For anyone who cares, an update on my impending smartphone purchase...
Yes, four months later and I am still working with my almost three-year-old LG. I love it! It has been such a friend. And, it's not that I can't part myself from it. I was just feeling like I hadn't collected all the information in the iPhone vs. Blackberry debate. Unlike most everything else in my life, where decisions are made swiftly, this one continues to simmer. However, after engaging with both devices a bit, I'm now leaning towards the iPhone. I think I will learn to use the touchscreen keyboard. Sausage fingers be gone! And, ultimately, I think I would bemoan the lack of internet capability of the Blackberry. What's not to love about a little phone whose internet browser looks exactly the same as my laptop at home? I gotta tell you, too, after watching a friend try to connect to a website- the effort taking almost five minutes- somewhat unsuccessfully, the Blackberry wasn't upselling itself. I don't have that time to be lollygagging, waiting for my information. And those apps. The siren song of the apps. Every single thing that I refer to on the internet (most of which I won't mention here out of embarrassment) can be accessed on the iPhone. What pushed me closer to the edge of decision was, last weekend when I went out of town, I left my laptop at home. No work. All play. Then my friend canceled dinner plans. And the world was my oyster regarding dining and activity options. If I only had my iPhone, I could have been perusing to my heart's content... Rumor has it, Apple will release a new iPhone in June. So I continue to wait, in order to add to my information pile.
And what about that new Treo? $99?
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
The Elsewhere People
I started writing this post several months ago, so not exactly news-worthy at this point, but my commentary continues...
I found out recently that I am part of a new class of people- the Elsewhere Class. I read this in a Newsweek article by Dalton Conley, author of the book "Elsewhere, U.S.A." (January 26, 2009) Maybe my interpretation is not exactly what Mr. Conley meant, but it really fits. Let me tell you about the Elsewhere Class.
We are constantly moving between the "blended world of work and leisure, home and office." Nicely put, Mr. Conley. But that specific word- blended- implies to me that there is a cohesive melding of those worlds. Feeling more like oil and water, I can relate better to his statement that "today's professional, by contrast, is constantly dogged by a feeling that he or she should be "elsewhere"- back at the office, at the party full of potential clients, home with the kids or at a social function with the spouse." Amen to that, brother!
Will I constantly be plagued by the feeling that what I'm doing in each area of my life is either a) not the right thing for the moment, or b) never quite enough? Will this feeling diminish when my daughter is safely tucked away in school for most of the day (oh, dread and joy simultaneously!) and I know I have certain hours in which I can solely concentrate on all things work, uninterrupted?
Mr. Conley presents that in Elsewhere, U.S.A. the home is more like the office and vice versa. The lines are blurring because of less defined gender roles, income inequality (in addition to an overfed keepin'-up-with-the-Joneses symdrome), and ubiquitous availability of technology. And what do you do when the home is the office? Balance away... Now where do I sign up to work at Google? Laundry service? Massages? Free food, beverages and gym? I'm in!
I found out recently that I am part of a new class of people- the Elsewhere Class. I read this in a Newsweek article by Dalton Conley, author of the book "Elsewhere, U.S.A." (January 26, 2009) Maybe my interpretation is not exactly what Mr. Conley meant, but it really fits. Let me tell you about the Elsewhere Class.
We are constantly moving between the "blended world of work and leisure, home and office." Nicely put, Mr. Conley. But that specific word- blended- implies to me that there is a cohesive melding of those worlds. Feeling more like oil and water, I can relate better to his statement that "today's professional, by contrast, is constantly dogged by a feeling that he or she should be "elsewhere"- back at the office, at the party full of potential clients, home with the kids or at a social function with the spouse." Amen to that, brother!
Will I constantly be plagued by the feeling that what I'm doing in each area of my life is either a) not the right thing for the moment, or b) never quite enough? Will this feeling diminish when my daughter is safely tucked away in school for most of the day (oh, dread and joy simultaneously!) and I know I have certain hours in which I can solely concentrate on all things work, uninterrupted?
Mr. Conley presents that in Elsewhere, U.S.A. the home is more like the office and vice versa. The lines are blurring because of less defined gender roles, income inequality (in addition to an overfed keepin'-up-with-the-Joneses symdrome), and ubiquitous availability of technology. And what do you do when the home is the office? Balance away... Now where do I sign up to work at Google? Laundry service? Massages? Free food, beverages and gym? I'm in!
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