Comments on: Why I gave up on mobile email, and why you should too

By: Jeremy Toeman’s LIVEdigitally » Blog Archive » Thoughts on my Blogging Frequency

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 00:47:11 +0000

[...] I intentionally leave a story I like above the fold. Last week I wrote a post about why I gave up on mobile email. I liked it a lot. I felt that people who are visiting my site for the first time should read it, and didn’t have anything really pertinent to replace it with. [...]

By: Jeremy Toeman

Jeremy Toeman — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 22:41:32 +0000

FYI, last 2 vacations – NO email checking for me…

As I said, it’s a lifestyle choice. My new personal project is to stop checking work-related email on the weekend, I just haven’t figured out the logistics…

By: tivoboy

tivoboy — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 22:34:16 +0000

I forgot to add. This yahoo survey, is most likely flawed. And, who cares is 71% of respondant admited to checking in with WORK at least ONCE? I mean, who doestn’t do that at least ONCE on a trip? checks their voicemail, maybe checks and email, maybe does a call so it doesn’t have to be cancelled?

The survey most likely said: “have you EVER used a “wireless device” Aka, pager, cell phone, blackberry or similar device” to check something at work while on vacation.? Of COURSE many many people are going to check yes?

Did it take control of your vacation? :most might say no.
Did you feel you HAD to make that call: ? many might say no.

I’d like to see the Questions for that one, then let’s discuss it.

By: tivoboy

tivoboy — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 22:30:44 +0000

I think it is a matter of self control and how one manages their life, not being managed by anything else. I use mobile email, but only on my terms. I’m not using it to constantly respond, but only when I want to, or WANT to send out an email about something I forgot about, whatnot. Just like the cell phone, when I want it, it is there. It doesn’t ring all the time and I certainly do not answer it all the time, sometimes, I even turn it off – gad? can it be.

Just like we have drug users, alcoholics and such, we are going to have people who get addicted to work, to working out, to sex, to food, to email and to mobile email. Some people I have heard, somewhere are ACTUALLY adicted to the INTERNETS!. Can that be?

:-0

By: Ed Kohler

Ed Kohler — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 19:18:01 +0000

I think your job will effect how out of touch you can be today. Personally, I can step away from email for hours without the world coming to an end, but I imagine it would be tougher for salespeople see potential dollar signs with every new message.

By: Gold

Gold — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:26:44 +0000

It dawns on me that the more devices available to keep people in touch with one another, the less people are involved with one another. There is so much busy time responding to messages but very little of personal importance is actually being shared.

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mobile » Why I gave up on mobile email, and why you should too — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:06:58 +0000

[...] jayoung wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptI’m 4 months free from my last mobile email, and I don’t know what metric there is to use, but I’m unquestionably happier about it than ever. I’ll tell you something else – I haven’t missed a deadline, opportunity, … [...]