Comments on: Study: BlackBerrys fail to balance work and life http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/study-blackberrys-fail-to-balance-work-and-life/ The voice of the BlackBerry community. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: second weeker http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/study-blackberrys-fail-to-balance-work-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-233344 second weeker Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:24:40 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/006190/#comment-233344 It's going on my second week as a BBy'er. It's nice to thumb my way to productivity. It beats a laptop sitting on the kitchen table at home hands down. I learned that I must turn the device to "off" for true quality time with loved ones. If a lover emails me, I am compelled to answer the call of the shining and colorful lights that signal that wonderful thing called "e-mail." It isn't nice to "zone out," so I make efforts not to do so as often as I could. It’s going on my second week as a BBy’er. It’s nice to thumb my way to productivity. It beats a laptop sitting on the kitchen table at home hands down. I learned that I must turn the device to “off” for true quality time with loved ones.

If a lover emails me, I am compelled to answer the call of the shining and colorful lights that signal that wonderful thing called “e-mail.”

It isn’t nice to “zone out,” so I make efforts not to do so as often as I could.

]]> By: second weeker http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/study-blackberrys-fail-to-balance-work-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-487994 second weeker Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:24:00 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/006190/#comment-487994 It's going on my second week as a BBy'er. It's nice to thumb my way to productivity. It beats a laptop sitting on the kitchen table at home hands down. I learned that I must turn the device to "off" for true quality time with loved ones. If a lover emails me, I am compelled to answer the call of the shining and colorful lights that signal that wonderful thing called "e-mail." It isn't nice to "zone out," so I make efforts not to do so as often as I could. It’s going on my second week as a BBy’er. It’s nice to thumb my way to productivity. It beats a laptop sitting on the kitchen table at home hands down. I learned that I must turn the device to “off” for true quality time with loved ones.

If a lover emails me, I am compelled to answer the call of the shining and colorful lights that signal that wonderful thing called “e-mail.”

It isn’t nice to “zone out,” so I make efforts not to do so as often as I could.

]]> By: Joel http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/study-blackberrys-fail-to-balance-work-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-217017 Joel Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:14:07 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/006190/#comment-217017 I believe there are two issues with blackberries/cellphones usage. (1) People do not have any consideration for other people so they will answer their technology in the midst of lunch/movie/funeral whatever. Whether technology is making this more evident I don't know. Whoever is calling is somehow automatically more important than the person they are currently with. (2)People are making less decisions on their own or continue to rely on their manager who is on holidays or who left work on time to make the decision for them. People are generally not efficient at what they do, thus their phone calls are not efficient, so this usage at all hours cause them to spend more time during the day on work related issues. As for the under 20 year olds, they may know how to use the technology but you can't be on the phone and still concentrate completely on a work issue. You certainly can't do it considerately. I believe there are two issues with blackberries/cellphones usage. (1) People do not have any consideration for other people so they will answer their technology in the midst of lunch/movie/funeral whatever. Whether technology is making this more evident I don’t know. Whoever is calling is somehow automatically more important than the person they are currently with. (2)People are making less decisions on their own or continue to rely on their manager who is on holidays or who left work on time to make the decision for them.
People are generally not efficient at what they do, thus their phone calls are not efficient, so this usage at all hours cause them to spend more time during the day on work related issues.
As for the under 20 year olds, they may know how to use the technology but you can’t be on the phone and still concentrate completely on a work issue. You certainly can’t do it considerately.

]]> By: Joel http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/study-blackberrys-fail-to-balance-work-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-487993 Joel Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:14:00 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/006190/#comment-487993 I believe there are two issues with blackberries/cellphones usage. (1) People do not have any consideration for other people so they will answer their technology in the midst of lunch/movie/funeral whatever. Whether technology is making this more evident I don't know. Whoever is calling is somehow automatically more important than the person they are currently with. (2)People are making less decisions on their own or continue to rely on their manager who is on holidays or who left work on time to make the decision for them. People are generally not efficient at what they do, thus their phone calls are not efficient, so this usage at all hours cause them to spend more time during the day on work related issues. As for the under 20 year olds, they may know how to use the technology but you can't be on the phone and still concentrate completely on a work issue. You certainly can't do it considerately. I believe there are two issues with blackberries/cellphones usage. (1) People do not have any consideration for other people so they will answer their technology in the midst of lunch/movie/funeral whatever. Whether technology is making this more evident I don’t know. Whoever is calling is somehow automatically more important than the person they are currently with. (2)People are making less decisions on their own or continue to rely on their manager who is on holidays or who left work on time to make the decision for them.
People are generally not efficient at what they do, thus their phone calls are not efficient, so this usage at all hours cause them to spend more time during the day on work related issues.
As for the under 20 year olds, they may know how to use the technology but you can’t be on the phone and still concentrate completely on a work issue. You certainly can’t do it considerately.

