What I was trying to say is that over the past four years email has replaced IM, Facebook and Twitter as the "leading edge" for my social interactions now, even though I'm not in the business world. They were popular, but they're now mostly on the periphery.
Re:Why Email isn't Dying
by the_real_r2d2 on Tuesday October 20, 2009 @12:35PM
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In the corporate world, e-mail is the king. But it is because there is not anything better. It has a lot of problems and it has a broken model for today standards, but still is the best so far.
Email is till considered leeding edge for a lot of traditional business, with the phone being the preferred comm tool still.
I really wish email was better, threaded, open .. you name it but it just isn't happening.
I'm shocked (and pleased) when a client messages me on FB or through TW. Although it always leads to a phone call or email (not to mention face-to-face meeting) when we "get down to it".