JET alum Lee-Sean Huang (ALT Oita-ken ’03-’06 / webmaster, JETAANY.org & JetWit) was recently spotted in a flash mob music video for the dance pop girl group Xelle. You can spot Lee-Sean in the back of the train, dancing with the big spotlights.
Cooking in Japan: Share your stories!
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Update: See submitted stories further below in this post! Additional ones will be added as received. So keep checking back. I learned recently from our friends at the free Japanese weekly Shukan NY Seikatsu that “food” is the leading driver of tourism to Japan from the U.S. these days. With that in mind, I thought […]
JET ROI: “Because of JET……”
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JETAA NY Webmaster and tech/social media guru Lee-Sean Huang (Oita-ken, 2003-06) got the ball rolling with a video series called “Because of JET…..“ in which he uploaded short video clips of JET alumni sharing some good things that they experienced and witnessed as a result of participating in JET. The first few videos were taken […]
Study in Japan: Keio University Graduate School of Media Design Information Session
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Thanks to JETAA NY Webmaster Lee-Sean Huang for passing this on:
JetWit Blog Beat 2.7.10
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JetWit Blog Beat by Crystal Wong (Iwate-ken, 2002-04) is a recurring item featuring posts from the blogs of various JET alumni. Crystal is a former English-language writer for Kyodo News. She now works in online marketing in New York and relishes her constant hunt for the best cheap(ish) eats in the city. Hope everyone had […]
Job: Creative Technologist at New Media Strategy Start-Up (NYC)
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This opportunity comes from Lee-Sean Huang, the JETAA NY (and JetWit) webmaster. Purpose – a New York based company that builds cutting-edge social and political movements – is looking for a talented, entrepreneurial, and creative technology lead to join our rapidly growing team. Purpose partners with organizations and brands to build real movements that mobilize […]
JETAA Northern California launches its new website!
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Update: Turns out that JETAA Southern California has also recently updated its website: http://jetaasc.org (can’t tell if it’s Joomla, WordPress or something else) (Thanks to JETAA SC Prez Jason Porath for the update.) This just in from JETAA Northern California: Hey everyone, After talking about it at the national conference for I don’t know how […]
Job: Part-time Freelance Visual Designer (Web)
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Thanks to Lee-Sean Huang (Oita-ken, 2003-06) for sharing this job opportunity. (FYI, Lee-Sean is the webmaster for both JETAA NY is doing part-time work. and for JetWit.) The opportunity is with a start-up for which Lee-Sean is currently doing part-time work. To Apply: Please respond to design (/at/) purposecampaigns (/dot/) com with a cover letter, […]
Vote for ‘Herbivores’ on Food2
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Hi, it’s your Jetwit webmaster Lee-Sean Huang (Oita-ken ’03-’06) here. I have a quick favor to ask you all. “Herbivores,” the stop-motion animation video that I made with my friend Elizabeth Fuller last year has made it to the top 10 semifinals of the First Annual Food2 Summer Challenge. We desperately need your votes to help […]
JetWit Blog Beat 8.25.09 by Crystal Wong
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JetWit Blog Beat by Crystal Wong (Iwate-ken, 2002-04) is a recurring item featuring posts from the blogs of various JET alumni. Crystal is a former English-language writer for Kyodo News. She is now a freelance writer and digital strategist in New York and relishes her constant hunt for the best cheap(ish) eats in the city. […]
**************** JetWit webmaster Lee-Sean Huang (Oita-ken, 2003-06) comments after the jump on The Cove, a new documentary about dolphin hunting in Japan. Please feel free to share your own thoughts regarding this controversial film in the comments section of this post.
JQ Magazine’s Summer 2009 “¼ Cheap Trick” Issue Is Out Now!
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**************** JQ SUMMER ISSUE OUT NOW! We Want You to Want It! JQ’s Summer 2009 Issue is Here!! SUMMER 2009 ISSUE – click image below to download PDF The leader of a band that’s sold over 20 million records and brought the words “At Budokan” to the big time, the new Japanese ambassador to New […]
JetWit has become increasingly aware of JET alum artists doing interesting work and making names for themselves in the art world. Below is a little background on a few of them (though there are many more out there). Click here for more JetWit posts on art and JET alumni. You can also see a more […]
JETAA NY Webmaster Lee-Sean Huang (Oita-ken, 2003-06) is settling into his summer internship at Creative Commons in San Francisco and is working on a site called OpenEd that will act as a kind of portal for the open education community. Lee-Sean suggested that the JET community, which already does a lot to share their lesson […]
Pre-Departure Orientation: The Documents!
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Thanks to JETAA NY Webmaster Lee-Sean Huang (Oita-ken, 2003-06) and JETAA NY President Megan Miller (Hyogo-ken, 2000-02), below is a link to all of the PowerPoints and PDFs of presentations at the JETAA NY Predeparture Orientation which was held this past weekend on Saturday, June 20, 2009. http://jetaany.org/2009/06/21/2009-jet-pre-departure-documents/ Asian-American JETS (Powerpoint) Travel In and Out […]
