| Man cuts email use 80 percent in a week... but for what? (Yahoo! Tech Advisors) IBM's Luis Suarez got "tired" of answering email every morning, which he says sucked hours out of every day. Rather than moan about it and maybe install a plug-in to help him cope, Suarez did something drastic. He just stopped using email. How does a guy that works at a place like IBM get away with "stopping" the use of email? Very carefully. But seriously, there's something to this: ... us.rd.yahoo.com |
Business email will eventually be replaced by more accessible forms of communication like Twitter and company wikis. (Fast Company Magazine) Over the past two years, email has been increasingly bypassed in favor of simpler forms of communication. According to Alex Iskold , " The increasing speed of our lives and global connectivity reduces the need for lengthy emails. If we're in touch more often, then we reveal less every time we talk. Shorter, more frequent exchanges are replacing the lengthier communication of the past." us.rd.yahoo.com |
You’ve Been Talking (or Pressing ‘Send’) in Your Sleep An article in the journal Sleep Medicine shows that we can send e-mail even when we seem to be sound asleep. nytimes.com |
An Empty In-Box, or With Just a Few E-Mail Messages? Read On Suggestions for maintaining an empty in-box, a goal that has tantalized many since the dawn of e-mail. nytimes.com |
Anger Leads to Apology From Google About Buzz The company is disabling Buzz’s much-criticized auto-follow feature, which had been intended to make it easy for people to start using the service. nytimes.com |