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Forum on Participation and Politics Online

June 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Yesterday, I attended a forum on democracy, politics and participation online hosted by OneWebDay at NYU Law School. The forum was part of Internet Week in New York. I have uploaded the entire panel discussion as a podcast for you to experience yourselves.
The Panelists:
Baratunde Thurston - Comedian, Pundit; Web Editor, The Onion
Andrew Rasiej [...]

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Tags: Activism · Audio · Campaign · Culture · Democracy · Internet · Media · NYC · New York · News · Podcasting · Podcasts · Politics · Technology

Community Activism: Battling the 88 Greenwich Board & Management Company

May 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Ok, so here’s the deal. Residents in my building, Greenwich Club Residences, have been trying to get our management company to removed plastic lock boxes from the Sirius Radio control units in the common areas of our building. When I first moved in, we had access to control the radios, as these radios [...]

Tags: Activism · Campaign · NYC · New York · News · Personal

Links of the Day

May 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Red State Update on the CA court ruling

WASP Old Money still hate Jew New Money
Just wait until the Russian Billionaires, the Gulf Arabs and the Chinese start putting their names on New York institutions…
Amy Walker’s 21 Accents

Sudanese child-soldier-turned hip-hop-artist Emmanual Jal’s new album
EMMANUEL JAL - Warchild - The Video - Behind the ScenesAnd finally, a [...]

Tags: Internet · Links · Media · NYC · New York · News

On Settling, continued

May 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The Mistress of Philosophy at Minor Arcana has published her views on Lori Gottlieb’s article, “Marry Him!” She references my previous post on the article, which represents my 2 cents on Sophia’s take on Gottlieb. Confused? It looks like Ms. Gottlieb has really touched a nerve amongst unmarried late 20-somethings…

Tags: Internet · Media · NYC · New York · News · Personal

Grad School

April 15th, 2008 · No Comments

I’m going back to school!
I have been accepted into the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University (NYU). I will be starting the two-year Masters of Professional Studies (MPS) program in September 2008. According to their website, ITP is:
A graduate department dedicated to creativity and [...]

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