Email, v.2

What did we do without the Internet? No doubt we all got by just fine, but it’s just so easy to find and communicate with each other now we can search, email, chat, blog…

And even though I complain about email – I find it difficult to manage and often very badly used, especially in the work situation – it does have its benefits.

Yesterday I received an email from an old school friend. We went to primary school and high school in Malaysia together. It was good to hear from her, because I have been very slack about keeping in touch and had lost her email address. She took a punt and searched at MPOW (I have been there long enough now!) and found my work email address, and so we are now back in contact. This time, S, I promise I won’t lose your email address!

I’ve written in the past about family members all the way in distant Netherlands finding me and writing with news. It’s strange thinking of these people I am related to, so far away, and whom I have never met.

Even here in Perth much of the family uses email very effectively to organise events and keep in touch. It’s a very useful tool when you’re trying to get ten people together for dinner, or to sign the document from the Public Trustee organising Mama’s estate.