When I was 15 years old, I read a quote that would become my mantra for several years: “Freedom is a car.” And I would silently hum that tune every time I found myself happy on the open road, especially if it was for a joy ride to the beach, solo or with friends.
Today, my new freedom vehicle is the Blackberry and it has been that for the past several years. For some, the thought of carrying a Blackberry is a death sentence. They gripe: “I don’t want one. That’ll just tie me to my desk.”
Your relationship with your job is one thing but your desire to work remotely from your office or main computer is a matter of personal choice. For most, the freedom of being able to reduce the amount of email you need to process between the end of a sales meeting with a prospect to getting back to your office computer is rewarding, not to mention efficient. As you wait on a subway platform, you can reply to numerous emails and the moment your reception signal is available (sometimes there are moments underground when the signal comes then goes), they all send off and more arrive in.
Plus, if using the built-in speakerphone or a Bluetooth adapter, you can easily take notes on your Blackberry and have it associated with the phone call.
The Blackberry is truly a portable office and the ultimate handheld, in lieu of using a laptop. I still gladly travel with my laptop to surf the web the way in the way it was intended and to use certain graphics applications. I don’t use my Blackberry to play games since gaming requires more processing power and utilizes more battery power. I prefer to carry a charged Blackberry versus a dead one.
For conducting the business of communicating with clients and my office, via email, the Blackberry alone is all I need. And with spring arriving in NYC one day at a time, I welcome any chance I can to walk to my destination, instead of taking the subway. And I can get so much done while enjoying the beautiful weather. In a few months, I will return to sun tanning, sipping a cold drink at poolside, with my Blackberry. And nobody will notice a difference.
– Richard D. Lee
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