At 2:41 AM -0700 6/11/98, Rich Kulawiec wrote:
> Not that having a web interface is bad; but ONLY having a web
> interface IS bad, because it locks out the zillions of people,
Not really true any more, Rich. We just did our first web-only signup
list at Apple. It's getting 250-300 new subscribers a day. In the last
six weeks or so, three folks have complained about a lack of an e-mail
interface.
A year ago, this wouldn't have been realistic. Now, it is. A lot
depends on your audience, but the web is just so pervasive now, you
*can* tell someone to go get a web browser. And it's just starting to
cause the entire communication paradigm to be rethought. We have plans
over the next 18 months to really take advantage of these new
technologies and do something much different than "mail list"..
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Mail lists
are just ONE tool in a communication strategy. Or should be just one
tool...
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Chuq Von Rospach (Hockey fan? <http://www.plaidworks.com/hockey/>)
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