Email Still Works

In the running for understatement of the millennium:

It's clear that email has become an essential part of daily communication. And whether you're submitting a job application or staying in touch with a loved one, your emails should be safe and secure. — New Gmail protections for a safer, less spammy inbox

Email remains king of work communications, despite the rise of Slack/Teams. I am surprised by how much less I use email for interpersonal communications than I did a decade ago (back then I didn't think I would ever take to texting), but it remains indispensable for interacting with SaaS. It's a little odd how little spam shows up in my inbox, or even my spam folder—I'll take it, and if this effort cuts down on the spammy product newsletters that get through, all the better.

Not to bury the lede, but I really like having the option to post via email. I miss Posterous. I dig that GitHub supports PR comments via email. I like the concept so much that I wrote code to set it up on this static site (though it's become somewhat of a polyglot playground). This is the inaugural post via email. Details to come.