A word of thanks to my friend Bold Little Swallow for pointing me in the direction of Change.gov, President-Elect Obama’s new web site. This is incredibly interesting for three reasons: the project launched immediately after the election (which means the Obama team has been hard at work for months), it’s the most creative and memorable government domain name ever, and it’s original in execution. Change.gov documents the Obama-Biden Administration’s transition to power and facilitates ideas from the American public.
The idea that the government can get ideas from–gasp–its people is illuminating and makes me feel proud to have a say in a country I’m beginning to love and get to know again. But what’s sad is that this has taken us so long to go in this direction. All it took was a little change we can believe in.