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President Wanted For Democratic Egypt
Note: The revolution will be Craigslisted!
The ideal candidate will possess the following:
A strong desire to liberate the Egyptian people.
Will no longer accept military aid from US but will accept money to invest in Egyptian universities.
Will continue to keep peace with Israel but will demand an immediate end to the occupation, immediate compliance with international law, the Geneva convention, and with all UN resolutions including Resolution 194 Article 11 guaranteeing the Right of Return to rightful property for all Palestinian refugees. Also, Gaza will be free to control it’s own sea ports and airspace.
For consideration please apply in person in Tahrir Square.
- Compensation: Money isn’t everything!
- Principals only. Recruiters, please don’t contact this job poster.
- Please, no phone calls about this job!
- Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.
My picks for Social Media Week: February 7 – 11
My picks for Social Media Week: February 7 – 11
Social Media Week: February 7 – 11
We’re always excited when Social Media Week rolls around in New York City, and this year, it’s expanded to more cities around the globe, including San Francisco, Rome, Paris, Toronto, Sao Paulo, London, Hong Kong, and Istanbul. The conference was established to recognize and celebrate developments in collaborative and mobile media, and the innovators behind them. Yesterday, Social Media Week held its opening ceremony and press conference in New York, where Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith offered a keynote address on how the City is leveraging digital media to improve the way it does business and meet the needs of its many customers.
Over the course of next week there will be over 150 events across the City, many of which have free registration. This year, we are especially looking forward to hosting our first City-sponsored panel (see our first pick below!). To help you navigate the week, here are some other events that caught our eye. Click on the title to register and read more.
- Open Government and the Transformation of New York City’s Digital Environment
When: Friday, February 11 at 9:00 AM
Where: Paley Center for MediaPanelists:
• Seth W. Pinsky, NYCEDC President
• Carole Post, Dept. of Information Technology and Telecommunications Commissioner
• Rachel Sterne, New York City Chief Digital OfficerThe event will serve as an introduction to Rachel Sterne, the City’s new Chief Digital Officer who will talk about the City’s vision for the role and how she will use social media to engage the City’s residents and visitors. NYCEDC President Pinsky and DoITT Commissioner Post will discuss recently launched programs targeted at engaging New Yorkers through social media channels.
- Citizen 2.0 – Social Media and the Future of Participatory Government
When: Monday, February 7 from Noon to 2:00 PM
Where: Paley Center for MediaHosted by Reboot, discuss what it will take to bake the principles of social media deeply inside the process of government service delivery and policy-making.
- Inaugural GovGeeks & Drinks
When: Monday, February 7 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Where: New Work CityThe Open NY Forum is starting a monthly social for NYC’s (that’s NY State and NYC area) GovGeeks! This night is for GovGeeks of all stripes to take off their “hats” and hang out with other GovGeeks.
160 Varick Street Incubator, one of our City-sponsored incubators, is also hosting an event. See the whole Social Media Week NYC schedule, and act quickly as events are filling up!
The lion-hearted Egyptians I met on Tahrir Square are risking their lives to stand up for democracy and liberty, and they deserve our strongest support — and, frankly, they should inspire us as well. A quick lesson in colloquial Egyptian Arabic: Innaharda, ehna kullina Misryeen! Today, we are all Egyptians!
We are often told that privacy is disappearing, that the most intimate secrets are open to public probing. But the reality is the opposite: what is effectively disappearing is public space, with its attendant dignity.
i love how guy fawkes lives on!
For the first time in a generation, it is not religion, nor the adventures of a single leader, nor wars with Israel that have energized the region. Across Egypt and the Middle East, a somewhat nostalgic notion of a common Arab identity, intersecting with a visceral sense of what amounts to a decent life, is driving protests that have bound the region in a sense of a shared destiny.
There are no technical impediments to a fully transparent Congress. Computers can handle this. The challenges, however, are institutional and practical.
