Meet Vanessa Leong. She is spearheading the social media fund-raising element for One Home Many Hopes. This is an organization that working to improve the lives of orphaned girls in Mtwapa, Kenya. ”Mudzini Kwetu” uses education and family support as ways to lift these children out of cyclical poverty. Today, there are 35 parentless girls [...]
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Joe Chang Finds Another World In Southeast Asia
Posted in People, society, tagged Belltown, cultures, Joe Chang, relationships, Seattle, southeast asia, Thailand, travel, Vietnam, world travel on October 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Meet Joe Chang, who just returned from vacationing in Thailand and Vietnam. Yes, he has a big smile on his face when not yawning from jetlag. He loved it: The weather, the culture, the food, the nightlife. Joe is a single 30-year-old Korean-American, born in Vancouver, WA and never lived outside of Washington state. He [...]
TA McCann Leads GIST Into The Market
Posted in business, entrepreneur, tagged entrepreneur, Fast Companies.TV, GIST, Helpshare, Kyte.TV, Linkedin, Robert Scoble, T.A. McCann, Vulcan Ventures on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Meet T.A. McCann, the CEO of GIST. Recently, T.A. and Gist have been featured across the media as the company beta launched its web-based service that connects your inbox to the web. MeetKendall called GIST “Linkedin on Steroids“. Basically, GIST scours the internet for information about your contacts and their companies and brings it back [...]
Wassup???? 8 Years Later
Posted in Politics, tagged 8 years later, budwesier commercial, Politics, video, wassup? on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Meet the “Wassup” boys eight years later. These bud beer commercials were hugely popular in mainstream American. Now, eight years later, a sobering perspective of the state of affairs. Another example of how Obama dominates the messaging on the internet.
Scott Oki, An Inspiring Role Model For All
Posted in business, entrepreneur, People, tagged community activitist, Japanese-American, KAC, Korean American Coalition, Microsoft, Oki Development, Oki golf, philanthropist, Scott Oki, venture capitalist on October 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Meet Scott Oki, an inspiring community activist and philanthropist. Recently, I had the privilege of working with Scott during the Korean-American Coalition (KAC) national convention, where he volunteered to be one of the keynote speakers. Inspirational and articulate, Scott spoke of the need for “personal integrity”, particularly among our youth. Growing up in Seattle, [...]
Did You Know?
Posted in education, tagged Arapahoe High School, Did You Know?, education, exponential times Karl Fisch, Shift Happens, Sony BMG Entertainment, The Fischbowl on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Meet Karl Fisch, an innovator in education around the field of constructivism and use of technology to foster student-cetered classrooms. In August 2005 his Arapahoe High School in Colorado received funding for a proposal that was innovative, forward-looking, included a technology component, and not “education as usual.” The result took the education world by [...]
Who Do You Think Won The Final 2008 Presidential Debate?
Posted in Politics, tagged 2008 presidential debate, 2008 presidential debate poll, McCain vs Obama, Palin vs Biden, Presidential Debate, presidential debate poll, second presidential debate, Who won the debate on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Carlos Lascano’s A Short Love Story In Stop Motion
Posted in art, tagged animation, Carlos Lascano, illustration, love, love story, stop motion on October 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Meet Carlos Lascano. He is a multi-faceted artist. I’ll let his work explain. I’ve included a link rather than embedding a video here so you can watch in full screen HD on vimeo. Click on image below and enjoy.
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