If you've sent me an email, and it was important, better re-send it...
... it's not a technology disaster, it's a lifestyle choice.
OK, seriously now. Over the last few months, the number of emails that have actually contained "the message" have got smaller and smaller. Most of my emails now are notifications that someone has posted, either something to do with facebook, or a comment on my blog, or a reply to a forum message I'd left, or something along those lines.
Given how bad email is as a tool for actually tracking histories of communication, and how much better other services are, why not declare email bankrupcy today?
Tell people you are no longer reading emails, and that the best way to get hold of you is to post a message somewhere you WILL read.
(read less)If you've sent me an email, and it was important, better re-send it...
... it's not a technology disaster, it's a lifestyle choice.
OK, seriously now. Over the last few months, the number of emails that have actually contained "the message" have got smaller and smaller. Most of my emails now are notifications that someone has posted, either something to do with facebook, or a comment on my blog, or a reply to a forum message I'd left, or something along those lines.
Given how bad email is...
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