Obama is Hiring

By David Drucker

I just found out that there is a brand new web site for people who are applying for jobs with the Obama Administration. Right out of the gate, this is an on-the-ball, technologically savvy move.

The URL is good, too: www.change.gov

I wonder if they need someone working for them who can do some/most of the work remotely, online from Canada? Or would that be ‘Outsourcing an American job?’

And the morning after…

By David Drucker

This cartoon from XKCD captures it pretty well for me:

The World Celebrates

By David Drucker

Saw this on Daily Kos and thought it was worth embedding here.

The Next Chapter

By David Drucker

Like millions of other people, around the world, I feel as if I’ve witnessed something historic. I watched the broadcast of President-Elect Obama’s speech to the throngs of people in Grant Park in Chicago (and again, around the world) from a nearby house near False Creek, with people who I don’t know that well, but now with whom I share a common bond of sorts. I took a photo of the television, just as Obama was about to speak to the crowd. I guess this is one of those moments you remember for the rest of your life.

Congratulations, USA.  For the first time in a long time, I am proud to be an American. Now, let’s get to work

The Last Few Hours of Holding Our Breath

By David Drucker

So here we are, watching the US election, this time from outside the country (and as if everything else weren’t so bizarre, that situation is also a first time for Pam and me).

I’ve written less about politics than I used to, partly because life went on to other things, and I felt that I was just getting angry most of the time. While I am thrilled at the prospect of Barack Obama actually becoming President (there, I’ve written it), I’m also too well acquainted with disappointment (Hey, this morning I learned that I didn’t get yet another job interview I was hoping to get.), so I’m unwilling to completely assume the best outcome.

That said, while I write this, I am listening to Obama’s speech and interview when he visited Google in 2007, and he’s smart, well informed, interested in technology, and inspiring. When shown a network map of the world, rather than being dazzled by the lights of the connected countries, he was spurred on by the darkness of the disconnected world, such as the continent of Africa, to press for how we can fix that situation. That is a World Leader I want to see in charge:

What a strange feeling it would be to actually admire the American President instead of despise him. I’m so used to apologizing for my country that it might be a switch to actually be proud of it. I’m happy at the prospect of such a problem. Given that the polls haven’t even opened yet, it’s a, what’s the word? Oh yes, an audacious hope.