A costly Blackberry alternative
Whether you’re job hunting, self- or otherwise employed, networking at a conference or just trying to hook up at a bar, you need a BlackBerry or other smart phone.
OK, picture this: You’re at a job interview and your future employer removes the cigar from his (or her) mouth and growls, “We’d like to have you back in here to meet with Bill Jenkins, our VP of Marketing. What’s your schedule like next Thursday?” Then you whip out your paper-based planner (I gave you this link so you know what not to buy). Or worse, you reach into your bag and emerge with a homemade booklet of month-view Outlook print outs that you stapled together. You’re not getting that job. Why? Your paper planner broadcasts any or all of the following about you, none of which is what you want to convey during a job interview: I’m technically challenged…I’m behind the times…I’m counterculture…I’m not going to be able to keep up in my job…I’m a cheap son-of-a-bitch…I’m poor.