What's next?

Will the email disappear?
What will be the next digital form of communication?

Alex Iskold in his blog presents the different form of communication we are using, the ones we might use and the one that we use less today.
He explains the difference between:

• Email vs. Mail
• Phone vs. Chat
• Newspapers vs. Blogs
• Electrodes vs. Twitter

It is interesting how he explains that the email is a lot faster to reach someone than a mail. And because it is faster and free we tend to send more emails. It is an easy and fast way to communicate so we tend to send more emails with less information whereas before we would send less mails but one mail would contain more information than 10 emails.

The phone stays a effective way to communicate, it is easier to talk that to type for some people and via the phone the messages is delivered in a better way. On the phone we can hear the tone of the person talking, it is easier to understand if the person is laughing or being sarcastic. The chat is toneless and we can be confused and misunderstand what the other person is talking about.

Blogs has definitely an advantage over the newspaper : FEEDBACK. The blogger can receive feedback and exchange ideas, support and argue the author. The newspaper readers can send letters to the newspaper and discuss an article, but he is not sure that his letter would be published, and the newspaper can not reply to him. Whereas the blogger in one click and few words can express his opinion.

Twitter is the newest way to communicate online, people are sending each other videos. What is a best way to communicate than images and sound? The author of the article wonders what will be the next digital way of communication and if in a short or long term emails would be less used.

Communication is so fast nowadays that it is hard to keep up the rhythm. I'm still writing emails and haven't used twitter yet. When I will first use twitter, most of people would probably be communicating through another new digital way.