Editor’s Note
I’ll Take Two, Please
M
y colleagues have always thought I was crazy for having two smartphones: one for work and one for the rest of my life. Why, they said, would I want that hassle? Part of the choice stemmed from a basic paranoia that has since been proven correct (take that, ye who mocked me!): If you use your smartphone for work, i.e. have your work email on your personal smartphone, the company has the right to see what else is on there. That would be as in all your fun Facebook posts and family photos, not to mention your Pinterest faves and your personal Twitter account. Thanks but no thanks. But my other reason for wanting the two to
be separate is that I actually do turn work off occasionally. It is not only OK to disconnect from the office; it is essential to both my wellbeing and my job performance. I am a better employee if I take the occasional break. Not many employees agree with me, according to our survey about cell phone use. Nearly 70 percent of respondents answer emails and texts during vacations. I would be in the 30 percent. You can discover more of our smartphone foibles on page 35. Send me an email and let me know your thoughts. I’ll respond after my vacation.
JANET REYNOLDS jreynolds@timesunion.com
Three things you’ll learn in this issue: 1.Twenty-five percent of us would rather give up sex than our smartphones. 2. A woodstove chimney can reach a temperature of 1,000 degrees. 3. Forty-nine percent of us sleep on our sides.
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