Christine Burgmer | Blog » Text http://blog.english-trainer.de Ideas, news, tips and resources for the Business English learner Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:06:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Killed by technology http://blog.english-trainer.de/2011/12/killed-by-technology/ http://blog.english-trainer.de/2011/12/killed-by-technology/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:37:07 +0000 Christine http://blog.english-trainer.de/?p=3018 Look at the 50 things we don’t do any more!  Okay, I still do some (like writing handwritten letters and checking a map before a journey), but I haven’t used a paper dictionary for a long while … ;-)

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What do you think?  Should people be allowed to take their mobile phones and Blackberrys into meetings?  What are the rules at your place of work?

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