Control Your Technology Tips & Tricks #2

Yo. Ok if the phone rings and if you are my mother then you will undoubtedly run over burning coals to answer it before the calling party hangs up.  If you are calling me we would both be lucky if it was not on 'silent profile'.  Most will be somewhere in between.  So what am I on about this time??

Well as we start converging more ways to contact an individual like a voice call, SMS, email and/or instant messaging (to name some of the ways my phone is connected) then we as consumers of the technology need to start to control when we want it to buzz, sing or cry. As responsible promoters of technology I also think we need to help educate our customers on how to make it work for them in a positive way and not turn our fans into stressed out ADD corporate victims!

With Windows Mobile devices using Direct Push messaging you should know that you are in control of the times your Exchange server will push data to you. First go to Active Sync which is the application with the green circle with two opposing arrows icon.

Under menu select 'Schedule'

'As Item Arrives' means you are using Direct Push as opposed to a time synch schedule or a manual synch.  At the bottom of the screen select 'Peak Times'

Here is your devices schedule for what it considers peak times and more importantly when Direct Push will send updated data to your device making it react accordingly.

I am not great with morning have to's so I will reset this to start at 9am. Also I think 7pm is long enough for a regular work day - don't you?

Well there are a lot of things to consider when managing your time in a modern work environment. I hope this post takes you a step closer to getting your  technology to work for you and not the other way around.

Tested on Exchange 2007 and the HTC Diamond Windows Mobile Professional device

Enjoy more with what you have

rA

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