http://summatusmentis.com/2008/11/17/technology-in-the-whitehouse/ very little substance, excessive words Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:47:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://summatusmentis.com/2008/11/17/technology-in-the-whitehouse/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Technology in the Whitehouse: Follow-up « Summatus Mentis Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:39:31 +0000 http://summatusmentis.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/technology-in-the-whitehouse/#comment-19 [...] team was used to during the campaign/transition period is just unavailable. I hashed this out in an earlier post, but it still astounds me that our leaders are so far behind our [...] [...] team was used to during the campaign/transition period is just unavailable. I hashed this out in an earlier post, but it still astounds me that our leaders are so far behind our [...]

]]> http://summatusmentis.com/2008/11/17/technology-in-the-whitehouse/comment-page-1/#comment-18 mcphee Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:13:31 +0000 http://summatusmentis.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/technology-in-the-whitehouse/#comment-18 Oh, and the 14 year old thing? Spot on. Our son is at the very end of 14 and has a cell phone, uses e-mail, Facebook, IM, etc., constantly. He will be <em>far</em> better connected than Obama will if these restrictions take force. I think that if anything 14 was too high; 10 years old was probably entirely reasonable. Oh, and the 14 year old thing? Spot on. Our son is at the very end of 14 and has a cell phone, uses e-mail, Facebook, IM, etc., constantly. He will be far better connected than Obama will if these restrictions take force. I think that if anything 14 was too high; 10 years old was probably entirely reasonable.

]]> http://summatusmentis.com/2008/11/17/technology-in-the-whitehouse/comment-page-1/#comment-17 mcphee Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:05:14 +0000 http://summatusmentis.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/technology-in-the-whitehouse/#comment-17 Yeah - that whole no-e-mail thing seems pretty messed up. You'd think that the full resources of the U.S. government ought to be able to do better than sending the poor fellow into the IT stone age. It would be really wonderful if this could be an opportunity to improve the security of <em>everyone's</em> IT infrastructure (e.g., we could all start using digital signatures and, when appropriate, encryption on e-mail) instead of just pushing Obama backwards. Yeah – that whole no-e-mail thing seems pretty messed up. You’d think that the full resources of the U.S. government ought to be able to do better than sending the poor fellow into the IT stone age. It would be really wonderful if this could be an opportunity to improve the security of everyone’s IT infrastructure (e.g., we could all start using digital signatures and, when appropriate, encryption on e-mail) instead of just pushing Obama backwards.

]]> http://summatusmentis.com/2008/11/17/technology-in-the-whitehouse/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Whitehouse On Best Political Blogs » Technology in the Whitehouse Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:56:46 +0000 http://summatusmentis.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/technology-in-the-whitehouse/#comment-16 [...] Technology in the Whitehouse Somehow, the current IT infrastructure of the Whitehouse doesn’t support Blackberry Enterprise Server and Exchange Server technology, and they seem to not have anyone competent enough to reconizw that there is a way, somewhere, … [...] [...] Technology in the Whitehouse Somehow, the current IT infrastructure of the Whitehouse doesn’t support Blackberry Enterprise Server and Exchange Server technology, and they seem to not have anyone competent enough to reconizw that there is a way, somewhere, … [...]

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