So we have a logo that's a shield with wings: https://www.usds.gov/assets/img/usds-logo-horizontal.png . For an off-site last year in the Chesapeake Bay, our designer Ellen Butters came up with a crab made out of the logo. Ellen named the crab Mollie in honor of Mollie Ruskin, the designer who came up with the original USDS logo.
It might sound silly, but we actually got an application from that Slate article. A little whimsy can go a long way in government. We have a lot of crab-themed decorations around the USDS townhouse in DC. I even have a crab drawing my nephew made hanging right next to my desk.
Now Mollie sometimes gets special outfits for special days, much like the Google doodle. For May 4th, for example, Mollie got light sabers: https://slate.com/technology/2018/05/u-s-digital-service-deb...
It might sound silly, but we actually got an application from that Slate article. A little whimsy can go a long way in government. We have a lot of crab-themed decorations around the USDS townhouse in DC. I even have a crab drawing my nephew made hanging right next to my desk.