How’s the Economy Treating You? JET Alums Share Their Perspectives
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Marc Carroll (Gifu-ken, 2001-03) Senior localization engineer, translation company, New York, NY As for the economy and me? Hmm, well, I was reassured, unofficially :-), that I am safe, but it could be a mixed blessing if my group was ever reduced in size. A ton more work for fewer people = longer hours. It’s […]
Electric Chair Bear
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Click here to see a recent blog post from Lee-Sean Huang (Oita-ken, 2004-06) on the Electric Chair Bear project he’s working on with his classmates. Lee-Sean, who is the JETAA NY webmaster as well as the JetWit.com webmaster, is currently doing grad work in alternative media at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) which requires a […]
Here are some links to helpful job/career sites and resources. Please let us know if you have others that may be helpful to JET alumni: JETAA Job Bank http://cheno.com/job/jobbank/ JETAA Resume Guide 2008 (Special thanks to Clara Solomon (CIR Tottori-ken, 1999-2001), who is now the Director of Career Services at NYU Law School.) Particularly helpful […]
In Spring 2008, JETAA NY held a huge Meishi Exchange event and asked attendees ahead of time to submit original haiku about life after JET. The haiku were posted on the wall around the room and everyone had a chance to choose their favorite. The following haiku were the ones posted on the wall that […]
GAIJIN DA? Asian JET Alums Reminisce About Their Experiences (Spring 2007 Issue) While many of us remember our days on JET as a time where we stood out because of the way we looked, other JETs often had a very different experience. Ultimately, of course, we all shared that commonality of the humor, awkwardness and […]
Bios
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Steven Horowitz (Aichi-ken, Kariya-shi, 1992-94) *jetwit [at] jetwit.com *Connect with Steven on LinkedIn *Read Steven’s Personal Blog (stevenwaseda.wordpress.com) Steven is the creator of JETwit and the founder of the Writers Interpreters Translators (WIT) Group. He also served as the editor of the JETAA NY Quarterly Newsletter (now “JQ“) from 2002 through 2008, served as JETAA […]
Web Designers
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Huang, Lee-Sean (Oita-ken, Nakatsu-shi, 2003-06) – Webmaster for JetWit and also for JETAANY. Masters candidate at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP), and a co-founder and producer at Hepnova Multimedia. http://leesean.net Mei, Zi (Saitama-ken, 2002-05) – Creator of the JetWit logo. Graphic design, web design and web development. http://sugarcloud.com
Programmers/Web Developers
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Huang, Lee-Sean (Oita-ken, Nakatsu-shi, 2003-06) – Webmaster for JetWit and also for JETAANY. Masters candidate at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP), and a co-founder and producer at Hepnova Multimedia. http://leesean.net Mei, Zi (Saitama-ken, 2002-05) – Creator of the JetWit logo. Web development, web design and graphic design. http://sugarcloud.com
Graphic Designers/Illustrators
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Huang, Lee-Sean (Oita-ken, Nakatsu-shi, 2003-06) – Webmaster for JetWit and also for JETAANY. Masters candidate at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP), and a co-founder and producer at Hepnova Multimedia. http://leesean.net Iwasaki, Marcia (Osaka-fu, 2001-06) – Based in Toronto, Ontario, Marcia does children’s book illustrations and graphic design. See her work here: http://web.me.com/miwasaki1/Art_of_Happiness/Welcome_Home.html Lisbon, Adam H. […]
Note: This page is in need of some major updating. These listings are all very dated (except for Miguel Gervais’ MLC Eikawa which was updated 03/15/22.) Bernstein, Joshua (Asagiri-Cho, Kumamoto-Ken 2005-2006) – Used Office Furniture NYC [http://www.officefurniturenyc.com/] Used and Refurbished office furniture in NY & NJ. [http://www.linkedin.com/in/jbstoler] Cheleen, Kia (Aichi-ken- Kia’s Homemade Bake Sale – […]
*Newest Additions to the JetWit Blog Roll* Chow, Janice – Momoko Mashups Iwasaki, Marcia (Osaka-fu, 2001-06) – Based in Toronto, Ontario, Marcia does children’s book illustrations and graphic design. Read her blog here: http://web.me.com/miwasaki1/Art_of_Happiness/Blah_blah_blog/Blah_blah_blog.html Mel – (Aomori, 2008~) – Mel’s Adventures in Japan Rogers, Steve – Northern Tohoku Exposure Sakamoto, Sean – (Gifu-ken, 2008~) – […]
Below is a list of JET alum artists and JET alums in the art world. If you don’t see your name here and would like it to be included, e-mail jetwit [at] jetwit [dot] com with your prefecture and years, current location and any links to you or your work. ********************* Bothwell, Ryan (Tokyo-to 1997-99) […]
