No more email at work at French tech firm

For the most part I find email a productivity tool but it has it shortcomings too. One of them, as I have learned the hard way, is misunderstanding. But then again as long we will have interactions with human beings misunderstandings will abound, be it emails or face to face conversations. It is just human nature not to listen well and therefore misunderstand and make assumptions.

Found this interesting article where a French tech company is doing away with internal emails at work.

Here is a quote from the article and the link:

"We are producing data on a massive scale that is fast polluting our working environments and also encroaching into our personal lives,” he said in a statement when first announcing the policy in Feburary. “At [Atos] we are taking action now to reverse this trend, just as organizations took measures to reduce environmental pollution after the industrial revolution"

http://www.geekosystem.com/atos-email-ban/

Happy emailing and that is all for today!