the end of the muppets
Tune for Two (2011) from alfa primo on Vimeo.
An execution takes an unexpected turn…
Emergency Response Studio
The Emergency Response Studio currently on display at Rice. For more visit the ERS site.
On the brink of crashing, because that’s the fastest
“You’re constantly on the brink of crashing because that’s the fastest.” – Danica Patrick
New Office of Public Liaison with Obama’s Whitehouse.gov
First – HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Barak Obama, our new President! 2009 is going to be better than 2008, and I hope and pray he can lead us back to what so many of us believe America is capable of. 
From a tech perspective the switch of the site from change.gov to the actual whitehouse.gov and the first blog post by Macon Phillips, the Director of New Media for the White House, is quite amazing. Comments are not enabled, but the start with a conversational tone is appreciated by this citizen. He lists as goals:
- Communication
- Transparency
- Participation
In addition to having a “Director of New Media”, I noticed from a PR perspective is the new Office of Public Liaison on whitehouse.gov. Doing a quick google on it there seems to be a disagreement between this article and on the leadership bio names listing Valerie Jarrett, Tina Tchen and Michael Strautmanis on the site.
I did notice that Jarrett is an attorney, and Tchen and Strautmanis are both litigators. Hmmm, no APR communicators in the office of public liaison? What does this say about the PR profession that the Obama team chose not to bring in any professional communicators on the leadership team? Or am I missing something?
Martin Luther King day 2009 – one we won’t forget
Three of my favorite MKL quotes:
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.”
‘We may have come here on different ships but we’re all in the same boat now.’
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
It’s one of those days that just seems so predictable and yet so impossible at the same time with our new President‘s inauguration tomorrow!