Bad days ahead for rogues

There have been column centimetres aplenty about the latest gaffe from the White House, by including a senior editor – an avowed foe of the administration – in a chat group of the most senior defence cluster in US politics.

- KEVIN RITCHIE

But amid the clamour and the condemnation, all of which is justified given what was discussed and at stake, many of us might be wincing in sympathy.

Developments in technology have rendered communication accessible from as small a device as a smartphone, while predictive text has made e-mailing anything a minefield for the unwary and those suffering from attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder or both.