The Blackberry

The Blackberry has forced me to reconsider how I communicate with people. Normally, I tend to have very itchy "crackberry fingers". I'll read an email or an message, think about it for all of three seconds (admit it, you are equally as guilty) and then fire off a response without stopping to really think about what is being said.

At some point, I should have learned my lesson. I can't think of how many silly disagreements and misunderstandings I've had with folks over digital technology because you lack the ability to have any emotional nuance over, well, air. I can't see you, and you can't see me, so we just don't have that flow of energy that indicates happy, sad, or in the middle.

Admittedly, some things are pretty clear. Emails that say "ARE YOU GOING TO DO THIS OR DO I NEED TO FIND SOMEONE ELSE" for example, pretty clearly indicate that you are generally considered unresponsive, and that the sender is at their wit's end. Or my personal favorite, and frequently blogged about "Please excuse the incontinence" which indicates that the sender is from India. If, in emails, you use any acronyms (STFU, OMG!!!, IMHO, LOL, ROFL, LMAO, SNAFU, PITA, PITB, FO, AYFKM) you are either very familiar with your audience or you work in IT.

My, I am rambling, aren't I? I don't want to work. It's far too nice outside. I'd really rather be walking the dogs, listening to music, and enjoying the outside. Now I'm wishing I'd skipped lunch, didn't have three more conference calls....oh! random thought...I finally discovered the single joy of being a manager....being able to delegate to someone else....

I don't know where this is going. It had a point. I lost it.

Sorry! :-)