Disturbing facts from today’s Times article “Lose the BlackBerry? Yes He Can, Maybe”:
- No US President has ever used email while in office.
- No US President has ever used a laptop computer while in the oval office.
- For the first time ever, the weekly Democratic radio address was delivered in a new, so-called “moving picture” format. (Obama’s speech was videotaped and posted on YouTube, see above.)
It will be interesting to see how this new administration uses modern technology to communicate, inform, and influence the public. (Will Obama still TXT me? Can I subscribe to an executive orders feed? Will Malia and Sasha write guest posts on a White House blog?)
On another note, update your bookmarks from barackobama.com to change.gov, the temporary website of the Obama-Biden transition team. Note, too, the URL’s brand extension of their campaign. Clever.