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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 [...]

Tags: Art · Avaaz · Design · Education · ITP · Internet · Media · Music · NYC · New York · News · Personal · Technology

Boycotting the Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony

April 15th, 2008 · 16 Comments

The following letter ended up in my inbox today from Huang Jinming of the Central Committee of the Social Democratic Party of China. Their website is under construction and there wasn’t much I could find out about them online. However, their letter lays out some principled, well-reasoned arguments, so I thought it [...]

Tags: Activism · Campaign · China · Culture · Democracy · Human Rights · Links · News · Taiwan · Tibet

sofa bed and springtime have arrived

April 8th, 2008 · 3 Comments

After months of delay, my sofa bed has finally arrived. I am almost done furnishing my apartment. My housewarming party is LONG OVERDUE, but stay tuned, I will be throwing one very soon.

Spring has (sort of) arrived as well. Here are some photos Kris and I took of early spring in Lower [...]

Tags: NYC · New York · News · Personal

More on Tibet - Latest from Avaaz.org

April 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Protesters hold a demonstration urging US President George W. Bush to cancel his plans to attend the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing because of the situation in Tibet during a protest at Lafayette Park across the street from the White House in Washington, DC, on March 31, 2008. (c) 2008 [...]

Tags: Avaaz · China · Links · News · Tibet · petition

Stop the Clash Again

March 18th, 2008 · No Comments

I worked on this video during my Avaaz days. Check it out and vote for us please!
Here is an update direct from Avaaz:
Great news — our video “Stop The Clash of Civilizations” is one of six films nominated for “Best Political Video” at the 2007 YouTube Awards. Dismantling the false clash between Islam and [...]

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