{"id":3989,"date":"2015-01-02T07:46:52","date_gmt":"2015-01-02T12:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/?p=3989"},"modified":"2015-01-05T08:50:43","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T13:50:43","slug":"noemail-at-the-end-of-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/noemail-at-the-end-of-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"#noemail at the End of 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As usual, XKCD nails it with a set of panels on <a href=\"http:\/\/xkcd.com\/1467\/\">email and #noemail and phone and fax<\/a>. It makes so much sense &#8212; Snapchat or Fax instead of email or voicemail.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/xkcd.com\/1467\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/pjones\/xkcd-email-crop.png\" alt=\"What is email?\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But a new report from Pew Research on the perceived importance of work communication says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewinternet.org\/2014\/12\/30\/email-and-the-internet-are-the-dominant-technological-tools-in-american-workplaces\/\">people at work value email over even &#8220;the internet.&#8221;<\/a> I have nits to pick here. the biggest one being that email is part of the internet. I think the survey meant to ask the Web, but just as the same Pew folks did a quiz about how well you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewinternet.org\/2014\/11\/25\/web-iq\/\">&#8220;know the Web&#8221;<\/a> which asked several questions that were about the internet as a whole and about apps that are not Web apps &#8212; this drives me bananas. <\/p>\n<p>A lot of people are concerned about productivity and the negative impact of email on the office. Over the past week or so:<\/p>\n<p>Perry Timms of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pthr.co.uk\/index.php\/services\/i-practice\">i-Practice<\/a> was <a href=\"http:\/\/claireburge.com\/2014\/12\/30\/perry-timms-email-free\/\">interviewed about #noemail by Claire Burge at her blog.<\/a> <strong>Irony alert:<\/strong> To find out more about i-Practice, just click on the <em>mailto:<\/em> link and you will send email to Perry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@andyswann\">Andy Swann<\/a> of <a href=\"iamtheworkproject.com\">The Work Project<\/a> writes about <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/the-work-project\/the-last-days-of-email-c772e3eb427a\">The Last Days of Email in Medium<\/a>. Subtitled &#8220;Re-humanising the way I communicate&#8221; (yes he is British and so we get &#8220;s&#8221; for &#8220;z&#8221; occasionally), Andy encourages more human contact (without saying as I&#8217;ve said here that we are engaged in a robot war against evil robots (spam), well-meaning robots (sending notifications and the like), humans that act like robots (ReplyAll, acknowledging to an entire list, etc) and the robotic architecture of email itself). Call him or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andyswann\">follow him on Twitter<\/a>. Both are more human. I agree.<\/p>\n<p>Founder and CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/pyrus.com\/\">Pyrus<\/a>, the workplace collaboration and productivity platform, <a href=\"http:\/\/thenextweb.com\/author\/maxnalsky\/\">Max Nalsky<\/a> writes in <a href=\"http:\/\/thenextweb.com\/\">The Next Web<\/a> that <a href=\"http:\/\/thenextweb.com\/entrepreneur\/2014\/11\/09\/quitting-email-helped-company-team-communicate-better\/\">&#8220;How quitting email helped my company communicate better&#8221;<\/a>. Rather than tell how he did it with examples, Nalsky provides a better service; he suggests several solutions for various size companies and includes a section advice for &#8220;brave CEOs.&#8221; Among the suggested tools are Slack, HipChat, TigerText and building your own solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Another person collecting #noemail stories for productivity is the aforementioned Claire Burge who interviewed Perry Timms. <a href=\"http:\/\/claireburge.com\/life-without-email\/\"><em>It all started with a moment of madness. I had simply had enough of email. It ruled my workday and I didn&#8217;t want it to dictate my life anymore. And so I decided to quit&#8230;<\/em><\/a> Burge writes on her page dedicated to &#8220;Living a Life Without Email,&#8221; which is the tag line long used by <a href=\"http:\/\/elsua.net\">Luis Suarez<\/a>. Burge includes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebizradio.com\/what-can-be-done-to-better-ones-time-management-productivitybiz-claire-burge-and-luiz-suarez\/\">a link to a video interview with Suarez<\/a>. She also <a href=\"http:\/\/claireburge.com\/2014\/01\/15\/workshops\/\">offers workshops on reducing dependence of email within your workplace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All of the above, and I, are offering more social solutions for increased productivity and a better life. But venture capitalist, Fred Wilson insists <a href=\"http:\/\/avc.com\/2014\/12\/what-just-happened\/\">&#8220;Social is over&#8221; and it is increasingly being replaced by Messaging and Mobile.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What Just Happened?&#8221; Wilson asks. And having seen this trend myself, I too wonder what&#8217;s in store for the new year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As usual, XKCD nails it with a set of panels on email and #noemail and phone and fax. 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