Whitehouse.gov – Wow
Jan 22nd, 2009 by Val Nelson
With all of the problems on the new President’s plate, upgrading the White House website made the cut for Day 1 priorities. And have you seen it?
Obama’s new media focus is now in the White House and can already be seen at www.whitehouse.gov.
The new site is setting the standard for web designers and writers, as noted by web writing expert, Crawford Kilian:
While Barack Obama was giving his inauguration speech on Tuesday, change had already come to American cyberspace: a White House website that instantly made every other governmental and political website look…well, sad… Get past the eye candy…and you find yourself on a superbly usable website. [more]
In reality, we can’t all have such a sophisticated website, nor does everyone need it all. But we can borrow a few ideas from those who’ve already done their homework on what works.
