The Radar

The Library had the Presidential swearing-in ceremony playing in five locations throughout the building today. As the photos on our Flickr page show, quite a few people took the time to watch the proceedings.

But now that the pomp and circumstance is over, it’s time to get to work. The new administration has wasted no time in making a number of new resources online:

• The new White House website is already up and running. You can see a side-by-side comparison of the new and old sites via the blog Nashville is Talking.
• Among the many design changes is a White House blog,
• Which you can pick up via RSS feed.
• You can also catch up with the White House Twitter feed,
• Or catch up with the President’s weekly video addressses.

All in all, the Obama administration has embraced a variety of new technologies in order to keep the public informed. Now it’s time to get to work!

I am very much enjoying the Global Neighborhoods blog written by Shel Israel (co-author of the book Naked Conversations). He is writing about the incredible use or lack of use of the addictive, fun, and useful micro blogging tool Twitter. His word choice is not technocentric and his writing style is easy and to the point (both strengths in the world of blogging, wink).

I advise checking it out if you find yourself interested in the social web/web 2.0.