Obama to post weekly address on YouTube

Whether you love or hate Barack Obama, there's no denying his administration will be the one to bring Washington up to speed on the whole Web 2.0 social network thing. He really won the youth over by utilizing services like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and even SMS during his campaign, and as president, Obama will continue to use YouTube to broadcast his weekly address to the nation.

Until now, this weekly address was transmitted over the radio, so in keeping up with the times, his staff will also videotape it and upload it to the video sharing site. Sounds simple enough. The Washington Post says the four minute video will be posted on Obama's transition site, Change.gov too.

In addition, there's also talk of a White House YouTube channel where officials will conduct online Q&As and video interviews. More importantly, President-elect Obama plans to have 'fireside chats' on video, similar to the ones Franklin Roosevelt held on radio between 1933 and 1944.

Spokeswoman Jean Psaki says this is one of the many ways the new President will communicate with the American public to make the political process more transparent. Personally, I love the idea, and can't wait to see what the new administration will do next.