podcast - luis/patrick/alex - email detox (3): tools or solutions?

Download the final part of the email detox podcast.

• 00:00 - Alex agrees with Luis on email politics.
• 01:20 - Humans as political animals - in public or in private?
• 03:00 - Should we be selling tools or solutions?
• 06:00 - Applying social software to business problems.
• 08:00 - The email detox workout video.
• 10: 00 - Wrap up & next steps.

Get Part 1 & Part 2.

podcast - luis/patrick/alex - email detox (2): infrastructure & politics

Following on from the last post.

Download Part 2 now (20:23, 4.8 Mb)

• 00:00 - Patrick raises the infrastructure question.
• 03:00 - Luis brings up wikis.
• 04:10 - Luis talks about discussing the detox with his team.
• 07:55 - The laziness issue.
• 09:00 - Do we love email?
• 10:00 - Alex mentions email overload.
• 11:00 - Generational issues.
• 13:00 - Patrick raises the politics question.
• 15:00 - Luis busts the whole thing wide open.

podcast - luis/patrick/alex - email detox (1)

I had the pleasure of conversing with Luis, Patrick & Alex about Luis's email detox programme. Here is the first part (of three) for your listening pleasure.

Download Part 1 now (16:48, 4.0Mb)

• 01:00 - Luis describes his email detox moment in 2007.
• 03:10 - Luis challenges his email correspondents within IBM.
• 06:10 - How do you bring people round to the post-email world?
• 11:00 - Where is email appropriate?
• 13:00 - Instant messaging & social networking.

awareness & squikis - patrick's response to peak email

Patrick Lambe does something very cool with the final section of the Peak Email presentation. I felt it was a bit lacking as well - but couldn't put my finger on what it was. Patrick has cleverly brought in social bookmarking and created the "squiki".

A few years ago Rojo touted itself as a "collaborative RSS system". I signed up for it and used it as a boring (but good) RSS feedreader. I tried inviting a few people but it was a pig to use and the collaborative bit never really got a look in. The squiki may be an idea whose time has come.

I am now in a bit of a bind. If I ever present "Peak Email" then I will have to use Patrick's section. Can I do that in good faith even if I plaster Patrick's name over it? I hope so because I love the idea of collaboratively developing something with others.

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lightning links

Nimmy applies Malcolm Gladwell to KM
Cook & Hopkins Social Media Report - 3rd edition
Patrick Lambe on snake oil