A FEW THOUGHTS ON EMAIL BANKRUPTCY AND SPIM

I was just having a cup of coffee in the employees’ lounge when I saw a couple of really interesting articles, one on something called “email bankruptcy” – which I had never heard of – and another dealing with something called “spim”. Now everybody knows what “spam” is, but “spim”?
I guess email bankruptcy is a 21st century kind of bankruptcy. This high-ranking CEO interviewed in the article said that he wasn’t going to answer any of the email piled up in his in box because he was so far behind in answering that he just couldn’t keep up. He sent an email to everybody on his mailing list saying; “If you aren’t my wife, partner or colleague, send me another email because I’m starting all over again.”
It must take a lot of guts to do something like that!
Another guy wrote: “Dear person who sent me an unanswered email yesterday. I apologize, but I am declaring email bankruptcy.” This sounded a little pathetic to me.
One expert answered that if you can’t handle the emails, you should get out of the technology field. Isn’t it easier to ignore emails your not interested in? That’s what I do, but I don’t get hundreds every day. Spim, on the other hand, is another bothersome consequence of modern technology but it’s not really a problem where I come from (not yet anyway). I read that it’s like the instant messaging equivalent of spam that can really threaten network security. Everybody knows the risks of spam, but spim can be just as hard to eliminate.
So now we’re going to have to deal with cheap Viagra spam and spim! Great, what’s next?
Hey, I saw some SPAM at the supermarket yesterday and found out that it’s like a really cheap, ham spread. Americans sure eat a lot of disgusting stuff! It looks like dog food. The website is really cool though – when you think about what it is! I don’t remember it off the top of my head, but you can google it.

The expression of the day is “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” – meaning if something already works, don’t try to modify it.