Email is Dead...

Ok a little pondering while the open mic has been put on hold for a few weeks. Email is dead. I know that it is early to call it but i have seen the future and because you cannot control spam email and the email tool is not smart or flexible it is going to be pushed to the side as a last resort communication device. SMS is already easier for the quick hey and if you want to update people have the subcribe to your blog/ private or public... If you are sharing photos there is a better way to send via email (many photo sharing/video sharing sites for that integrated into your blog)

It is about control and it is about being smart. Ideally when you log on to the net you have a simple page that says... where/what/how do you want to do. You then do things. You have a page where your friends blogs are updated through RSS or some other feed. So you know if there is anything new. If you are working to go to your basecamphq or some other project management site where new files are stored and version controlled, where you can edit online or download (if that is necessary)

The point is communication will be controlled through permission based apps that you will give access to your central nerve page where you have access to fees updates calendars of friend work and other things that interest you. Netvibes is one site that allows this now with limited content. But I see it as something that will be the norm in the future. Forget about email. Feed me what I want to know about.

Email will certainly carry on because the cost is low but increasing people will focus on communicating where they control access and timing of updates completely. Eventually email will be like the news flyers that come in the mail that get use for the cat or dog or bottom of the bird cage. Something to clean up with or clean out on a regular basis....