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Subject: [IP] Less we forget Whitehouse.gov



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From: Jock Gill <jg45@me.com>
Date: January 21, 2009 9:18:56 AM EST
Cc: Jock Gill <jg45@me.com>
Subject: Re: [IP] Whitehouse.gov

Dave,

How fast we forget.  Jeff Eller hired me to develop New Media for the White House back in 1993. Working with a dynamic team of inter-departmental peers, a few of things we accomplished:

Public access email in 1993

Electronic Publication of all public White house documents in near real time -- from the start in 1993

Email on White business cards in 1993

First White House web site, Oct. 1994

Legitimizing IP email addresses, not just X.400

etc.

We all welcome Macon and his peers and look forward to all the ways they will improve upon and extend our humble beginnings.

Regards,

Jock
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On Jan 20, 2009, at 9:07 PM, David Farber wrote:



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From: Gabe Goldberg <gabe@gabegold.com>
Date: January 20, 2009 7:50:55 PM EST
To: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>
Subject: Whitehouse.gov

From Good Morning Silicon Valley -- silicon valley.com -- this item has many links, if they don't work, try reading here: http://blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/2009/01/whitehousegov-remodeling-includes-larger-windows-more-doors.html

Whitehouse.gov remodeling includes larger windows, more doors

By JOHN MURRELL


The change anticipated for so long by so many came quickly, just after noon in Washington. After centuries of struggle and halting progress, the nation was finally able to welcome ... its first White House new media director. He is Macon Phillips, formerly with Blue State Digital, and he is the first to post in a new White House blog, one of the features of the instantly remodeled presidential site, whitehouse.gov.

The goal of the site, Phillips said, is to give people a better view of the governing process and a greater opportunity to participate. To those ends, the site will include the blog (and its RSS feed), e-mail updates, text of executive orders and proclamations, and policy positions. "One significant addition to WhiteHouse.gov reflects a campaign promise from the President," said Phillips. "We will publish all non-emergency legislation to the website for five days, and allow the public to review and comment before the President signs it."

Noting that the site represents a work in progress, Phillips invited suggestions, and the never-shy tech crowd quickly stepped up, lobbying for a better way to handle public comments than a corporate-style "contact us" form limited to 500 characters.

Meanwhile, the early reports from the tech front indicate the wireless networks were iffy at times but held up to the communications crush, while Twitter staggered a bit but kept rolling. Some efforts at supplying streaming video faltered, but the CNN-Facebook partnership recorded some remarkable traffic numbers.