tired fools

i’m increasingly coming across references to the death of email recently. a number of blogs i read have talked about alternatives. that’s interesting in itself since most of the blogs i’m referring to are by people that know each other. ie people that don’t know me, people that wouldn’t send me messages. but i read them anyway, they allow me to. it’s not just structured blog posts, thought, presentation, consideration etc. but other forms, like twitter, where there’s an sms to the world, anyone that might be interested. little thought, no presentation.

what i don’t understand is why this is such a big point of discussion. text is text. i can pick all this stuff up from my handheld device, post in many ways using it also. whether it’s sms, email, im, blogs, twitter, it all comes through on the same devices. ok, that’s sounds easier than it is right now, but the point is that this is not an issue of modes of delivery.

what is more important - an email or an sms? there are times, surely, when a twitter is more important than either. you might send me an email, thinking that this is not urgent, isn’t intrusive etc. but i may want to know the moment it arrives, this should be my choice.

i want to access all these things in one place. i want to decide for myself how this should be organised. it’s not that hard.