We’ve discussed no email Fridays here before and now this morning I kick up this CareerJournal.com article regarding the use of other communication channels. Instant messaging is popular here at Select Metrix and does work well as a companion tool to email. In case you didn’t know the history of email:
Electronic mail was invented in 1971, but wasn’t widely adopted by businesses until the late 1980s, with the arrival of Lotus Notes and other programs. Since then, its use in the corporate world has exploded: Research firm Radicati Group Inc. estimates the average corporate email user sent and received about 171 messages a day last year, a number expected to double by 2010.
1971 is surprising to me – I didn’t know email was that old. I’m old enough to remember VAX accounts being the thing in college. 171 messages a day also surprises me that it is that high. Maybe this no email Friday has some legs?