Ahead of the Patch
(10/20/05 4:00am)
I had a Blackberry long before they became socially acceptable. Back in '03, I was forced into adopting the burgeoning technology. My parents had decided that being able to email me from the office all day long was a good way to keep me out of trouble. Blackberry #1 was about as cool as my TI-83 calculator from high school. It had a black and white screen and no built-in phone. I kept it undercover, stashed in my backpack. Emailing on the go was an exciting but covert operation.