Comments on: Is it time to shoot my Blackberry? http://www.kendallschoenrock.com/blog/2007/07/02/is-it-time-to-shoot-my-blackberry/ Observations and Interests of Kendall Schoenrock - Web 2.0, Startups, Technology, & Other Fun Stuff Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:10:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Putting Projects to Bed http://www.kendallschoenrock.com/blog/2007/07/02/is-it-time-to-shoot-my-blackberry/#comment-18185 Putting Projects to Bed Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:02:08 +0000 http://www.kendallschoenrock.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/02/is-it-time-to-shoot-my-blackberry/#comment-18185 [...] job is how deeply I inject myself into the project. As I’ve previously written about here and here, I have a tough time disconnecting myself from my work. I am very passionate about the [...] [...] job is how deeply I inject myself into the project. As I’ve previously written about here and here, I have a tough time disconnecting myself from my work. I am very passionate about the [...]

]]> By: sidney http://www.kendallschoenrock.com/blog/2007/07/02/is-it-time-to-shoot-my-blackberry/#comment-14760 sidney Sat, 02 Feb 2008 05:58:31 +0000 http://www.kendallschoenrock.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/02/is-it-time-to-shoot-my-blackberry/#comment-14760 I agree with Kendall. Sounds like brother is an older brother, lecturing younger brother. Yes, you have a choice to have your blackberry on or off. But if you have it, you are going to have it on. Especially for the social reasons on a Friday night - not expecting the boss! I choose not to have one (bb) because I would choose to have it off, so why have one? I have friends here who argue with me on the same argument - you choose to have it on or off. As I said, I choose to have it off. So I'll save myself the money. Anyone read Covey? Phone is always in Q1 - important and urgent - we must answer the phone. But do we reallly? BB enters the market and we have more competition in Q1. Cheers to all of you for the conversation/controversy..... - Sid. I agree with Kendall. Sounds like brother is an older brother, lecturing younger brother. Yes, you have a choice to have your blackberry on or off. But if you have it, you are going to have it on. Especially for the social reasons on a Friday night - not expecting the boss! I choose not to have one (bb) because I would choose to have it off, so why have one? I have friends here who argue with me on the same argument - you choose to have it on or off. As I said, I choose to have it off. So I’ll save myself the money. Anyone read Covey? Phone is always in Q1 - important and urgent - we must answer the phone. But do we reallly? BB enters the market and we have more competition in Q1. Cheers to all of you for the conversation/controversy….. - Sid.

]]> By: Kendall http://www.kendallschoenrock.com/blog/2007/07/02/is-it-time-to-shoot-my-blackberry/#comment-5241 Kendall Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:03:18 +0000 http://www.kendallschoenrock.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/02/is-it-time-to-shoot-my-blackberry/#comment-5241 Great feedback from all sides. I would agree on Anderson comments about the blackberry not being the cause of the action. Thanks Mom for your support! ;) Thanks to all for reading and contributing. Keep it up. Cheers, Kendall Great feedback from all sides. I would agree on Anderson comments about the blackberry not being the cause of the action.

Thanks Mom for your support! ;)

Thanks to all for reading and contributing. Keep it up.

Cheers,
Kendall

]]> By: Patti Schoenrock http://www.kendallschoenrock.com/blog/2007/07/02/is-it-time-to-shoot-my-blackberry/#comment-5216 Patti Schoenrock Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:38:14 +0000 http://www.kendallschoenrock.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/02/is-it-time-to-shoot-my-blackberry/#comment-5216 Kendall, As your mother and the recepient of your wisdom on how technology can make my life easier, I am proud of you for recognizing this pitfall of our new totally connected world! It is certainly important for us all to find our balance with the advantages and disadvantages of being able to communicate so easily. However, to hopefully make you feel better, even your parents who started their business with nothing more technilogical than a phone line, a typewriter (it was a newly developed top of the line IBM electric one but had NO memory) and a package of carbon paper, find it difficult to disconnect ourselves from cell phones, e-mail and stock quotes online! Good luck in NYC. Be safe and just make sure your blackberry is always on WHEN I want to reach you. LOL. Love, MOM Kendall,

As your mother and the recepient of your wisdom on how technology can make my life easier, I am proud of you for recognizing this pitfall of our new totally connected world! It is certainly important for us all to find our balance with the advantages and disadvantages of being able to communicate so easily. However, to hopefully make you feel better, even your parents who started their business with nothing more technilogical than a phone line, a typewriter (it was a newly developed top of the line IBM electric one but had NO memory) and a package of carbon paper, find it difficult to disconnect ourselves from cell phones, e-mail and stock quotes online!

