AOL just released their 3rd annual "email addiction" survey and it is a pretty disturbing commentary.  Here’s the press release on it and a post by Jason Caplain that brought it to my attention.  Couple of interesting things in the data including the emphasis on access to email via portable devices (picking up on the mobile theme here?)and that Washington, DC is the most addicted city (Seattle came in 7th).  As a counterpoint to this is an article in the UK’s Independent on "the end of email" that features alternatives including enterprise wiki company Socialtext.

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I did not give proper coverage (thanks Michael) to the fact that my former home town of Atlanta came in an impressive #2 on this survey.  Thanks to those of your that check you email incessantly in the A-T-L.