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.