Okay, to start I must admit my blogging has been slagging quite a bit lately. I'd like to say I'm all over it from here on out, but I can't say that I will be. I'm on Twitter now and while blogging is a fantastic outlet for more complex topics of discovery, I find Twitter relevant, easy and I have much greater reach there than here. (Maybe you could subscribe to this blog and help change that!)
But what loving Twitter has made me contemplate is: Where does email fit into all of this? There are definitely bouts of email immunity out there in the world, but I'm not sure that is the most pressing issue for most of us.
Over 90% of business communication is still conducted over email. We learned in the Ashton Kutcher v. CNN battle that 94% of CNN viewers are not on Twitter. So, there is still a major contingent out there, regardless of what the mainstream media wants us to believe, that are still monitoring their inbox for vital messaging in their work day. Day after day, week after week. Many still do not know what Twitter is.
When will Twitter take over the workplace like IM did? Well companies like SocialCast are hoping it will be soon. They have a great product. Makes a lot of sense. But the question becomes when? When will we tip to 140 characters over the free form platform of email?
Have any thoughts? Any speculations?
By the way: Who is John Galt?
Keep up the blog! Then Tweet a link to it. Twitter has it's place, but so does email and blogs (There is so much email that is NOT intended for a wide audience, but more than one).
Definitely a time of transition and evaluation.
BTW, thanks to Chris Bonney, my email in box RIGHT NOW is EMPTY (with only 25 emails unread, automatically or manually catagorized, such as the 18 emails "awaiting response" ([w])
Posted by: Duane Stevens | April 25, 2009 at 12:08 PM