E-Mail is Slowing the World Down

E-mail is old news, and the world needs to move on. Every time I check my Hotmail accounts, I feel like I'm hyper-warping back to 1998.

This article has some interesting views on the matter.

The author explains why companies are being slowed down by e-mail. I've experience the problem. There you are, just arriving at your computer, ready to dig in, and then your inbox pops up with a billion e-mails. Perhaps you can't even get through them all in one day. Where is the limit, and is there a better way to communicate in a business environment?

I'm not sure. I think there are potential alternatives to e-mail, but I'm not sure exactly how they can be implemented. College students are addicted to instant-messaging, Facebook, and texting, and they are also the future, so maybe that is the tide of technology.

As my generation settles into the corporate world, I foresee changes. These new things include more constant connectivity, not only with the internet but subsequently with one's job. With these changes, we'll still have a billion e-mails every day, but at least you'll get to answer them before you get to work (but did you actually leave work?).