Comments on: Does A Blackberry Makes You A More Effective Person?

By: DAvid

DAvid — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:41:52 +0000

Horlic: You actually ‘said’ that with a straight face?

Does anti-lock brakes make you a better driver?

Sometimes technology just is

DAvid

By: Sophie

Sophie — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:42:06 +0000

Thanks VG for your insight hehehe It’s actually cool to use a gadget named after food

By: Horlic

Horlic — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:34:20 +0000

Definitely BlackBerry will make you more effective. That is why the technology created.

By: VG

VG — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:16:19 +0000

Umm…have you really never seen the actual fruit called a blackberry? They’re the same size and shape as raspberries, but with a thicker skin and they’re a very dark blue-purple in colour (hence the name blackberry).

Apparently, the BlackBerry was named that because somebody thought that the buttons looked like seeds on a fruit (strawberry) and all of the other fruit-like names they came up with sounded too, well, fruity. It was also black at the time, so it fit.

But, really, the fruit does exist and it came first.

How the BlackBerry got its name –> http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/story.html?id=85473082-02e8-4296-80a8-d8bdd4901496

By: Sophie

Sophie — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:27:28 +0000

I got a RB recently (Red Berry because it’s red hahaha) and loved it. Because I am not a gadget person, the first few days I found it was not as user-friendly as I thought.

Now, I think that it saves lot of time and I become more efficient. I mostly use my RB on the bus to read my e-mails, blogs and newsletters. I love the brickbreaker game, notepad (great for to-do list), calendar (great for reminders) and google map application (great for my lack of sense of orientation) !!!!

However I don’t think I am using the device efficiently yet. I have duplicate my e-mails and I am still trying to manage the enormous quantity of e-mails (I already have 5 email account + my black berry device).

By: TStrump

TStrump — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 06:19:41 +0000

My current contract is up soon and I’m thinking of going to Blackberry route.
Also considering the iphone, but not sure if I can handle not having a keyboard.

By: Thicken My Wallet

Thicken My Wallet — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:13:16 +0000

they are double edge swords. Increase efficiency? Yes. But you becoming a walking to do list and forget that effective management of people occurs face to face and not by a pin.

By: The Financial Blogger

The Financial Blogger — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:22:26 +0000

The thing I hate the most is seeing people playing with their blackberry during meetings.

They should teach blackberry etiquette!

By: DAvid

DAvid — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:13:38 +0000

BTW, Google Images “Blackberry Fruit” and you’ll see lots of black fruits.

DAvid

By: DAvid

DAvid — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:12:20 +0000

So, because you can, you should? Sometimes downtime is a benefit for both you and the person at the other end. The constant rush to have everything instantly will lead you or your clients to expect an answer to their queries in ever shorter time lines. This may also mean that you respond without fully fomenting an answer, and send half-answers instead.

I am becoming ever more frustrated with the lack of professionalism being shown in correspondence and other communications I am receiving, and blame this in part on the expectation that a reply should never be slowed by the time it takes to offer a quality response.

DAvid