Writing on the go with a Blackberry

Although I always believed myselfto be an open minded and technically advanced professional, I didn't quite get the Blackberry. I absolutely hated the device when I recieved my first job-required Blackberry a few years ago. I considered it a toy for the gadget minded. My gripes were:

• The screen was tiny.
• The keys were miniscule.
• The keys & buttons were too small and would cause many typing errors
• Etc, etc

A few years later, well guess what? Despite my over sized monkey thumbs-I'm managing to pound out 400-500 words in a 20 minute bus ride or 30 minute ferry trip-gotta love the free Staten Island ferry. Not to say this occurs every ride or trip but enough to be productive. Approximately a quarter of my 15,000 word novellette was rough drafted on my Blackberry and emailed to my home account for insertion and editing on my home PC.

I do not worship the device like some do, however I finally got the device and can use it for the tool it is. A good indicator of how adaptable we are, especially given time and opportunity.