The idea
What you're building, exploring, or stuck on — in plain words.
Contact
The direct line
A collaboration, a question, or the idea you've been sitting on — it all lands in the same inbox, and I answer it myself.
What helps
What makes a good first note
No polish required. A few lines of real context beat a formal proposal every time.
The timing
Any deadline or decision window that shapes a useful reply.
The ask
What a good outcome looks like — feedback, a collaboration, or just a nudge.
Response commitment
A recorded note gets a real reply
No auto-responder pretending to be me. If the window passes, the fallback path below still reaches me.
- Person or team
- Ray Porrello
- Response window
- One business day
- Fallback contact
- If a business day passes, email ray@raymondporrello.com and include your reference number.
The reference number lets me trace your note without asking you to resend everything.
The form
A few lines is plenty.
Written like a text beats written like a proposal. The note is recorded before you get a reference number back, so nothing gets lost — and the reference is how we pick the thread up later.
- Recorded first
- The note is recorded before the reference number is issued.
- A reference back
- You get a reference number — and a receipt hash on the enhanced path — as proof it landed.
- A real reply
- I read every note and answer it myself — the response commitment is below.