Thursday, October 21, 2004
Use Your Career To Fuel Your Obsession With Tech Gadgets
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "ARTICLE" @ 10:00 AM
http://www.careerjournal.com/columnists/cubicleculture/20041015-cubicle.html
"When Andrew Zaeh was a photography agent a few years back, he begged his boss for a new Palm hand-held organizer. "Isn't it important that I have the contact numbers for every creative director, art director and art buyer with me at all times?" he asked her. Mr. Zaeh recalls he was "foaming at the mouth" with desire for the device, daydreaming about its ability to synchronize and transmit photos wirelessly. At first, his boss told him no. But when he bought one himself and produced a receipt, she suggested he "just slip it in" to accounting."
And how many here in the business world haven't had their Pocket PC or other tech gadget paid for, at least in part, by their business? :D
"When Andrew Zaeh was a photography agent a few years back, he begged his boss for a new Palm hand-held organizer. "Isn't it important that I have the contact numbers for every creative director, art director and art buyer with me at all times?" he asked her. Mr. Zaeh recalls he was "foaming at the mouth" with desire for the device, daydreaming about its ability to synchronize and transmit photos wirelessly. At first, his boss told him no. But when he bought one himself and produced a receipt, she suggested he "just slip it in" to accounting."
And how many here in the business world haven't had their Pocket PC or other tech gadget paid for, at least in part, by their business? :D
