Tumblr?s New Messaging System: Another Way To Avoid My Evil Email Inbox

I hate email. Hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate email. There's just too much of it. It's always flowing in. It never stops. And it's getting worse.

As time goes on, even if inbox overload isn't a problem for you right now, it will be. And I'm increasingly convinced that there is no actual solution. A ton of people are out there working on the problem ? companies both big and small. Some of the "solutions" are nice and smart. But they're all either masks or temporary fixes. No one wants to admit the truth: only real way to solve the email problem is to blow email up and start over again.

But that will obviously be a massive undertaking that will likely take years to get everyone on the same page, using the same service/protocol ? if it works at all. So for now, might I suggest you do what I do and use a bunch of smaller solutions to ease the email pressure? And a new one appeared today: Tumblr.

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