Sorry, Mr. President. Please surrender your BlackBerry.
via Say Goodbye to BlackBerry? If Obama Has to, Yes He Can - NYTimes.com.
PGP anyone? I think there are some pretty secure ways that he could continue to use email…

i think this is a great article on Obama, before he was on the national scene.
Jan Schakowsky told me about a recent visit she had made to the White House with a congressional delegation. On her way out, she said, President Bush noticed her “obama” button. “He jumped back, almost literally,” she said. “And I [...]

how awesome would it be if the president had a blog? where you could comments?
what if you could participate in writing legislation?
it seems that our government is crying out for a web 2.0 overhaul.
(yes, before you go all nuts, I realize that the president doesn’t have much time to be blogging. nor do I. but [...]

We did it!

Oh boy…
A few weeks before she was nominated for Vice-President, she told a visiting journalist—Philip Gourevitch, of this magazine—that “we’re set up, unlike other states in the union, where it’s collectively Alaskans own the resources. So we share in the wealth when the development of these resources occurs.” Perhaps there is some meaningful distinction between [...]

did it strike anyone odd that on the day the report came out on Trooper-gate saying that Gov. Palin abused her powers as Governor, she was out giving speeches claiming that they would reform abuses of power by government?
i don’t know, it just seemed a little odd.

I went out in the neighborhood to knock some doors for Obama on Saturday. A supremely weird experience. Voting is a personal decision… or at least that’s what I’ve always been taught. So I felt like I was violating some part of my upbringing. On the other hand, I think that sharing my beliefs and [...]