Panelist added: Steven Champeon of Enemies List http://enemieslist.com/

Currently seeking panelists under the age of 26 with strong opinions on the topic --- send interest to jcuthrell@gmail.com

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fascinating!

was literally just in a panel this week that spoke of this very issue. WITI in Houston.

Monica - if you know anyone from that panel interested in sitting on this one please let me know!

More of a communication culture challenge than a technology challenge, but interesting and very relevant...

Taylor - I agree on the culture challenge. The technology challenge is that there are also still those in the workplace and lifespace heavily reliant on email. There must be a predictable and reliable return to what email (in theory) was supposed to deliver to the Inbox.

Holy Mackerel - I so relate to this, even with my coworkers. Total generation gap in only 10 years? Should be interesting

Can't wait to see this panel.:)

Here's a great discussion on the topic of email by The Gillmor Gang http://gillmorgang.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/gillmor-gang-081208/

Oddly enough, Jason Calacanis is now saying there is "There is something about the acoustic, intimate nature of email that is impacting how I write."

http://www.calacanis.com/2008/08/18/updates/

Ophelia Chong has posed the concept of Post-Mortem Email Delivery Services http://howtosplitanatom.com/columnists/the-dead-mail-department/

best damn panel ever.

Please check out Tim Hwang's panel: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/1338

Please check out Mark Schmulen's panel: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/1525

Please check out Joshua Baer's panel: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/1400

this will be an interesting discussion- communication tools are bound to change over time but it seems like the comm mechanisms that are proliferating like Twitter and SMS encourage fragmented ADHD conversations. It's seemingly causing the art of writing to be lost- this is talk that should be had.

sean

Young people didn't switch from email to social networking, they weren't using email before. As they enter the workforce and start to buy things online and such they will use email. Social networking isn't taking away from email, email is still growing. The pie is getting bigger, we're not slicing up parts of the same pie.

Joshua,

That's a great point but don't you think buying things online will lead to treating email as a receipts container? And at that point, most online services are created their own message systems that are self-contained with no notion of what we take for granted with common MTA in the server room or cloud and richer MUA on the desktop.

Email for companies tends to be either a culture or a miss. Blackberry and iPhone for workplace scenarios notwithstanding, there are certainly more email boxes out there but how many are useful?

I also noticed that the "Peek" device recently hit the news and is targeting a slightly older demographic. So, does the pie that gets bigger encompass the growing slice that is aging?

-Jay

[ 3 out of 5 business leaders prefer email ] source: http://blog.marketnet.com/entries/2008/06/2008-email-mark.html which begs the question... what are the other 2 business leaders into?

mega-events (catastrophe,breaking news,etc.) can result in a doubling or better in legitimate email traffic based on MessageLabs studies but are these long messages (greater than say 140 characters) or shorter messages of the variety "Are you ok?"

Jay,
Great panel idea. This does not conflict with my panel, The New Inbox, but i am sure we can provide valuable insight at both. Feel free to contact me after the panels are submitted to discuss.
-Mark (at) nutshellmail(.com)

http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/idea/view/1525?return=%2Fideas%2Findex%2F3%2Fq%3Ainbox

Panelist added: Joshua Baer of OtherInbox http://blog.otherinbox.com/

We can haz Core Conversation?

http://sxsw.com/interactive/talks/core_conversations

Jay Cuthrell a.k.a. "qthrul" is a strategy and technology consultant based in Raleigh, NC and Missoula, MT. He has held CTO roles at Digitel Corporation and NeoNova (an Azure Capital company). Cuthrell was an infrastructure consultant with Scient (formerly iXL) working both domestically and internationally for Fortune 500 clients. He also served at Nortel, Analysts International, IBM, and NCSU College of Engineering. Cuthrell holds a BS in engineering from NCSU and grew up in Beaufort, NC.