{"id":3366,"date":"2011-07-12T09:22:44","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T14:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/?p=3366"},"modified":"2011-07-12T14:31:53","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T19:31:53","slug":"noemail-on-wral-g-as-email-killer-email-dead-by-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/noemail-on-wral-g-as-email-killer-email-dead-by-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"#noemail on WRAL, G+ as email killer, email dead by 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/wraltraffic\/\">Brian Shrader<\/a> of WRAL shot some footage for a #noemail story a few weeks back. He had the story ready before Google Plus was announced, so it may seem a little dated instead of forward looking. Nonetheless he did a great job including digging up some ancient email footage which some old time computer geeks will appreciate. Last night the story ran on the 6 pm news as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wral.com\/news\/local\/story\/9845514\/\">&#8220;UNC professor tries to go email free&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"320\" height=\"180\" id=\"_65948107\" data=\"http:\/\/wwwcache.wral.com\/presentation\/v2\/flash\/video\/vp-wral.swf?v=20100913a\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/wwwcache.wral.com\/presentation\/v2\/flash\/video\/vp-wral.swf?v=20100913a\" \/><param name=\"index\" value=\"-1\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"config={'url':'http:\/\/www.wral.com\/news\/local\/video\/9847680\/?version=fpconfig','plugins':{}}\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/\">PC World<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/elgan.com\/\">Mike Elgan<\/a> writes about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/235433\/how_google_ends_social_networking_fatigue.html\">&#8220;How Google+ Ends Social Networking Fatigue.&#8221;<\/a> The money quote for me is: <em>&#8220;Google+ is the first email replacement I&#8217;ve ever seen that&#8217;s actually better than email.&#8221;<\/em> I completely agree. Mike also points back to his 2010 Computer World article, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/s\/article\/print\/9131438\/How_to_kill_e_mail_before_it_kills_you_\">&#8220;How to kill e-mail (before it kills you)&#8221;<\/a> which suggests doing a lot of what I started doing with the #noemail project. (Thanks to Shannon Turlington for the alert on this good article).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stopthinksocial.com\/blog\/author\/stopthinksocial\">David Christopher<\/a> started even earlier. In 2008, David predicted the dead of email by 2018 at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stopthinksocial.com\/\">Stop!ThinkSocial<\/a>. He reminds us of this as he revisits that post this past week in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stopthinksocial.com\/blog\/2011\/7\/7\/the-death-of-email-by-2018.html\">&#8220;The Death Of Email By 2018&#8221;<\/a>. David also provides an javascript countdown clock marking the time to email&#8217;s end. He writes whistfully: <em>&#8220;I spend more time on email than I do with my family.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Shrader of WRAL shot some footage for a #noemail story a few weeks back. He had the story ready before Google Plus was announced, so it may seem a little dated instead of forward looking. 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