresses - who remembers a random string of numbers? I can't believe I ever did.

The worst is when radio commercials repeat them 5 times in the same commercial. Argh! Stop wasting my brain space on useless information.

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# (3 of 5): Mark Mathson » keenpath.com

1 year, 12 months after the fact. (Wed 01 Aug 2007, 9:25 AM CST)

Now that I look, I prefer the 'classic' as well. What do you think about international number formatting?

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# (4 of 5): Alvin Phot

2 years, 1 month after the fact. (Mon 17 Sep 2007, 10:37 AM CST)

You folks need to get a life. Do you also have discussions about the visual appeal of perforation placement on postage stamps?

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# (5 of 5): Mark Mathson » keenpath.com

2 years, 9 months after the fact. (Fri 16 May 2008, 9:00 AM CST)

I prefer a left-sided perforation placement on a postage stamp. ;-)

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