TIP: highlight a phone entry in your cell phone
September 22, 2008
Today I got a call from Steve asking for my help in translating Japanese and English.
One of Steve’s students, someone I haven’t met, had gone into a hospital because of an ulcer. They wanted to operate on him immediately but needed consent from him. He does not speak Japanese it seems, or maybe he was unconscious at the time but the doctor called Steve because his name happened to be in the student’s cell phone. Luckily for him, Steve went to great lengths to help him and that’s how I got involved.
After I spoke with the doctor and the student, I realized how important the cell phone is in emergency situations when you’re unconscious – someone will use it to contact someone you know. However, who would they contact? If someone looked at your cell phone address book – who do you think would be chosen first? Your boss? Neighbor? Someone you haven’t spoken with in years?
Anyway, my tip today is, in your cell phone address book, find a way to highlight the person that you would like called in emergencies. On my phone, I’ve surrounded my wife’s name with heart icons (stop laughing). It also happens to be immediately visible when you access the address book. This way, hopefully, she will be contacted first should someone ever happen to me. I suggest you do something similar with your phone. Perhaps use icons like I have, capitalize a name, or use hyphens like, —-Billy—-. Do something to help yourself out.
September 24th, 2008 at 16:05
I thought i was –Billy– . Believe me, you don`t want someone calling me if you are in emergency…. no one does.
September 24th, 2008 at 20:18
Haha, you’re my guy if I want to intimidate someone. Just, stop giggling all the time – it’s both cute and creepy at the same time.