I got a Google Wave invite earlier this week and I must admit I have not logged in again since and honestly I have not felt compelled to, but that may just be me. Maybe it is just me, maybe I am not as forward and revolutionary thinking as the people over at Google. To be completely honest though I do find it quite scary when Google start tapping into our everyday lives, even if they profess to be squeaky clean and all. Just because they seem to be a lesser evil doesnt mean they are less evil. Back to the topic at hand though, will email truly die? In South Africa I do not really think it would, maybe in years to come. What would replace it though? Mobile messaging? I mean the South African environment is filled with Mxiteers and who is to say that in 10 or so years from now Mxit would replace email as contemporary communication tool. But as things stand at the moment you cannot dispose of email really. I mean some people live from Outlook, their whole job and existence is documented there, what about them? Email remains a very useful tool to communicate and to keep a track of communication, although I do believe this is where Google Groups is cool. As I said at the start maybe I don’t get Google Wave yet. Until then I guess email will remain.