fuzzmail records your typing, makes email personal again

Email can feel very impersonal at times. I don't mean just business-related email. In fact, when I want to write a personal message to a friend, business-related email (and spam) becomes part of the problem. The friend I'm writing to has read so many email messages, what could possibly make my current message special?

Sure, I can add a cute picture or something tacky like that. But, ... come on, unless I'm writing to my grandmother, that's really not the message I'm trying to send.

In actuality, though, the mere act of typing can be personal. The corrections that I make, my typos, whether I type quickly or slowly, or if I go back and add something to a previous paragraph are all part of my own unique process.

If the recipient of my message could see all of these actions, it would be almost as if they were peeking over my shoulder while I was busy composing the message and contemplating exactly what I wanted to say. This is a much more raw and personal experience than just looking at the complete message.

That's pretty much what fuzzmail provides. You type your message into a normal textarea, and the site records your keystrokes as you go along. It then "plays back" the message to your recipient, exactly as you typed it, with deletions and edits included. This can certainly add a touch of intimacy to an otherwise generic email, with no cute pictures of cats involved.

Tags: email, fuzzmail, letter, personal, record