E-mail is not broken. People are unorganized and think e-mail is the right tool for the job. E-mail is essentially a communication protocol. Nothing more. I think the idea that e-mail is anything else is what is broken. Stop trying to make e-mail something it clearly isn't.
Changing e-mail, fixing e-mail, or revolutionizing e-mail boils down to a tee-up for these types of derivative services:
1) New whiz-bang client
2) New whiz-bang web-based client
3) New whiz-bang protocol that has 0% chance of replacing e-mail.
4) A segway into some other complimentary product
Generally, whomever writes a book called "Why Its You That Is Broken and How to Fix That and Stop Blaming E-mail" will make a billion dollars.
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E-mail is not broken. People are unorganized and think e-mail is the right tool for the job. E-mail is essentially a communication protocol. Nothing more. I think the idea that e-mail is anything else is what is broken. Stop trying to make e-mail something it clearly isn't.
Changing e-mail, fixing e-mail, or revolutionizing e-mail boils down to a tee-up for these types of derivative services:
1) New whiz-bang client
2) New whiz-bang web-based client
3) New whiz-bang protocol that has 0% chance of replacing e-mail.
4) A segway into some other complimentary product
Generally, whomever writes a book called "Why Its You That Is Broken and How to Fix That and Stop Blaming E-mail" will make a billion dollars.