Diary of a Nokia E61 User - Part 1
Making Time For Creative Thinking
I’ve had the Nokia E61 smartphone for some time now and I thought it worthwhile to share the ups and downs of using it with you. In this diary, I hope to give some insights into what difference having handheld computing power, with remote access, is making to my business. This week, I want to talk about creative thinking.
Creative thinking is something we all need time to do. Like any business owner, director or manager, I have to make sure I spend time working on, not just in, my business. But, how do you do that, given the pressure on your time during the working day?
Once again, this is where I’ve found having the E61 is the ideal solution to at least part of the problem.
The notes application on the E61 is ideal for putting down and organising creative thoughts whenever they come to you. The thing about the E61 is that it has a very usable full keyboard, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to use it to any great extent.
As a result, I’ve found time to spend time thinking creatively about my business in what were previously situations where I might have just mulled things over in my head, or simply sat and done nothing. For example, while waiting to be collected in a customer’s reception area, during taxi journeys, and when I wake up first thing in the morning.
All of a sudden, these are my most creative moments, and my subconcious mind seems to reserve it’s most creative thoughts ready to be used at these stolen moments throughout the day. Most of the articles I write for magazines, websites, and our blog (including this very article!) are either sketched out or written completely on the E61, at these times.
Waking up is an especially good example. I often wake up early with thoughts buzzing around my head. By getting these thoughts down into the notes application, it ensures they’re recorded somewhere before they’re forgotten, and it gets them out of my mind so I can think about something else, or go back to sleep.
Then, having got the bones of the idea down, I can flesh it out later on. By either continuing it on the phone or emailing it to myself from the phone, which is very easy to do. In fact, you can use bluetooth or simply wait until the next time you synchronise your phone with Outlook, as the notes get automatically copied along with everything else.
I find that, looking back at my notes, I’m often inspired again to write more on the same subject.
Of course, this doesn’t replace the strategic meetings I have with the team, but often I find I’m bringing notes made on the E61 along with me. It’s made a huge difference to finding time to be creative about my business - I can’t recommend this approach strongly enough to all those other busy business people out there!
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June 16th, 2008 at 10:23 am
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:09 am
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