Tag: LETTER

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, ...

When Steve Jobs fires off a missive on the Apple site he's usually making a specific statement around a larger issue that we've all been discussing for months. Remember his rant against DRM when all the world called foul on FairPlay? Today Steve dropped a big ol' bomb into the Flash pool by stating Apple's frustrations with Adobe, Flash and their view of the mobile space. In the letter, Steve ...

Email is a convenient way to communicate, but some correspondence requires the extra effort of a printed letter. With Snailmailr, though, printed letters don't actually take a whole lot of effort. Just enter an address, type up to four pages, and pay $1, and your letter will be printed and mailed for you. Does it still count as more personal than email when you don't have to leave your computer ...

Let's take a step back in time, no wait lets just stay in the present... Email, post, email, post. Who's kidding who, why would we dream about sending a letter in the post and have to pay for postage when we can just send an email? How much do stamps cost nowadays anyways? And where exactly is the closest postal outlet? It seems like there is no sense in arguing over the fact that email is the ...