Blackberry (and EVDO) to the Rescue

I’m traveling today (daytrip between Boston and DC) and the weather in the northeast is not cooperating. Thus, I have *lots* of airport time.

When I took this job, they told me to “get a Blackberry” because it’s what most of the team uses. Get lots of minutes and while you are at it, add the “tethered modem” feature “it’s cheap”.

Well, I can tell you, sitting in the airport and having a very high speed Internet connection with EVDO means I can actually get work done (and this blog). I’m getting about a 500-800 kbps connection. I’ve seen better but this is enough pipe for the job at hand. For me, it translates to doing enough work so I can save most of my weekend for that thing we call work / life balance. For me that means time outside with the dogs (I’m sure Zen is looking forward to it even though she does not know that is our Saturday plan).

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