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http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html A decision has not been made on whether he could become the first e-mailing p
by andreyf 18y ago
http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
A decision has not been made on whether he could become the first e-mailing president, but aides said that seemed doubtful [...] aides said he hopes to have a laptop computer on his desk in the Oval Office, making him the first American president to do so.
That is pathetic.
- neilc 18y agoWhy? Just because email is effective for normal workers doesn't mean it is necessarily the right tool for the president to use.
- andreyf 18y agoHm, normal workers? I would imagine most CEO's use e-mail... Unless someone can transmit things directly into your brain as you sleep, I think it's pretty hard to argue with e-mail as a way of communication.
- brandnewlow 18y agoJust read that essay. Very interesting. If it's so easy to spot the trend stories coming from a PR agency, surely someone on here could rig up a tweaked memetracker that would isolate them out for public ridicule. Right?
- mattmaroon 18y agoMust be those Big Email lobbying bucks at work.
- andreyf 18y agoI'm missing something - the article refers to the Blackberry in the title as well as all over the article... The comment about it being pathetic that Obama would be the first "emailing president" or the first president with a laptop in his office is unrelated.
- mattmaroon 18y agoI don't see how that has to be PR. Obama actually uses a Blackberry, Blackberry addiction is so common that there's a term for it (Crackbery) that even my dad would know, and their brand name has almost become a generic substitute for any smartphone with a keybad. Blackberry is the knew Kleenex or Xerox. I don't think PG would suggest that every time you see a brand name its due to submarine PR.