WHO doesn’t hate spam? If we had our way, we’d live in a world without spam — and maybe even impose the death penalty on spammers, heh

Just how much time do we waste dealing with spam?

Watch this educational clip from The Official Google Channel on YouTube.

I’ve been a Gmail fan from the start, and honestly, I can’t imagine going back to webmail in the year B.G. (Before Gmail). So yeah, even though sometimes Gmail acts up, it’s still my e-mail of choice — the way e-mail should be.

THIS blog post by Ruben Nepales about an actor who only checks his e-mail once a month got me thinking.

Honestly, I don’t think I could do that. I get antsy if I can’t even check my e-mail at least once a day.

I can’t remember the last time I’ve been completely offline — I mean, even when my broadband was on the blink there was always my 3G phone, or the office, or a cybercafe. Heck, I was updating my blog using my mobile phone while our reporters were breaking the news using their BlackBerries while we were in the middle of the sea on our way to Puerto Galera.

Not that I don’t appreciate the need to disconnect from the virtual world every now and then. But as in all things, it’s better to have a choice. In fact, that’s why those of us who have been fortunate to be among the digital haves need to do our share in helping the digital have-nots also enjoy access to technology.

How about you, how long could you survive without e-mail?

A FEW years ago, I reviewed an online mystery novel called The Daughters of Freya from Emailmystery.com, which creatively uses e-mail as a medium for literary works.

Yup, the stories published by Emailmystery.com unfold via e-mail, with new messages getting sent to your inbox over a period of three weeks.

Now The Daughters of Freya co-author Michael Betcherman has a new e-mail story, this time a romantic comedy called Suzanne. It was great to hear from Michael again, and here’s an excerpt from his e-mail:

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