Peak Email

Peak Email {A Fairy Story}

1. Communication

In the early 90s, there was E-mail. A few people used it and it was good. E-mail

In the early 90s, there was E-mail. A few people used it and it was good. First you needed to work for an institution (such as a university) to get an email account. Then you could get one on AOL or Compuserve. Then came Hotmail. E-mail

In the early 90s, there was E-mail. A few people used it and it was good. First you needed to work for an institution (such as a university) to get an email account. Then you could get one on AOL or Compuserve. Then came Hotmail. But just because you can use email doesn’t mean that you should. E-mail

If E-mail is e- mail then instant messaging is e- whispering . Instant Messaging E-mail

If E-mail is e- mail then instant messaging is e- whispering . Or e- passingnotesatthebackofthe class. Instant Messaging E-mail

It took about 10 years for instant messaging to get inside organisations. If E-mail is e- mail then instant messaging is e- whispering . Or e- passingnotesatthebackofthe class. Instant Messaging E-mail

If E-mail is e- mail then blogs are e- ranting . With the right of reply. E-mail Blog

If E-mail is e- mail then Twitter is e- rantingatthebackoftheclasswiththerightofreply . E-mail

Open Closed Heavy Lite Instant Messaging E-mail Blog

Open Closed
Leaves a record
Works with a small # of
conversation participants
Good for paragraphs
/ argument
Leaves a record
Driven by voice of blogger
Interaction thru comments
& with other blogs
Conversational
Immediate
Works with a small # of
conversation participants
Heavy Lite
Conversational
Immediate
Driven by voice of writer
Interaction with other
writers
Instant Messaging E-mail Twitter Blog

2. Collaboration

To E-mail we added Word (& Excel & Powerpoint). E-mail

To E-mail we added Word (& Excel & Powerpoint). And we turned on “Track Changes”. E-mail

To E-mail we added Word (& Excel & Powerpoint). And we turned on “Track Changes”. E-mail E-mail E-mail E-mail E-mail E-mail

To E-mail we added Word (& Excel & Powerpoint). And we turned on “Track Changes”. Oh dear. E-mail E-mail E-mail E-mail E-mail E-mail

And some of these documents we put on intranets & internets. But we couldn’t edit them there. Until… E-mail HTML

Open Closed Receiver Read-only Receiver Read & Write E-mail Wikis HTML

Open Closed Receiver Read-only Receiver Read & Write
Presents formatting & attachments
Often cannot be edited by readers
Presentation formatting & attachments is unreliable
Readers can respond but not edit original
Presents formatting & attachments
Readers can edit documents
Editing co-ordinated
Presents formatting
Readers can edit documents
Editing unco-ordinated
Word E-mail Wikis HTML

3. Notification

E-mail has been a tool for receiving updates for some time. E-mail

E-mail has been a tool for receiving updates for some time. Along with everything else it does. E-mail

RSS can offer a dedicated channel for updates from websites, blogs & wikis. RSS E-mail

RSS E-mail

A mix of one-way and two-way communication
Can be hard to locate content from a specific source
Dedicated one-way channel for content updates
Easy to locate content from a specific source
RSS E-mail

To Conclude

E-mail Instant Messaging Wikis Twitter HTML Blogs RSS

E-mail: It’s not bad. It just needs to know its place.

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by Matt Moore on Apr 01, 2008

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