President Obama's Most Badass Tech Moments

Before he roasted Trump and took out Osama, these bits made Obama a certified techie.

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Before he stepped foot into The Oval

Office, Barack Hussein Obama II showed and proved he was a techie. America's 44th president established a rapport with the Internet generation by

utilizing CRM (customer relationship management) software

and embracing every major social media outlet like Facebook and Twitter to

push his campaign and connect with the youth. Two years in,

our nation's leader has resiliently pushed his commitment to evolving tech practices, chopped it up with the tech industry's best  and brigthest, and literally fought the government to keep his most prized possession: his BlackBerry. In anticipation of his upcoming Twitter Townhall meeting, we look back at the President's dopest tech moments. They don't call him the most tech-savvy prez of all-time because he knows how to work an iPad. Check out President Obama's Most Badass Tech Moments.

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Obama Rides The Beast

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The CrackBerry Chronicles

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The Royal iPod

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Tweeting For Haiti

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HealthCare.Gov Tech Demo

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HealthCare.Gov Tech Demo

Date: July 28, 2010

Our leader outdid

himself with his viral campaign to promote healthcare reform and technology by

participating in a tech demo for the health consumer website: HealthCare.Gov.

The three-minute video shows Barack giving a step-by-step tutorial on his

MacBook, showing Americans how to choose their own health coverage while trying to explain how the Affordable Care Act is a win-win for everyone: "[Healthcare.gov] is a good resource for understanding the new law,

and it offers a few simple tools to help you take your healthcare into your own

hands…For the first time ever, you can see all your insurance options—public

and private—in one place." 

The Blind Side

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The People’s iPad

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People’s iPad

Date: Oct. 22, 2010 

Most people run up on celebrities and

request autographs on their notepads, photographs, and in some cases,

their private (Breasts people...breasts). But Obama follower Sylvester Cann IV

took it a step further and patiently presented our leader with his iPad, which

he scribbled, “Mr. President, sign my iPad,” along with a signature line using Adobe's Ideas app. Obama's secret service goons looked on

suspiciously as he used his finger to sign his John Hancock on the Apple touchscreen. One month later at a NATO summit in Lisbon, Portugal, Obama ran into

another iPad-wielding fanatic who asked for an autograph, to which he responded

"I've done this once before." What can we say? Dude's a trendsetter.

The Mythbusters Archimedes Death Ray Challenge

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The Mythbusters Archimedes Death Ray Challenge

Date: Dec. 8, 2010

Haters (and Republicans) bash Obama for his celebrity-like status and claim he spends more time on television than behind the desk. That's debatable. Still, whether he’s

discussing his wife’s iPod catalog on The View

or filling in his yearly NCAA Basketball brackets on SportsCenter, like a bad VH1 reality show, we’re tuned in. And we

found his guest appearance on the Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters, where he challenged the show's hosts to reexamine the Archimedes Death Ray

myth by using mirrors to set fire to a boat in the San Francisco Bay with the help of 500

students, to be one of his more

memorable TV tech moments. Sure the experiment was a failure, but how many

presidents you know that would take that challenge? Thought so.

Obama Goes Web 2.0

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Silicon Valley Dinner

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Bashing Government & Oval Office Technology

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Visits Facebook Headquarters

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