Good luck in NYC. Be safe and just make sure your blackberry is always on WHEN I want to reach you. LOL.

Love, MOM

]]> By: Anderson Schoenrock http://www.kendallschoenrock.com/blog/2007/07/02/is-it-time-to-shoot-my-blackberry/#comment-5215 Anderson Schoenrock Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:04:53 +0000 http://www.kendallschoenrock.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/02/is-it-time-to-shoot-my-blackberry/#comment-5215 Normally I agree with most of what my brother posts on his blog, but I must say Kendall, I think you've missed something here. Technology can improve but also hamper our lives, but ultimately we are in control of it. We control how often we look at our email, we control how these emails impact us. The larger issue here is with the content of the email, not the blackberry device, its settings or your choice to read it on a Friday evening. You say that the email should never impact you in such a negative way and you are correct, but shutting off your blackberry or swapping it for a different device would have only delayed your negative reaction until Monday. I do not know the details of these work emails, but there are a few possibilities - 1) the comments that frustrated you were justified and you were frustrated with yourself, 2) the comments were not justified and you were frustrated by a poor manager, 3) some combination of the two. In the case that your were frustrated with yourself, you should commit to doing a better job next time and move on. In the case that you're dealing with a poor manager, you should commit to never doing this to someone else when you're a manager, recognize their shortcomings, rise above it and move on. Or in the third scenario, you should do a combination of one and two and move on. I can only say this with such confidence because I have been there before. When I lived in NYC, I had a high pressure job that required long hours. Often I was working for a poor manager and this lead me to find myself in your situation weekend after weekend. Getting called in to do something I thought was a big waste of time...etc. Ultimately this impacted the way I treated my friends, my girlfriend at the time and my family. I took out my negative energy on them which they did not deserve and ultimately that lead to more negativity...etc. You simply just need to take control of it. Negativity breeds negativity and positivity breeds positivity. That is the choice you need to make, not whether to turn on or off your blackberry. Normally I agree with most of what my brother posts on his blog, but I must say Kendall, I think you’ve missed something here. Technology can improve but also hamper our lives, but ultimately we are in control of it. We control how often we look at our email, we control how these emails impact us. The larger issue here is with the content of the email, not the blackberry device, its settings or your choice to read it on a Friday evening. You say that the email should never impact you in such a negative way and you are correct, but shutting off your blackberry or swapping it for a different device would have only delayed your negative reaction until Monday. I do not know the details of these work emails, but there are a few possibilities - 1) the comments that frustrated you were justified and you were frustrated with yourself, 2) the comments were not justified and you were frustrated by a poor manager, 3) some combination of the two. In the case that your were frustrated with yourself, you should commit to doing a better job next time and move on. In the case that you’re dealing with a poor manager, you should commit to never doing this to someone else when you’re a manager, recognize their shortcomings, rise above it and move on. Or in the third scenario, you should do a combination of one and two and move on. I can only say this with such confidence because I have been there before. When I lived in NYC, I had a high pressure job that required long hours. Often I was working for a poor manager and this lead me to find myself in your situation weekend after weekend. Getting called in to do something I thought was a big waste of time…etc. Ultimately this impacted the way I treated my friends, my girlfriend at the time and my family. I took out my negative energy on them which they did not deserve and ultimately that lead to more negativity…etc. You simply just need to take control of it. Negativity breeds negativity and positivity breeds positivity. That is the choice you need to make, not whether to turn on or off your blackberry.

]]> By: Toby DiPasquale http://www.kendallschoenrock.com/blog/2007/07/02/is-it-time-to-shoot-my-blackberry/#comment-5206 Toby DiPasquale Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:57:17 +0000 http://www.kendallschoenrock.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/02/is-it-time-to-shoot-my-blackberry/#comment-5206 I totally feel you on this one: I much prefer not having push email. I can check email on my mobile whenever I want, but it doesn't ever interrupt anything else I am doing. I have it set to fully manual download so that I am in control of when I see incoming email. I totally feel you on this one: I much prefer not having push email. I can check email on my mobile whenever I want, but it doesn’t ever interrupt anything else I am doing. I have it set to fully manual download so that I am in control of when I see incoming email.

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