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I have an idea, I have been thinking of this for a couple years and I hate that it isn’t implemented anywhere – yet.

Unfortunately, it appears that email is not getting any more intelligent, we are limited to static text that must be accessible from every dormant Mail program in the world. However the programs and apps that we access email through is getting more intelligent and this is something that greatly excites me.

My idea that needs to happen, for my sanity — if an email from a Groupon, Gilt, LivingSocial, etc. has an expiration date of the thing they are selling, then my email provider should intelligently know when the email is beyond its date of relevancy and automatically archive it. Simple. Machine, you smart ass dude you, get these stupid emails out of my busy life. 

Presently, there are three email access channels that I could see implementing this in the next couple months, days, or hours:

1. Gmail Labs - You guys/gals rock, this is a check box away from slimming your happy customers massive email stockpiles. My first choice.
2. PowerInbox - You guys are starting to rock. PowerInbox is adding intelligence to the email inbox and dropping the concept that email can only be static text. You guys/gals get that email doesn’t have to just be the way its always been, I’m sure over time you will have way more revolutionary ideas but for now can you make all of our daily deal lives a tiny bit less cluttered when we don’t get to personal email from a hellish work week?
3. If This Then That - Things are just starting up with ifttt.com but you can tell they are masters of the API world. Once ifttt adds multiple triggers and actions to tasks this idea could be 100% doable, and about a jillion other awesome things. I’m sure that will come eventually, no rush ifttt, just know that you are now good enough that people expect you to be better.

Well, that was fun. I must be really stepping into this manager role well, I can apparently delegate tasks to people that don’t report or even listen or know me.

Lakeshow Out.