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Fewer Blackberry Jobs and Sunday’s Best

Yes indeed, I can never miss out on using that double entendre, but with Research in Motion now flailing like Nortel in 2000 (I SAID IT! I MEANT IT!), what does this mean for Canada’s latest Tech Darling? I know a lot of folks who are at RIM, so I am not wishing the company bad luck, but they certainly did hire a lot of movers, shakers and sycophants from the Nortel Middle and Upper Management chain, I have to wonder. Is this the end? I have no idea, but I think tough times are ahead for them, and given I keep seeing notes on Facebook about BlackBerry outages, I gotta wonder?

This past week, my Twittering was across the board, given the diverse (read scatter brained) postings I made for the week:

  • I haven’t used it much but with Sunday Banking, I wondered whether it would last, and it has at my local TD branch that is for sure.
  • Given I talked about employment on Monday, I managed to show my twitter peeps what it was like in 2010 with Unemployment and Employment August 2010.
  • Given the issues that arose from me procrastinating on computers Procrastination and Finances, I point out that sometimes procrastination works, and sometimes it costs us (yes I DO mean money).
  • I went into my archive of sarcasm with Dumber than Snake Mittens, which I still love to read every once in a while.
  • Remember that time and hindsight are cruel mistresses and with Twenty Years ago is a Long Time, I point out how they have beaten on me pretty hard. Oh and 13 days after that post I was laid off by Nortel.

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  1. Blackberry is losing out its charm among users as there are lot of smart phones available now in market to give RIM a tough fight. I hope the company starts looking out futuristic now.

  2. it’s just a pity that this week, RIM blackberrys have stopped working in parts of Europe and the USA due to datacenter problems!

  3. Haha I almost died when I read the headline… I think RIM do still have a HUGE business following. As long as they come out with something special it shouldn’t be too hard for them to find a niche to profit from.

  4. Might be funnier if your grammar was correct.

    Normally I enjoy your posts, but I’m disappointed by your crude remarks in such a public forum. Save them for parties.

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