Here's another take on the addictiveness of BlackBerry, and my reax.
A study by Rutgers University Prof. Gayle Porter blames BlackBerry for fueling a spike in email and Internet addiction. The key symptoms: you can only go a few minutes without checking for new email.
The good Perfessor then goes on to say that these addictive effects can be devastating, and that employers should really realize that "addiction to technology" can be equally as "damaging to a worker's mental health" as chemical or substance addictions.
To which I say, moo goo.
I have worked alongside longtime alcoholics and cokeheads. This type of stuff gets you fired, arrested, sometimes even makes you dead.
BlackBerry addiction makes you inattentive and irritating. And not that I would know, but no one ever got the shakes or DT's from being without their email for a bit.
Time we put this in perspective, people.
