I'm with you on this Kevin, I'm not a fan of the real-time interruptions ... On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 7:31 AM, Kevin Carson < [email protected]> wrote:
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It is alive! The Death of Email Has Been Severely Exaggerated
The power of email is that it is asynchronous (the recipient can read it whenever they want), it can be personalized to the user (unlike a Twitter post where everyone reads the same message), it is inexpensive to send (unlike direct mail), free to receive (unlike SMS), it is very trackable, and it is easy to access for almost every American with a wallet.
I agree. I think preference for email has more to do with the nature of the task, and the personality type of the user, than with generation.
For me, the apogee of communications media--aside from limited task-oriented use of social media--are the landline phone with answering machine and old-fashioned email.
I hate cell phones, and I hate the idea of having to interrupt what I'm doing to respond to a text every time the damn thing buzzes about as much as I hate the idea of having to interrupt what I'm doing to answer a phone call. The same thing applies to an IM bugging you while you're trying to work on something.
The thing I love about email is that it's a non-realtime medium, so you can answer it whenever it's convenient, and organize your thoughts. And you can do so without the space constraints or cost of a text.
If I could install an answering machine on my doorbell, I would.
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