President-elect Barack Obama has released his first weekly address on his new site, change.gov.  The fact that he’s doing this means so many things: it shows the pro-activity that we have to look forward to, and it shows the world that we have an intelligent, thoughtful, and eloquently-spoken man to lead our country.  Who knows, maybe the other countries of the world will stop laughing at us now.

The site itself, which was obviously designed by the same folks responsible for his campaign site, is quite captivating as well.  It admirably meets all the goals one would expect from such a site: visual unity, a sense of regality, tasteful typography, and readability.  Quite a bit of information is presented on the home page, yet spacing and color are used judiciously to lead the eye through the visual hierarchy.

The way our next President is handling every aspect of his upcoming office already is a sign of what we have to look forward to in the next four years: responsibility, intelligence, thoughtfulness, and dedication. It’s about time.

History was made today. Here’s to the next four years.

I have a confession to make.  If you read my blog at all, you may remember that I posted about switching to Django for my wife and I’s blog.  I have to say that I’ve had a change of heart.  I’m going to stick with my old reliable favorite, PHP.  Essentially this is an exercise of restraint.  I really like coding in PHP, and for a multitude of reasons.  It’s lean, flexible, and can be object-oriented.  I’ve been taking a more object-oriented approach to PHP lately, and I would definitely like to the get the practice in.  Another reason I don’t want to switch to a new platform is because of the flexibility of my job.  New projects come along frequently enough that allow for experimentation with new language and technologies. I definitely want to hone the skills I already have, and if something comes up on the job that requires a new language, I’ll delve in there.  In working at Bridge, I’ve already tested the waters in two new languages, Java and Perl, and I enjoy both of them.  So that’s that.

In related news, I’m finally getting to the point where I’m actually redesigning my other blog, so stay tuned for posts on the entire process of re-creating that site.

Cheers.