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Consequences of Mobile Phone Usability…big consequences

by Richard Pak on September 16, 2009 · 6 comments

in aging, design, errors, featured, humor, mobile, technology, usability

Time.com is reporting that part of the economic recession may have been caused by Warren Buffet not being able to check his voice mail:

as Buffett was rushing out to a social engagement in Edmonton, Alberta, he got a call from Bob Diamond, the head of Barclays Capital…[ed. Diamond was creating a plan to save an investment bank and needed money from Buffett]…

Fast forward 10 months. Buffett, who admits he never has really learned the basics of his cell phone, asked his daughter Susan about a little indicator he had noticed on the screen: “Can you figure out what’s on there?” It turned out to be the message from Diamond that he had been waiting for that night.

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