Obama and his blackberry
Posted on Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 at 6:56 pmOver the course of this week, our nation has celebrated the inauguration of Barack Obama! Today an interesting post came up online that I would like to share. It talks about the fact that our president is in need of his personal blackberry and his desires to keep it and all of his contacts. There was a little bit of controversy whether or not he should be able to keep it. There were fears that the “bad guys” would be able to track his every move through his handy device. Apparently, his security team has protected him by securing his device aswell. How does this relate to us? This shows how technologically advanced we are as a society, and how dependent we are on our contacts. Today, everyone has some sort of personal cell phone that does so much more than just allow us to talk to each other. Families and friends use texting/bbming/chatting as a way to communicate quickly with each other. It is not unheard of for a family to put an employee on their plan. For example, if a nanny needs to arrange plans with a busy parent, texting is a discrete and easy way to do it!
click here to read about Obama’s blackberry