Here is a great article on the death of email. While it is a popular subject, Dave Pollard does an outstanding job of providing valuable advice on when to avoid email altogether. Thanks to our friend Bruce Stewart for the heads up.

From the article:

For simple, unambiguous, straightforward requests for information, requests for approval and instructions, to one or a very small group of people. IM instead — IM lets you get an immediate response, and you can migrate to voice, and send files too, when necessary.

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