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Re:Killing Email: How and Why I Ditched My Inbox by timbonicus on Tuesday March 15, 2011 @01:26PM (#2328461)

  I’ve found that I don’t need to check Twitter as often, or spend as long
  processing it. It’s not an always-connected, always-communicating tool
  that some people think it is — you can choose when and what to process,
  and only do it 1-2 times a day if you like, scanning your messages and
  not necessarily replying unless you feel the need to do so. It will be
  another inbox, but not as tyrannical as email.
This sounds remarkably like email to me. I don't understand the difference. I was expecting an article about ditching email-type communication entirely, which I wouldn't dream of doing but would be an interesting experiment.
Re:Killing Email: How and Why I Ditched My Inbox by SkyMarshal on Tuesday March 15, 2011 @01:34PM (#2328503)
Agreed. It sounds like he's throwing out the baby with the bathwater, and then badly re-inventing it with a hodgepodge of other services.
Re:Killing Email: How and Why I Ditched My Inbox by jfeldstein2 on Tuesday March 15, 2011 @02:15PM (#2328688)
Came here to post the same. The problem has more to do with how he uses online communication than with any particular tool.
Re:Killing Email: How and Why I Ditched My Inbox by mfonda on Tuesday March 15, 2011 @01:33PM (#2328497)
As for ditching email-like communications entirely, it worked well for Donald Knuth: http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/email.html

Perhaps one day I will try it out!

Re:Killing Email: How and Why I Ditched My Inbox by 51Cards on Tuesday March 15, 2011 @01:54PM (#2328610)
Even he still requires email from time to time he admits, he just proxies them through his secretary. I wish I had one of those myself to filter my communications with the world. Then I wouldn't have email or anything. Just a wonderful assistant who managed it all and let me be free to focus on other things. I need me a Pepper Potts to my Tony Stark dammit!