Comments on: Writing Emails People Will Actually Read http://www.pokethebeehive.com/2009/05/07/writing-emails-people-will-actually-read/ Effective writing and communication strategies for the communication-challenged Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:57:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dan Hutson http://www.pokethebeehive.com/2009/05/07/writing-emails-people-will-actually-read/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Dan Hutson Wed, 13 May 2009 00:12:58 +0000 http://www.pokethebeehive.com/?p=416#comment-134 Hi Ryan. Thanks for the thoughtful comments. Sorry for singling you out among those discussing the imminent death of email, but I thought yours was one of the more interesting discussions and wanted to point my three or four readers in your direction. Frankly, the day we say goodbye to email can't come soon enough for me. It has been so abused and misused over the years; I'm ready to move on to the Next Killer App, whatever that may be. Glad you're enjoying my blog. I've got yours in my RSS feed. Dan Hi Ryan. Thanks for the thoughtful comments. Sorry for singling you out among those discussing the imminent death of email, but I thought yours was one of the more interesting discussions and wanted to point my three or four readers in your direction.

Frankly, the day we say goodbye to email can’t come soon enough for me. It has been so abused and misused over the years; I’m ready to move on to the Next Killer App, whatever that may be.

Glad you’re enjoying my blog. I’ve got yours in my RSS feed.

Dan

]]> By: Ryan http://www.pokethebeehive.com/2009/05/07/writing-emails-people-will-actually-read/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Ryan Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:15 +0000 http://www.pokethebeehive.com/?p=416#comment-133 Hi Dan-- Glad you're reading my blog, but I feel like you set me up a little unfairly here as a relatively unthoughtful hyperbolist. I'd argue that I was, in fact, hyperbolizing relatively thoughtfully! Maybe my dose of tongue-in-cheek could have been done better, but in any case I agree with your points here--email is a form that requires craftsmanship to do well, and it is by no means about to disappear. My point about email's demise is more future-oriented: It's clearly not the best tool for the job any more, but as entrenched as it is it will take some time to supplant--and in the meantime interim solutions need to be interoperable with it. Enjoying your blog! Keep it up, but please treat your straw men fairly, we have feelings. Regards, Ryan Hi Dan–

Glad you’re reading my blog, but I feel like you set me up a little unfairly here as a relatively unthoughtful hyperbolist. I’d argue that I was, in fact, hyperbolizing relatively thoughtfully!

Maybe my dose of tongue-in-cheek could have been done better, but in any case I agree with your points here–email is a form that requires craftsmanship to do well, and it is by no means about to disappear.

My point about email’s demise is more future-oriented: It’s clearly not the best tool for the job any more, but as entrenched as it is it will take some time to supplant–and in the meantime interim solutions need to be interoperable with it.

Enjoying your blog! Keep it up, but please treat your straw men fairly, we have feelings.

Regards,
Ryan

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