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The Blackberry Twitch... a new disease?

by Sniffer | posted on 06 October 2005

Nice to see the Boss is back from illness, and inventing new buzzwords. His latest: the Blackberry Twitch

Aparently Lotus, the inventor of the Notes Nudge (the sound of incoming email) is in the middle of trying to re-invent email to include the distractions of Instant Messaging and ToDo Reminders.

All done (comments The Boss) without any apparent care for the biggest hazard of all - the email in your pocket which has turned so many efficient high-fliers into stuttering Blackberry grabbers.

Here's another useful warning: do NOT search Google Images for "distraction" without turning on "safe search" if you're sharing an office...