The BBC has written a story about communications etiquette which is quite interesting. Reporting from the LIFT 07 conference, they talk about the phenomenon of "technology addiction", and how people are prioritizing different kinds of communications depending on medium.
It's a variation on the theme that Stowe Boyd articulated Monday at Etel. Stowe argues that the firehose he calls flow is the new normal, and that we ought to think about communications differently.
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.
