i'm going to be the one to say it - get over yourself MG.

twitter was the "end of email". facebook was the "end of email". IM was the "end of email". SMS was email "end of email". Google+ is now the "end of email". no no ... wait wait wait Apple iMessage is now the "end of email".

yet so email lives on and is still the best communication medium we have on the planet that works and is as universally understood as SMS.

good luck writing interesting stories over the next month. or alternatively - be prepared for G+ spam, twitter+ spam and all the rest. you're just offsetting one advanced SPAM medium for ones which aren't as advanced in SPAM filtering [outrageous generalization :) but true]