Let the battle begin!

Let the battle begin!

I still come across people every once in awhile that are rocking some old Methuselah style Nokia. I immediately expound (admonish them?) on the virtues of modern day technology. “What type of nut still has a phone with a monochromatic LCD screen?” I tactfully ask them.

“I don’t need this, I don’t need that”, blah blah blah. “It just works” is always the response.

Yeah, how’s walking around in the technological darkness, unaware of anything you can’t observe with your own eyes and a Mary Tyler Moore-esque 360 twirl?  How’s that working out for you?  It’s called “Situational Awareness”, and you, my Nokia 6150 toting friend, have none.

In this day and age, information rules over all. Knowing the right thing at the right time is more critical than ever.

Looking for a job?  Save your Craiglist search as an RSS feed. If you don’t answer that posting in 10 minutes, don’t waste your time.  50 people beat you to the punch.

Trying to work the Market?  You better have those Etrade, Bloomberg, etc alerts coming in.  In the financial world, news from 30 minutes ago = news from last month.  I hear Crocs are the hot new shoe!

Waiting to hear back about an apartment?  You can either stay at home riding F5 on your email, or you could be enjoying a frosty one with some friends at a moderately priced establishment.  As soon as that submarine ping goes off, you can toast to your new apt.

Craving some Applebees?  Fire up the GPS or ask the local hobo, your choice.
Do I really need to go on?  Take your Luddite ass down to a store and upgrade to something from this decade!

p.s. I’d prefer if you bought a Blackberry as I own more RIMM than AAPL

Kthxbye!