Things your grandchildren will probably say in the future

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by cinbun8 • 14 years ago

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5 things your grandchildren will probably say in the future

tosseraccount• 14 years ago

Modern hard drives don't look that different ...

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OLDNESS : http://deepakbala.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/hard_disk.pn...

digitalWestie• 14 years ago

What's wrong with email?

Eduardo3rd• 14 years ago

I really don't understand the massive amount of hate that email gets on HN either. Just use it for what it is good at, pick a different communication method for other things, and stop complaining all the time.

srikrishnan2• 14 years ago

Younger generations seem to use various other forms of "inboxing" (messaging apps, FB, etc) already. We can see some of the business documents now just being shared over the cloud, more communication over Skype and just meeting invites over email. As for personal mail, form my experience, the only email I receive today are newsletters, notifications, and the occasional BCCed broadcast mail (wedding invites, etc).

I think email is still relevant only for a document trail for business. If its about leaving a document trail, maybe there should be something new and more suited for it - for approvals, discussions, etc.

Its not like people are looking for a solution for a "problem", but then someone is going to create that something - which will make email less relevant even for the business use.

superk• 14 years ago

I don't see email disappearing. It is one of the classes of communication, from least disruptive to most disruptive:

Messaging - email, fb, linkedin, etc

Broadcasting - twitter, fb wall, rss, etc

Instant Messaging - skype, irc, etc

Calling - skype, phone, etc

In Person

That people are doing more messaging through fb, linkedin etc doesn't change that what they are doing is essentially email.

nollidge• 14 years ago

Agree with everything except e-mail. I see no reason to believe that's going away anytime in the next millennium.

Things your grandchildren will probably say in the future

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