I have given up trying to keep my gmail inbox clean. I have spent endless hours unsubscribing from companies who send me their ads. Most do not honor their unsubscribe policy.

Today, I deleted over 500 emails I received in the past two weeks. Out of the 500, I did not have a single email that was worth reading. 99% was SPAM (okay maybe I signed up to received something, but again, tried to unsubscribe). The other 1% were statements.

So my question is, what is personal email actually good for today? Does anyone ever sit down to compose and email to a friend or colleague?