Comments on: The Digital Generation and the Waning Importance of Email http://davemorin.com/blog/the-digital-generation-and-the-waning-importance-of-email/ Live Life Well. Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:54:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ronnie Gou http://davemorin.com/blog/the-digital-generation-and-the-waning-importance-of-email/comment-page-1/#comment-6610 Ronnie Gou Mon, 24 Jul 2006 21:57:36 +0000 http://davemorin.com/blog/the-digital-generation-and-the-waning-importance-of-email/#comment-6610 I definitely agree that working under deadlines is far more productive than the standard 40 hour week. Gen M. has grown up with deadlines its entire life, from research project deadlines to school presentations. Why not carry that over from academic to professional? Also, email is a pain. You get CCed on everything and a three day hiatus returns a 100+ list of unopened emails. I wish it wasn't that way. While the phasing out of email for alternative mediums might be happening at smaller companies, it sure hasn't at mine yet (although we've started a bit with SameTime). I definitely agree that working under deadlines is far more productive than the standard 40 hour week. Gen M. has grown up with deadlines its entire life, from research project deadlines to school presentations. Why not carry that over from academic to professional?

Also, email is a pain. You get CCed on everything and a three day hiatus returns a 100+ list of unopened emails. I wish it wasn’t that way. While the phasing out of email for alternative mediums might be happening at smaller companies, it sure hasn’t at mine yet (although we’ve started a bit with SameTime).

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