I got my first Blackberry last week, and spent the weekend trying to find a bridge off of which to hurl it with great fury.  It was a bad idea, I realized, to get emails from my superiors at 7am on a Saturday or 7pm on a Sunday, when they are wont to send them.  I have met many a person who says they wish they could get rid of theirs and their addiction to it, but cannot.  Alas, President-Elect Obama is addicted to his, too.  But his new status may preclude that.  Because he’ll probably have to give it up.

[B]efore he arrives at the White House, he will probably be forced to sign off. In addition to concerns about e-mail security, he faces the Presidential Records Act, which puts his correspondence in the official record and ultimately up for public review, and the threat of subpoenas. A decision has not been made on whether he could become the first e-mailing president, but aides said that seemed doubtful.

I’ve worked for executives who are important (and busy) enough that they don’t even use a computer.  They have people type their emails, answer their emails, that kind of thing.  How nice it would be.