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Email, Mental Needs, Technology | September 14, 2010
In its early days, one of the joys of email was the access it provided to people who might otherwise be inaccessible, or very difficult to reach. I still remember a New Yorker article written by John Seabrook in 1994, which was effectively my introduction to this new technology. Titled "Email from Bill," it was written as an exchange of a series of emails between Seabrook and Bill Gates.

Email, Mental Needs, Technology | June 29, 2010
Do you wake up in the morning and bring your laptop into bed with you, or check it before you brush your teeth? Do you check email while you're driving, even though you're four times as likely to have an accident when you do? Are you answering email on your iPhone or Blackberry when you walk between meetings, or on your way to the parking lot? Do you keep answering while you're sitting in your car in your driveway or garage when you get home?