68 karma · joined September 3, 2011
You might be right with your arguments if you see StandupMail as a tool replacing your Scrum standup. However, it's intended to be a tool for every team out there working on the same topic - most teams don't even know what a "SCRUM Standup" is (ask your sales team for example).
One of the ideas behind is, that we want to provide something using a communication channel people use every day rather than introducing a new one like Slack, Hipchat etc. However, StandupMail is a great addition to teams using those tools already.
Using StandupMail is not about sending in "dones" for every single task accomplished. It's more about a quick recap of what everyone thinks is important for the team to know to stay productive the next day and overlook the big picture of the project.
However, the idea is to send a quick answer back, when your accomplishments are still "fresh" in your mind - Shouldn't take you longer than 5min.
And yes, workers should spend time with their families. I'm doing that right now, too :)