How we successfully killed eMail (almost)

On my blog: Killing eMail

(in 140 characters or less) with Alan and a thought exchange with Luis got me thinking (again) about the death of eMail, namely the death wish the #SocBiz movement has for it. When looking at the general discussion three items constantly get mixed up: "eMail the transport" (SMTP for that matter) "eMail the software" to deal with what arrives "eMail the habit" -- of swamping people with irrelevant information and hiding relevant information from others The transport is a wild success and together with http holds the intertubes together. Innovation in the inbox (which I'm quite fond of ) has been rather glacial (unless Store form in document Embedded Experiences , with their painful network dependency, are the next big thing). There areh a few pockets of hope . . Kicking the habit is what #SocBiz is all about (yes - this is a gross simplification) Of course all the software ...

Full article: http://www.wissel.net/blog/d6plinks/SHWL-93T6JS