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"We're Nearing the End of Email, Maybe"

This post was written by Penelope Trunk: "The vast majority of electronic communication today is via social media, according to Paul Greenberg, a relationship management consultant. At first I didn't believe it. But then I thought about the viral nature of communication via social networks, and the statistic started to make sense.

So, I have been thinking for a while that I need to stop using email, but I was never sure my hunch was right.  Finally, through the process of deciding to put photos of my kids on my blog, I realized that email is now old-fashioned.  Here's why:

1.     Email is inefficient...

2.     The intimacy of email is overrated...

3.     Your privacy is overrated...

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Source: Brazen Careerist, 23 April 2010. © 2009 Penelope Trunk, reproduced with permission of the author

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on April 26, 2010 (boomark / email).