LOL

The lax rules of e-mail communication — is it negative because it further degrades the language, or is it positive because it encourages more written communication? Do the many IM acronyms enhance or harm written English?

I know a Pulitzer Prize winner who doesn't bother with capitalization or punctuation in his e-mail correspondence, nor does he take time to correct his typos. Can we, should we, relax a bit when writing online?

What is the impact of this new medium on the English language?

And back to our prior discussion:
My sculpture professor in college took up cello late in life (with late defined as "in his 40s") and performed in the local orchestra. He said it made him a better artist. What did he mean?