Blackberry Power

After the fun of trying to change my mobile phone provider, and yes, thanks for asking, I did succeed, I not only got a brand new provider but a nice shiny new toy as well, a Blackberry.

"It will change your life" people would tell me, and yes, I suspect, they were right.

Ok, we might use the analogy that you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but then again, this old bitch ain't that old, and I still have a few tricks up my sleeve. But, it is certainly a fundamental change in the way I have to think about structuring my information and storing things. Not to mention, all those new features, which my hardy old Samsung didn't have.

It’s fine to be honest, I like a new toy to play with, and I'm getting the hang of things. But my one complaint is that relentless little red light. It just doesn't stop.

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There's either a new message, an SMS, an e-mail, or something there to interrupt my chain of thought.

It's not that the little red light is not helpful, because it is nice to know that something is waiting for me, it is the compulsion that when you see the little red light, you just have to investigate.

True, that is definitely not the fault of the Blackberry (it is after all only doing its job), but it is my (our) fault for subconsciously letting that little red light influence us so much.

The power that light has over our behaviour. Can we leave it alone? No, its constant flashing knows a way at us, making us feel that something important lurks behind the darkened screen. When in reality, it's just another spam e-mail offering us viagra!