Can you imagine work without email? We’d actually have to talk to the masses of lame people we work with. It’s so easy to jot down an order of business and accomplish it without communicating verbally. That’s beautiful.

The infographic below is an awesome timeline of email’s rather short history. Do you remember getting that email saying Bill Gates was giving his money away to anyone who forwarded it? Tell me you didn’t think about its authenticity for at least 5 seconds. Click for full-size image.

[Source: ReachMail]