At the time I was working with someone who was an awful writer and communicator. That person was in a VP position that required lots of communication internally and externally. I think 37 Signals are right about writing because good writing requires clear thinking.
lazyjones, is it because you don't want SPAM, or some other reason? I ask because Gmail spam filtering is so good, I stopped using mailinator type apps long ago. In addition, more and more places are providing single-click unsubscribe.
I posted here because I don't like the implication that handing out your e-mail address (and allowing them to use it for whatever they state in their terms) bears a cost of 0. It is clear that 37signals also consider it to be worth much more than that, otherwise they would just link the PDF from that page as an alternative to having it e-mailed. "Free" means "zero cost" to me and I prefer conditions to be stated clearly and honestly, that's all.
[I don't use gmail anymore because my e-mail content is also not "free", i.e. I prefer paying 0.90 EUR/month to a smaller Webmail provider without ads and with worse spam filtering over letting Google analyze my personal e-mail for advertising and possibly other purposes - it's a cost I cannot calculate]
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