I've had the Comcast account since 2002 (before that it was an AT&T account). It is my general use address where I receive the bulk of business and personal email. When I started graduate school I gained the mandatory PSU account. I use it for school related communication, though much of my school email comes to the Comcast account.
I only recently opened the Gmail account for the Online Marketing class. I've mostly used it to set up Blogger, Twitter, and Facebook accounts. All the sudden, I'm seeing lots of activity here.
Since I use a Mac, keeping up with my email accounts is really easy—even on my phone. The mail application has a simple set-up for multiple accounts—I have the preferences set to check all three every ten minutes. I love the discreet red bubble and soft sound that indicate a new message has come in. I usually check email right away when I see the bubble, but it's pretty easy to ignore if I'm in the middle of something.
When I went to work for the printing company oh so many years ago (1996), I set up the company's first email account. Back then, all artwork that went to press had to be couriered on a disk to a service bureau, then the film was returned again by courier. Once I got on email, I was able to send artwork as an attachment, cutting the courier costs in half. It was a revelation.
Well that was enough of a stroll down memory lane, but I honestly cannot remember what life was like without email. It is especially important to me because I'm not a phone person. I rarely answer the phone, but I respond to email without fail.
Life before email? Was there life before email? When it comes to business, I think email is far superior to the phone. Unless you're a 9-1-1 operator. I sound so much better on email than I do over the phone.
ReplyDeletep.s. For someone who doesn't use a phone much, you sure got a fancy phone...