1. Peak Email {A Fairy Story}

2. 1. Communication

3. In the early 90s, there was E-mail. A few people used it and it was good. E-mail

4. In the early 90s, there was E-mail. A few people used it and it was good. First you needed to work for an institution (such as a university) to get an email account. Then you could get one on AOL or Compuserve. Then came Hotmail. E-mail

5. In the early 90s, there was E-mail. A few people used it and it was good. First you needed to work for an institution (such as a university) to get an email account. Then you could get one on AOL or Compuserve. Then came Hotmail. But just because you can use email doesn’t mean that you should. E-mail

6. If E-mail is e- mail then instant messaging is e- whispering . Instant Messaging E-mail

7. If E-mail is e- mail then instant messaging is e- whispering . Or e- passingnotesatthebackofthe class. Instant Messaging E-mail

8. It took about 10 years for instant messaging to get inside organisations. If E-mail is e- mail then instant messaging is e- whispering . Or e- passingnotesatthebackofthe class. Instant Messaging E-mail

9. If E-mail is e- mail then blogs are e- ranting . With the right of reply. E-mail Blog

10. If E-mail is e- mail then Twitter is e- rantingatthebackoftheclasswiththerightofreply . E-mail

11. Open Closed Heavy Lite Instant Messaging E-mail Blog

13. 2. Collaboration

14. To E-mail we added Word (& Excel & Powerpoint). E-mail

15. To E-mail we added Word (& Excel & Powerpoint). And we turned on “Track Changes”. E-mail

16. To E-mail we added Word (& Excel & Powerpoint). And we turned on “Track Changes”. E-mail E-mail E-mail E-mail E-mail E-mail

17. To E-mail we added Word (& Excel & Powerpoint). And we turned on “Track Changes”. Oh dear. E-mail E-mail E-mail E-mail E-mail E-mail

18. And some of these documents we put on intranets & internets. But we couldn’t edit them there. Until… E-mail HTML

19. Open Closed Receiver Read-only Receiver Read & Write E-mail Wikis HTML

21. 3. Notification

22. E-mail has been a tool for receiving updates for some time. E-mail

23. E-mail has been a tool for receiving updates for some time. Along with everything else it does. E-mail

24. RSS can offer a dedicated channel for updates from websites, blogs & wikis. RSS E-mail

25. RSS E-mail

27. To Conclude

28. E-mail Instant Messaging Wikis Twitter HTML Blogs RSS

29. E-mail: It’s not bad. It just needs to know its place.