Yesterday evening, I had the privilege of engaging in a thought-provoking discussion with Alan Carr on the pervasive use of email in teaching and day-to-day communication.
I won't repeat my views and opinions via email here, but you can read them over at Scitable:
- My hypothesis: e-mail is evil and deserves to die!
- Problems with email….. I appear to have touched a nerve...
- What is wrong with e-mail? Can it be fixed?
- What is wrong with e-mail? Can it be fixed? - The Programmers
- What is wrong with e-mail? Can it be fixed? - The Receiver and the dreaded FYI
- What is wrong with e-mail? Can it be fixed? - The Receiver and meta-data
- What is wrong with e-mail? Can it be fixed? - The Sender
- What is wrong with e-mail? Can it be fixed? - My battle to get e-mail working again - some tips and suggestions
Needless to say, I am not a fan of email... (as you may be able to guess from some of the above post titles).
Despite being overseas, I was determined to share my perspective on why email is problematic. Alan, a staunch advocate of email, graciously invited me to his session at SpotOn London 2013. I prepared a compelling video, just in case our Skype connection failed, to underscore the severity of the email issue.
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