Posts for January 14th, 2009

After having a fun fest with watching “The West Wing” these past few weeks on BRAVO - I was amused when the New York Times released this promo spread from the magazine.

In reading through the article and looking at the photos, I wondered “Who are their counterparts in the Bartlet Administration?” And, after a liberal use of IMDB (thanks Amazon), some Photoshop and some heavy-duty HTMLing, I offer a scorecard from the first Bartlet Administration and (hopefully) the first Obama Administration.

Credits: all photos of Obama Staffers are from Nadav Kander and The West Wing (TWW) photos are either from the web in general or from IMDB. Click more to see the photo comparisons.
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….and needed a recommendation, can I suggest a friend of mine from New York City.

Noel (known by his friends as “noneck”) has been a staunch advocate of coworking (Change You Want to See), Democratic ideals and has been incredibly busy with supporting Obama and his personal enthusiasms for a better world (read his blog).

He is looking for a “community organizer” role - specifically in New York City - with a new-media bent. Rather than spelling it in my words, let me use his post for clarity:

I (noneck) will be…

• Working with a team that empowers people and educates them on community media techniques
• Working with online and offline communities to further unify the global connections we all share
• In a position to explore artistic creativity, hone multimedia production skills and explore innovative outreach techniques
• Working with an organization that has a track record of innovation and is willing to fully document techniques for all to enjoy
• Working with an organization that desires new partnerships to test out theories of empowerment and communication
• And….this position should be located in New York City and allows for flex workspace (I will have to travel.)

Any takers? His resume is found here: http://noneck.org/RESUME_HidalgoNoel.pdf