He got to keep it

“They’re going to have to pry it out of my hands,” is what President Barack Obama said. “Yeah good luck with that buddy,” was my first thought. “There is no way they are going to let you keep your precious crackberry.” Don’t get me wrong I sympathised with the man. I felt his fear at the potential loss of his lifeline. Honestly if someone tried to take my iPhone away from me I would do something totally irresponsible. So when I opened The Times this morning and read that he got to keep his BlackBerry, with certain conditions of course, I felt immense relief. He’ll be able to send his lovely wife an email or text to say he’s going to be late for dinner. And his basketball buddies will be able to keep him up to date with the latest scores. But the main thing is that he will continue to get the real story from blogs and posts on the Web - not the sanitised version from his aides. He will know the mood of his people and that will make him a great leader. That’s my hope. Go OH-BAH-MA! http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5570214.ece