Alex Williams

I’ve decided I am going to attempt to give up using email.

I’ve grown tired of sifting through spam messages in order to find the few who are legit.

I’m tired of mail folders, filters, labels, stars, and every other doohicky used to help “classify” my messages which I’ll still be unable to find 2 years later because there’s just too many.

I’m tired of emails from companies and their “DONOTREPLY”, and who really don’t reply when I reply to them. What kind of customer service is that?

Regardless, no one needs email anymore. Only machines need email. For what? Confirming that i’m not a machine? Mailinator will take care of that. It’s temporary. Perfect! Everyone else can use one of the 40 other methods to contact me.

Other people have done it.

Now I’m aware of the implications. Leaving my precious “messages” in the hands of other operators, such as the famously insecure Twitter, but in reality, does it even matter? If there is an important piece of communication that I absolutely must have in the event of an internet apocalypse, I can simply “Print to PDF” and store it on my laptop, which is super convenient considering I perform daily backups.

Finally, with all the technologies that exist, and fantastic web services, I come to wonder why more people aren’t doing this. I know I’m not alone. Maybe you should try it out too.