My Google search for cell phone etiquette related stories caught this one this morning… Yes, You Can Be Too Well Connected, says The Hartford Courant.
Someone’s cellphone went off in church today. During a funeral mass. …you could hear the sound of the person’s voicemail on speakerphone just as the priest was in the middle of the final prayer. Those in the congregation had their heads bowed, and many were sobbing and wiping their faces with tissues. Meanwhile, a woman in the row behind me was – almost casually – pulling through objects in her large black bag to find the wireless culprit as "You have reached 486-something" was audible to most everyone around her.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
