Wednesday, January 19, 2005

Oval Office Space

Tom Tomorrow wonders why presidents don't have computers on their desks in the Oval Office. Even the smart presidents didn't.

Maybe it makes for bad photo ops. I'm not sure I've seen too many pictures of the presidents' desks with any clutter on it. Still, wouldn't it make presenting things to presidents easier if he had access to things online? How about email? To much of a security risk? Does the president have so much staff that he literally has to do nothing, even the smart ones? What about those presidents (the smart ones) who write some of their own speeches? Do they really use pad and paper still? Do CEOs of large corporations have computers on their desks?

It all seems odd to me, too.

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