Comments on: Pry it from my cold, dead hands http://omegamom.com/2008/11/16/pry-it-from-my-cold-dead-hands/ A "good enough" mom muses about alpha moms, adoption, computers, the State Of The World, Internet quirkiness, and the Kosmik All Fri, 25 May 2012 00:30:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: 3cmum http://omegamom.com/2008/11/16/pry-it-from-my-cold-dead-hands/#comment-40063 3cmum Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:31:37 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/11/16/pry-it-from-my-cold-dead-hands/#comment-40063 I think the point is that the presidency needs to evolve too and enter the 21st century way of working. I suspect Obama is the first one to enter the oval office who is used to writing his own emails etc. And I doubt he can go cold turkey either. The UK press reported he will have a computer on his desk. I have every confidence that once in office he'll tell the security staff to figure out a way to make it work rather than just give in. Change as they say is in the air. I think the point is that the presidency needs to evolve too and enter the 21st century way of working.

I suspect Obama is the first one to enter the oval office who is used to writing his own emails etc. And I doubt he can go cold turkey either. The UK press reported he will have a computer on his desk.

I have every confidence that once in office he’ll tell the security staff to figure out a way to make it work rather than just give in. Change as they say is in the air.

]]> By: susie http://omegamom.com/2008/11/16/pry-it-from-my-cold-dead-hands/#comment-40022 susie Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:15:28 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/11/16/pry-it-from-my-cold-dead-hands/#comment-40022 Like you, I've been connected for almost 20 years. I can't imagine quitting now. It's hard to imagine the shift for someone like Obama - to lose the way he works and connects with the world. I feel like I would wither away... Like you, I’ve been connected for almost 20 years. I can’t imagine quitting now. It’s hard to imagine the shift for someone like Obama - to lose the way he works and connects with the world. I feel like I would wither away…

]]> By: noreen http://omegamom.com/2008/11/16/pry-it-from-my-cold-dead-hands/#comment-39908 noreen Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:15:03 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/11/16/pry-it-from-my-cold-dead-hands/#comment-39908 It freaks me out too and I don't really understand this whole internet thing--in fact, I would be considered illiterate. But, I'm on-line constantly and couldn't stand to be without it. But, there is nothing like reading a "real" newspaper before a roaring fire on Sunday morning. There is no replacement for that. And,I read the story you're referring to before my roaring fire, with a great cup of coffee this morning. The NY Times is in my driveway every Sunday I love the newsprint all over my hands and the smell of ink on paper. That's something the internet cannot give me. It freaks me out too and I don’t really understand this whole internet thing–in fact, I would be considered illiterate. But, I’m on-line constantly and couldn’t stand to be without it. But, there is nothing like reading a “real” newspaper before a roaring fire on Sunday morning. There is no replacement for that. And,I read the story you’re referring to before my roaring fire, with a great cup of coffee this morning. The NY Times is in my driveway every Sunday I love the newsprint all over my hands and the smell of ink on paper. That’s something the internet cannot give me.

]]> By: lisa http://omegamom.com/2008/11/16/pry-it-from-my-cold-dead-hands/#comment-39903 lisa Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:22:11 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/11/16/pry-it-from-my-cold-dead-hands/#comment-39903 Yeah-I started on the Unix system in the Supercomputing lab in Urbana in 1991. It's a little odd around home because, I got a head start, and jb is 10 years older than I am, so, though he uses computers professionally and has managed listservs-he does NOT comprehend the social/connected part. Freaks him out the timely things I know about our friends from FB updates. We DON'T discuss the blogging. And he makes fun of my withdrawal when we are backpacking. His perspective makes me really aware of the recent shift in our culture. ~lmc Yeah-I started on the Unix system in the Supercomputing lab in Urbana in 1991. It’s a little odd around home because, I got a head start, and jb is 10 years older than I am, so, though he uses computers professionally and has managed listservs-he does NOT comprehend the social/connected part. Freaks him out the timely things I know about our friends from FB updates. We DON’T discuss the blogging. And he makes fun of my withdrawal when we are backpacking. His perspective makes me really aware of the recent shift in our culture. ~lmc

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