For many of us, this last month marked the end of an era — and the beginning of a new one.
Like me, you might vividly remember when you got your first BlackBerry device. How it looked. How it felt in your hand. The feeling of connection it afforded to your work, your family and your community. It seemed like more than just an object made of hard black or blue plastic. It was also a rite of passage. It was something we had earned, that spoke not just of our importance to the organization that had bestowed it upon us, but also to our status as a valued professional, whose knowledge and opinions were relied upon even when we were not at our desks.