Just read a great article on Channel4.com about research done by the Edinburgh Sleep Centre. Turns out that one of the tricks to get a good night sleep it to keep away from your gadgets at least an hour before you hit the sack.
My answer to that is “Long Live Insomnia!” (just kidding) I can’t remember the last weekday where I didn’t cuddle up with my BlackBerry. I guess this solution is for the only slightly addicted BlackBerry user.
This has to be my favorite quote in the article:
“Checking your work emails before bed on any electronic device is essentially the equivalent to drinking a double espresso last thing at night,” said Dr Chris Idzikowski, of the Edinburgh Sleep Centre.
I guess I will have to keep on working with my old solution for insomnia. Work till you drop and hope you hit a pillow
luc-mobile Not Registered
Posted: December 27, 2007 at 9:26 PM EST from my BlackBerry 8 [e
What nonsense. I fall sound asleep while reading or writing stuff in my Blackberry quite f reqque
Ronen Halevy ( View Profile) - Posts: 3311
Posted: December 28, 2007 at 12:49 PM EST
I find it stops me from getting out of bed. Now I just wish it had better snooze options for the alarm
I always hated the fact that you can only set 1 snooze option
rndy ( View Profile) - Posts: 9
Posted: December 29, 2007 at 6:25 AM EST from my BlackBerry 8320
I agree with luc. In fact, playing with my bb is often one of the few things that helps with my (bb) insomnia.
Ronen Halevy ( View Profile) - Posts: 3311
Posted: December 31, 2007 at 1:24 PM EST
Its good to hear that I am not the only one. It seems like every week they come up with a new reason why BlackBerrys are bad for you and every week I just find their reasoning funnier and their logic faulty. I wonder if any of the doctors who performed this research were ever on call at a hospital. Soon they will be arguing beepers are a cause of insomnia