Comments on: Why Tony Blair gets it when it comes to tech

Cisco's CEO says British leader's visit to Silicon Valley is symbolic of his willingness to adapt to a culture of change.

[nanarita]

this coming from the "post it" guy

Anyone remember the news last year about Downing Street resorting to using post it notes instead of email memos, due to embarrassing emails that came from the office of Tony Blair. To prevent information leaks! That's forward thinking alright...
http://www.iwantmyess.com/?p=29

Just recently, Tony Blair admitted he has only recently been enlightened to the business efficiency of email in the office (like many other high ranking politicians!) and still has no idea how to turn up the volume on his tv set.
http://www.iwantmyess.com/?p=85

This guy is your spokesperson for educating and leading technology change to solve the world's problems? Wow.

[Ipod Apple]

post it notes instead of email memos

http://www.analogstereo.com/honda_element_owners_manual.htm

[waterspider]

Blair understands very little about anything

From a technological perspective the complete fiasco over identity cards proves he and his idiotic government most certianly do not get technology:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/03/id_card_committee/

In effect just stating "Hey we can fix all our problems with this new fangled technology stuff!" just shows how stupid he is. That is akin to the belief "why give up smoking when by the time I get lung cancer the'll be an easy cure?"

I can't think of any technological system that the Blair government has implemented that hasn't either failed completly, cost millions more than expected, or has taken years longer than expected to be implemented - or a combination of all three.

Blair is very good at making statements that everyone agrees with along the lines of "Poverty is bad we must tackle poverty" or "AIDS is bad we must find a cure" yeah well great why didn't I think of that - Tony Blair is obviously a great and clever man.

Don't be fooled by his empty-headed statements - they lead to nothing.

Oh yeah? Then use it to stop war!

If he so gets it, as one of the UNs leader he should not only worry about UK's tech status but use it to foster better communication among the west and the middle east. After all, the Net is all about communication... right?