Comments on: Email obsolete? Is that even possible?

By: Sally J.

Sally J. — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:16:00 +0000

Denise and Grace -->Thanks for stopping by an commenting.

I have at least two friends (over 40, mind you) who only check email once a week at the most.

Personally, I'm growing weary of email. The spam alone is a good argument for scrapping it all and starting over. But I don't use any of the alternatives (IM/chat, facebook, myspace, twitter) and I'm not real eager to spend any time with them.

All I'm saying is email is not the amazing wonder it used to be.

Maybe it will stick around for business and commercial use, I dunno. Only time will tell.

By: Grace

Grace — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:39:00 +0000

I think people are putting too much focus on teenagers as predictors of future technology use. When I was in college, I was on instant messenger 24-7. But since getting a job (and all my friends who I’d chat with getting jobs), I am rarely on it. Maybe once a weekend.

And I feel old-fogeyish saying this (and I’m only 25), but I do not understand the appeal of Twitter at all.

By: Moultrie Creek

Moultrie Creek — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:02:00 +0000

Although I’m on a crusade at work to move a lot of the “all user” messages out of my inbox to the employee intranet, I don’t see email going away anytime soon. Commercial instant messaging (AIM, Yahoo, Google, etc.) is still to dangerous for most business networks and few organizations want their internal content posted on sites they don’t control (MySpace, YouTube, etc.). What I would like to see is companies providing enterprise newsreader systems – think Bloglines or GoogleReader installed on a company server just for employees. This would allow the distribution of company information to employees both at their desks and on the road. Much more efficient that email too.