Today, we’re announcing our first beta-quality release since the Thunderbird project was re-energized about a year ago. It’s exciting to see the first in what will be a series of releases aimed at a broader set of testers make it out the door.

Thunderbird needs better t-shirts! Calling designers! We now have a great community store, where anyone can upload designs, and somehow t-shirts come out the other end. Could it be any easier?

Even a quick comparison between change.gov (run by the Obama team) and presidentialtransition.gov (run by the US General Services Agency – GSA) is fascinating.