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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
The phone is a multi-tool for my I]convenience[/I], not a device that rules my life. A ringing phone is all too often an interruption.
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At a former employer I was issued a Blackberry. It very neatly defined how close a touch I
didn't want to be in with my employer. 98% of the email that hit it was stuff I didn't need to see, let alone take action on. The stuff that did simply had to wait till I was in a place to take the action, which I wasn't when I was out and about. I managed to lose the first one on a personal trip to DC. I sent a note about it when I got back, stating that there was
no hurry about getting a replacement. The telecom manager questioned that. I said "Ask a slave how he feels about his chains."
At the same employer, I flatly refused to install the IM client IT was expected to use to keep in touch with users. I was a server admin, and the kind of things I did required piece, quiet, and uninterrupted thought to get right. I didn't need the distraction of a phone or a stream of IM messages. A co-worker finally knocked the issue on its head when it came up in a conference call. "The nice thing about Dennis is that if he's at his desk, he picks up the phone on the first ring. If he doesn't pick up on the first ring, he's not
at his desk, and you won't get him on IM, either!" Bless him.
My current phone is the smallest, cheapest, least featured phone Samsung makes. All it does is calls and SMS, and that's all I
want it to do. Everything else is something else's job.
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(I realize I am speaking heresy. I stand accountable for my actions.  )
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You are preaching to the choir.
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Dennis