]]> By: Weekly Contest: Crossing the Line | BlackBerry Cool http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/study-blackberrys-fail-to-balance-work-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-214776 Weekly Contest: Crossing the Line | BlackBerry Cool Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:08:45 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/006190/#comment-214776 [...] study earlier this week recounted some pretty extreme situations in which folks just couldn’t put their BlackBerrys [...] [...] study earlier this week recounted some pretty extreme situations in which folks just couldn’t put their BlackBerrys [...]

]]> By: Miscellaneous Organizational Tips | Keener Living http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/study-blackberrys-fail-to-balance-work-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-214315 Miscellaneous Organizational Tips | Keener Living Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:03:55 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/006190/#comment-214315 [...] following is a quote of a quote, with my quote coming from a BlackBerry Cool article: Professor Middleton, who teaches at the Ted Rogers School of Information Technology Management, [...] [...] following is a quote of a quote, with my quote coming from a BlackBerry Cool article: Professor Middleton, who teaches at the Ted Rogers School of Information Technology Management, [...]

]]> By: TestnDude http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/study-blackberrys-fail-to-balance-work-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-213874 TestnDude Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:20:18 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/006190/#comment-213874 justelise is absolutely on track. There IS a problem with being "addicted" to the technology- but this addiction (or OCD) links all the way back to Call Waiting (even without caller ID). "Hold that conversation, I have to get this incoming call" (when the 2nd caller could actually be a telemarketer). The advent of today's technology is just revealing the compulsivity that was already present and just didn't have as big of an outlet. When I gave my daughter her first cell phone, we sat down and discussed Cell Manners- when its appropriate to use your cell for calls and texting- and when its NOT appropriate! justelise is absolutely on track. There IS a problem with being “addicted” to the technology- but this addiction (or OCD) links all the way back to Call Waiting (even without caller ID). “Hold that conversation, I have to get this incoming call” (when the 2nd caller could actually be a telemarketer).

The advent of today’s technology is just revealing the compulsivity that was already present and just didn’t have as big of an outlet. When I gave my daughter her first cell phone, we sat down and discussed Cell Manners- when its appropriate to use your cell for calls and texting- and when its NOT appropriate!

]]> By: TestnDude http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/study-blackberrys-fail-to-balance-work-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-487992 TestnDude Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:20:00 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/006190/#comment-487992 justelise is absolutely on track. There IS a problem with being "addicted" to the technology- but this addiction (or OCD) links all the way back to Call Waiting (even without caller ID). "Hold that conversation, I have to get this incoming call" (when the 2nd caller could actually be a telemarketer). The advent of today's technology is just revealing the compulsivity that was already present and just didn't have as big of an outlet. When I gave my daughter her first cell phone, we sat down and discussed Cell Manners- when its appropriate to use your cell for calls and texting- and when its NOT appropriate! justelise is absolutely on track. There IS a problem with being “addicted” to the technology- but this addiction (or OCD) links all the way back to Call Waiting (even without caller ID). “Hold that conversation, I have to get this incoming call” (when the 2nd caller could actually be a telemarketer).

The advent of today’s technology is just revealing the compulsivity that was already present and just didn’t have as big of an outlet. When I gave my daughter her first cell phone, we sat down and discussed Cell Manners- when its appropriate to use your cell for calls and texting- and when its NOT appropriate!

]]> By: BBaddict http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/study-blackberrys-fail-to-balance-work-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-213868 BBaddict Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:50:15 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/006190/#comment-213868 For those who want it to balance work and life it does a tremendous job. There is a feature called auto on/off, where you can set the device to automatically shut off at a preselected time. Also if you don't want to shut down the device all together you can just shut off the data. For those who want it to balance work and life it does a tremendous job. There is a feature called auto on/off, where you can set the device to automatically shut off at a preselected time. Also if you don’t want to shut down the device all together you can just shut off the data.

]]> By: BBaddict http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/study-blackberrys-fail-to-balance-work-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-487991 BBaddict Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:50:00 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/006190/#comment-487991 For those who want it to balance work and life it does a tremendous job. There is a feature called auto on/off, where you can set the device to automatically shut off at a preselected time. Also if you don't want to shut down the device all together you can just shut off the data. For those who want it to balance work and life it does a tremendous job. There is a feature called auto on/off, where you can set the device to automatically shut off at a preselected time. Also if you don’t want to shut down the device all together you can just shut off the data.

