how many ways do we need to have 'forms of email' sent to us?
I first started doing email back in the early 80's. in the mid 80's, I actually taught a 1 week course (corp level) in sysadmin of global email systems. even in the 80's email was fast and efficient.
enter the IM age. I don't get it. I never got it. friends and even co-workers are using IM and asking me to join in. I refuse. email does all I need, keeps all the correspondence in one spot (easily searched and archived on my own system) and its also one TCP port to keep open, secure down and manage. having 2 or 3 open ports that 'also do text exchange' seems redundant to me.
if anything, email has gotton faster. someone across the country hits 'send' and in less than 3 seconds I have the message here. do I need it to be faster than that?
I also like having time to compose a reply. having me type while the other guys is actively typing seems absurd. I don't need that kind of distraction
now enter twitter. seemingly an email blaster but using short text bits instead of real emails.
it really seems like a solution looking for a problem. things like that often die out once the 'kick' has worn off.
email is industrial strength and does the job. little bitty text 'mails' that aren't even mail have no place in my world.
....now get off my lawn
