From the Wall Street Journal Online:
Why Email No Longer Rules… And what that means for the way we communicate.
“Email has had a good run as the king of communications. But it’s reign is over.” To read the article, click here.
Well, what do you think? How are your communication patterns developing? Is the article an target or way off?
– Alison Ernst, Library Director
I would say for a lot of things email has gone by the wayside. Why email a friend or co-worker when I have them on an IM client or Facebook chat.. It still has it’s uses though for a lot of people.
I cringed when I first read the title because I am so dependent on email and I love its efficiency. The article made a lot of good points about the benefits and limitations of email, facebook, etc. I can definitely see some unique uses for each social media .I still get very stymied when posting something that so many “friends” will read, some very removed from me. I think about each person who might read my posting to be sure I want them to have that information about me which accounts for so many banal postings int he end. I guess spending the time to filter, tag, and follow people and causes in different ways will become easier, more intuitive and provide a way to cut through things you don’t want to process. At this point I only consider posting things when I have a lot of time to consider the implications, i.e. rarely. but I am slowly coming over to the other side as a critical mass of people draw me in and I recognize its use in reaching and serving our students.