The email from the Wall Street Journal was stamped 6:51 p.m. I viewed it at 7:23. It would have been sooner, but I had been at the gym working out and decided to leave the Blackberry at home.
"Hello,I am a reporter at the Journal in New York writing a story about how people will adjust if their BlackBerry service is suspended due to the ongoing lawsuit. I saw a blog post of yours and was wondering if I could ask you a few fun and quick questions regarding you use of the device this evening or early tomorrow..."
Two minutes after I left her a message, we began a conversation on my alleged addiction to my Blackberry. A snippet of the conversation is captured in the WSJ today ( no subscription necessary)
Here is what didn't make it.
I check emails at stoplights.
I have been known when there is no traffic to glance at an important email while driving -- I know, I know. My rationale ( and I know its an excuse not a rationale) is that its no different than reading a map or directions while driving. And at least I'm not putting on mascara.
I'll glance at emails during long meetings.
Oh, and being an insomniac, before I turn on my computer in the middle of the night, I'll glance at the Blackberry.
It's hard to believe that Blackberry is really going down. But then it is a Federal Judge in Richmond-- when I was a reporter in Richmond I covered those courts. There was one judge ( this goes back 30 years) who was really unreasonable.
One day, an attorney was making a pleading to the judge. The only people in the courtroom were the judge, the attorney, myself, and another reporter.
The judge had the room set up so that a podium faced the jury box. As the attorney started addressing the court, the judge demanded that the attorney face the jury box -- which would have been okay accept it meant it was talking to the wall since there were no jurors sitting in the jury box.
The attorney protested. The judge demanded. The judge won. it is in his memory that i await the outcome of Blackberry's fate. Good luck.
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