Hopes for Email
Quote: "The biggest problem with Outlook is that it makes it difficult to categorize/archive mail and make rules. Here's some of the attributes I would like to see:"
Comment: Some great ideas for making email more useful...many of them focused on extending/incorporating blogging ("I could view a thread of interactions with a person as a weblog"). Email as a form of communication is not keeping up with communication needs for most people...it's too isolated, too rigid, too time-consumming. Like many people, I'm finding that RSS and blogs are far more effective than email. I want to see information when I want...not when others want me to. For certain tasks email is very effective (simple communication)...but for information gathering (i.e. listservs), large group interactions...blogs are far more effective.