It's Raining Dandruff: On the Flake Epidemic

> A meeting to chart our company’s course, big decisions, and you want me there? How about an immediate response? I know you’re checking those e-mails.

Is there a new trend where under the guise of productivity, people in tech and business set aside time for reading company email - sometimes as infrequent as once a week - and thus delay the dissemination of information and in turn block progress?

I get that focus is important - I don't believe that multitasking is usually a good idea - but collaboration also critical. And in an era of electronic communication, if its more time efficient for me to drive to another state than send you an email or IM, we are not progressing. And you look flakey.