Carolina Technology Consultants

What: The Logic and Destiny of #noemail
When: Thursday, October 20 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Where: Student Union Room 3205, UNC
Who: Carolina Technology Consultants

Prezi: Here Now with The Who doing the Kids Are Alright or as http://tinyurl.com/noemail-uncctc

Description:

Nearly 30 years ago Paul Jones began working on unified messaging systems leading from Call-OS, USENET, WYLBUR, TSO, BITNET, DARPA, ARPA to modern (for its time) SMTP mail. That was then, and this is now. Email has become a zombie that doesn’t realize that it’s dead and falling apart, a vampire that sucks your life’s blood away slowly each night. You’ve probably noticed this yourself.

Jones has put email behind him. In an attempt to atone for his part for inflicting email on UNC, he is exploring alternatives to email with a shotgun and a wooden stake (and Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc.) as his tools.