1 Prepare the note first #
- Delete duplicate lines and anything the recipient does not need.
- Add a short title that says what the note is, not when it was made.
- Keep the paragraphs you would keep in an email; one long block is hard to scan on a phone.
- Check for personal data before you paste: names, order numbers, addresses, screen shots of chats.
If other people will edit or comment on the text instead of only reading it, compare paste links and shared documents.
2 Create, verify, and send #
- Paste the text and choose an expiration if the link is temporary.
- Create the share URL — no account is required.
- Open the result and read it once on a narrow window to check the wrapping.
- Send the complete URL with one sentence of context.
Note
Anyone who has the unlisted URL can read it. Send it only to the people who need it, and prefer a short expiration for anything temporary.