At a recent rally in Seattle, Sylvester Cann IV got President Barack Obama to sign his iPad. As those around him expressed their excitement in being in such close proximity to the President of the United States, Sylvester Cann IV stood calmly waiting his turn to address our first black commander in chief. On his shirt he wore the president’s face, in his hands he held an iPad with the simple command: “Mr. President, sign my iPad.” Mr. Cann describes the event:
At a rally in Seattle, WA at the University of Washington, the President used the touchscreen on my iPad to give me his autograph. Secret service was leery about the idea, but they warmed up to the idea and the President thought it was cool.
He looked slightly surprised, but proceeded to use his finger to scribble on the iPad using the Adobe Ideas app.
I have a video of the event as well. This HAS to be the first time an iPad has received a Presidential autograph.
A pretty significant event for Mr. Cann and President Obama. With the features available with the iPad and the Adobe Ideas application, we get to share part of the excitement in meeting the president and seeing his autograph. Mr. Cann created a site to immortalize the event, aptly titled: I figured, “Why Not Ask?”
The site simply lists other sites which have covered his story, hosts the image of Barack and his autograph, and has a video (yes, there is video). Check out the video to see the look on Barack’s face when presented with the iPad. My only question is, what happened to “Please?” We can only assume Mr. Cann just couldn’t get it to fit.
via TechCrunch