Email is King

"Email gets a lot of hate these days, but it truly is the king of communication." ~ David Heinemeier Hansson

…says one of the most influential guys behind Basecamp, the project management app we use at AppStorm (and that I use personally as well with the new Basecamp Personal). The funny thing is, I use Basecamp via email most of the time, and it works great that way.

I think this is why: the Basecamp team gets why email is still important, and designed Basecamp to almost extend email instead of replacing it. Everyone wants to replace email, but I honestly can't imagine any other web app working so good: it works no matter what email app or service you and your team are using, is easy to archive and search, and has been around for decades. And I think email's here to stay.

The rest of the interview is great if you'd like insight from the 37signals partner about why he thinks working from home is the future … and why email will continue to be a big part of that.

Continue reading at http://www.forbes.com/sites/danschawbel/2013/03/29/david-heinemeier-hansson-every-employee-should-work-from-home/

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