Comments on: work life balance http://www.gotomobile.com/archives/work-life-balance The mobile usability and user experience blog Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:44:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kelly http://www.gotomobile.com/archives/work-life-balance/comment-page-1#comment-190 Kelly Fri, 03 Mar 2006 20:11:47 +0000 http://www.gotomobile.com/?p=157#comment-190 Mark, thanks so much for your reply! I have to say that I feel great freedom with my mobile as well, knowing that friends and colleagues can reach me even when roaming in another country - it is a tether I can carry and also count on for emergencies. I do not however have my regular email coming to my mobile phone - I'm afraid that would kill my memory card and would drive me a bit batty. I have a Sony Ericsson P910a and love the keypad and portability. I encourage others to comment! Mark, thanks so much for your reply! I have to say that I feel great freedom with my mobile as well, knowing that friends and colleagues can reach me even when roaming in another country - it is a tether I can carry and also count on for emergencies. I do not however have my regular email coming to my mobile phone - I’m afraid that would kill my memory card and would drive me a bit batty. I have a Sony Ericsson P910a and love the keypad and portability. I encourage others to comment!

]]> By: Mark http://www.gotomobile.com/archives/work-life-balance/comment-page-1#comment-189 Mark Thu, 02 Mar 2006 23:17:13 +0000 http://www.gotomobile.com/?p=157#comment-189 For me, I'm able to extend my workday by handling work email on the train, while being able to head out at a reasonable hour guilt-free and in touch, getting home sooner. It wouldn't be much fun without having personal email too, though. Here's how I do it: - T-mobile Sidekick - checks one gmail acct by POP (my personal acct) - that acct has numerous others fwd'd to it - work email (Lotus Notes) is set up on the server to copy all email to my gmail - gmail filters isolate accts in the Inbox so I'm not seeing things redundantly After going through all those steps, I'd have to agree the subject of the post is a practical goal! For me, I’m able to extend my workday by handling work email on the train, while being able to head out at a reasonable hour guilt-free and in touch, getting home sooner.

It wouldn’t be much fun without having personal email too, though. Here’s how I do it:

- T-mobile Sidekick
- checks one gmail acct by POP (my personal acct)
- that acct has numerous others fwd’d to it
- work email (Lotus Notes) is set up on the server to copy all email to my gmail
- gmail filters isolate accts in the Inbox so I’m not seeing things redundantly

After going through all those steps, I’d have to agree the subject of the post is a practical goal!

]]> By: Martin http://www.gotomobile.com/archives/work-life-balance/comment-page-1#comment-185 Martin Sat, 25 Feb 2006 10:52:47 +0000 http://www.gotomobile.com/?p=157#comment-185 As a 24/7 "technical" availability is reality today uers need to have the ability to control when/where they are available independently of the technical possibilities. That includes turning a mobile phone off or screening calls on the one side and accepting on the other side that people are not always reachable despite the technology. If users on both ends don't learn to do this, most will be ultimately frustrated with the advances of mobile technology. As a 24/7 “technical” availability is reality today uers need to have the ability to control when/where they are available independently of the technical possibilities. That includes turning a mobile phone off or screening calls on the one side and accepting on the other side that people are not always reachable despite the technology. If users on both ends don’t learn to do this, most will be ultimately frustrated with the advances of mobile technology.

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