Biz, Tech: Latest scourge of productive business meetings: BlackBerries
- You’ll have half the participants BlackBerrying each other as a submeeting, with a running commentary on the primary meeting. BlackBerrys have become like cartoon thought bubbles.
- Philippe Reines • Senior adviser to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, on how BlackBerries have taken over meetings in his neck of the woods. Despite them being banned some places, in others, they’re used everywhere. And government isn’t alone. Business meetings have become textathons and potential clients have been caught playing games on iPhones. Personally, we haven’t heard a word you said because we’re busy playing Tetris. But just to spite you further, we’re playing it on a Game Boy, just so you know we’re ignoring you. • source