]]> By: Study: BlackBerrys fail to balance work and life - BlackBerryForums.com : Your Number One BlackBerry Community http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/study-blackberrys-fail-to-balance-work-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-213824 Study: BlackBerrys fail to balance work and life - BlackBerryForums.com : Your Number One BlackBerry Community Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:26:43 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/006190/#comment-213824 [...] Is this something we need to be concerned with, or is it just the way things are going to be now? Study: BlackBerrys fail to balance work and life | BlackBerry Cool BlackBerry Cool - the voice of the BlackBerry [...] [...] Is this something we need to be concerned with, or is it just the way things are going to be now? Study: BlackBerrys fail to balance work and life | BlackBerry Cool BlackBerry Cool – the voice of the BlackBerry [...]

]]> By: Jon http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/study-blackberrys-fail-to-balance-work-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-213757 Jon Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:19:32 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/006190/#comment-213757 Those sound like perfectly reasonable locations/situations for using a BlackBerry. Those sound like perfectly reasonable locations/situations for using a BlackBerry.

]]> By: Jon http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/study-blackberrys-fail-to-balance-work-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-487987 Jon Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:19:00 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/006190/#comment-487987 Those sound like perfectly reasonable locations/situations for using a BlackBerry. Those sound like perfectly reasonable locations/situations for using a BlackBerry.

]]> By: Jon http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/study-blackberrys-fail-to-balance-work-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-487988 Jon Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:19:00 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/006190/#comment-487988 Those sound like perfectly reasonable locations/situations for using a BlackBerry. Those sound like perfectly reasonable locations/situations for using a BlackBerry.

]]> By: Jon http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/study-blackberrys-fail-to-balance-work-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-487989 Jon Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:19:00 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/006190/#comment-487989 Those sound like perfectly reasonable locations/situations for using a BlackBerry. Those sound like perfectly reasonable locations/situations for using a BlackBerry.

]]> By: Jon http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/study-blackberrys-fail-to-balance-work-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-487990 Jon Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:19:00 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/006190/#comment-487990 Those sound like perfectly reasonable locations/situations for using a BlackBerry. Those sound like perfectly reasonable locations/situations for using a BlackBerry.

]]> By: bob http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/study-blackberrys-fail-to-balance-work-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-213747 bob Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:54:03 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/006190/#comment-213747 At face value, looks like a pretty biased study. How about including instances of BlackBerry usage at work for personal reasons? I suspect BlackBerrys enable work life to creep into what was traditionally personal time, but also the reverse is likely true. So my guess is it doesn't offset the balance much in either direction. At face value, looks like a pretty biased study. How about including instances of BlackBerry usage at work for personal reasons? I suspect BlackBerrys enable work life to creep into what was traditionally personal time, but also the reverse is likely true. So my guess is it doesn’t offset the balance much in either direction.

]]> By: bob http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/study-blackberrys-fail-to-balance-work-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-487986 bob Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:54:00 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/006190/#comment-487986 At face value, looks like a pretty biased study. How about including instances of BlackBerry usage at work for personal reasons? I suspect BlackBerrys enable work life to creep into what was traditionally personal time, but also the reverse is likely true. So my guess is it doesn't offset the balance much in either direction. At face value, looks like a pretty biased study. How about including instances of BlackBerry usage at work for personal reasons? I suspect BlackBerrys enable work life to creep into what was traditionally personal time, but also the reverse is likely true. So my guess is it doesn’t offset the balance much in either direction.

]]> By: LDCMobile http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/study-blackberrys-fail-to-balance-work-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-213744 LDCMobile Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:40:48 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/006190/#comment-213744 The Blackberry and other innovations like it, definitely blur the lines between work and private lives. While the Blackberry in many ways allows us to be free of the office, it does not free us from work responsibilities. What companies must start to do is create policies and train employees on proper usage of the devices. People have become tethered to there devices as a result of management requiring more productivity out of users to see their return on investment in the equipment and the service charges. The Blackberry and other innovations like it, definitely blur the lines between work and private lives. While the Blackberry in many ways allows us to be free of the office, it does not free us from work responsibilities. What companies must start to do is create policies and train employees on proper usage of the devices.

People have become tethered to there devices as a result of management requiring more productivity out of users to see their return on investment in the equipment and the service charges.

]]> By: LDCMobile http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/study-blackberrys-fail-to-balance-work-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-487985 LDCMobile Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:40:00 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/12/04/006190/#comment-487985 The Blackberry and other innovations like it, definitely blur the lines between work and private lives. While the Blackberry in many ways allows us to be free of the office, it does not free us from work responsibilities. What companies must start to do is create policies and train employees on proper usage of the devices. People have become tethered to there devices as a result of management requiring more productivity out of users to see their return on investment in the equipment and the service charges. The Blackberry and other innovations like it, definitely blur the lines between work and private lives. While the Blackberry in many ways allows us to be free of the office, it does not free us from work responsibilities. What companies must start to do is create policies and train employees on proper usage of the devices.

People have become tethered to there devices as a result of management requiring more productivity out of users to see their return on investment in the equipment and the service charges.

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