Portable Messaging Basics - Part 1

Submitted by mauzenne on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 03:43.
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This cast describes Career Tools' recommendations for textual communications on portable devices.

If you've ever been talking to someone who was distracted and then proceeded to answer a text message, send an email, post on Facebook, "Tweet", or in any other way use their cell phone, smart phone, pager, or any other mobile device to communicate, this cast is for you. Feel free to start playing this cast for the offender, on your own mobile device, and then hit them over the head with it.

Here is Career Tools simple guidance for using mobile phones and messaging devices.

  1. Put Your Device Away When You Are Addressed
  2. Don't Touch Your Device When Conversing
  3. Rare – RARE – Urgency Trumps This
  4. Ask To Be Excused
  5. And Finally, Interrupt Politely


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Submitted by rgammon on Tue, 01/19/2010 - 19:36.

I hope this cast gets traction

I'm a software development manager. I have an iPhone glued to one hand and most of my day is spent with computers.

And I agree with this 'cast 100%!

I tell my directs: To make good software, ignore the computers and focus on the people. Usually I mean UI design but your 'cast shows it's for meetings too.

Colleagues always ask, "Aren't you going to answer that?" when the desk phone rings. I reply, "No, I'm speaking with you. They'll leave a message if it's important." If only they knew I was also ignoring mobile calls, texts and emails too-- I keep that iPhone on silent. When you talk to me, you know I'm there with you. Ditto for email and phone.

An extra point-- I bet the majority who disagree with this cast suffer from email as a time sink. Instead of checking messages a few times a day, they get little done as they always chase ephmera.

Great work, again, thank you.