[Zhyl]

A man passes a builder who is using a hammer to drive screws into a plank of wood.

"You should use a screwdriver for that," says the man. "It's more suited to the job, you will find it easier and you will be more productive as a result."

"Thank you," said the Builder, taking the screwdriver.

The builder then hits the screw as hard as he could with the handle. His results are not impressive. "I think I'll stick to the hammer," he says, throwing the screwdriver away.

[runawaybottle]

Definitely. Good ol’ email is really for amateurs at this point. If you want to do remote right, get with it, your vpn has to be rock solid, your team has to be attuned to explaining ideas via conferencing, you better like Slack-type tools, you better be ready to respond to communication speedily (within reason), good ol’ email isn’t a serious solution.

This space has a ton of room for creativity to make it seamless (for those of you wondering if your dog walking app in cloud needs kubernetes, better shit to think about).

[StaticRedux]

TL;DR; when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail

Although I like your version also. Haven't heard the full story before like that

[Zhyl]

Yeah, I want a complementary version too which would support OP's "Email and phone is sufficient".

Something like Alanis Morisette's "10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife". If you're only opening a tin of paint you could also use a spoon.