Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005, 2:53 pm
Life Without E-mail
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ome months ago I decided that only urgent messages are worth the use of E-mail. Somehow I just got fed up, even though I was spam-free.
A couple of days ago I took what I hope to be a step towards life without E-mail. I set up a Wiki where most of my correspondence will take place. Wikis are a collection of pages where content is editable by everyone, given access privileges of course. Why not use forums or bulletin boards for rapid communication? Here is a short comparison:
| Wiki* | Forum* |
| Editable | Immutable once posted |
| Easily reversible (a la CVS) | No support for versioning |
| Quick access | Cumbersome access |
| Collaborative | Less collaborative |
| Searchable | Searchable |
| Quick back-up | Quick back-up |
*Dependent on the package
