Daniel Hoang

KEVIN JOHNSON '08

Chief of Staff to the Mayor of Sacramento 

On November 4^th the people elected Kevin Johnson to lead Sacramento with a clear mandate for change.  After playing in the NBA for twelve years, Kevin Johnson founded a non-profit organization focused on community revitalization. As CEO he attracted and planned businesses creating nearly 300 jobs, catalyzed economic development in the region, created seven successful schools that significantly raised student achievement and he is now focused on bringing about change in Sacramento. As Mayor he has pledged to make Sacramento a city that works for everyone.  With a small staff, the Mayor's goal is to change the way politics works in Sacramento – to ensure that decisions are made based on the interests of its citizens and children, and not based on factions or party politics. We are seeking to create a dynamic team that will work relentlessly to create a vibrant Sacramento, increase safety, improve schools and strengthen the city's economy. 

Qualifications  
We seek an outstanding strategic thinker and implementer who believes deeply in the Mayor's mission and who displays a record of achievement in challenging situations. A successful candidate will also demonstrate:

• Superior project management experience
• Excellent leadership skills
• A record of setting and achieving ambitious goals
• Excellent communication and writing skills
• The ability to manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously
• Outstanding interpersonal and teamwork skills
• Strong management experience
• A commitment to producing consistently high quality, detailed work
• The ability to identify challenges and actively work to find solutions
• Flexibility
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills
• The ability to work effectively with others at all levels of an organization and to consistently display a high level of professionalism in all interactions
• Public-speaking abilities, including the ability to inspire others
• A willingness to work non-standard hours and occasional weekends
• Prior experience with the city or in a similar role is not required.
• MBA, JD, or Masters in Public Policy preferred

I just had to download the Ocarina for the iPhone. Like Guitar Hero, it's another worthless life skill that will have no future application. Maybe I should dedicate my time to learning a real instrument. However, this is going to be a great conversation starter, especially among the iPhone community.

What is LifeStreaming?
Sites like Facebook and Twitter made it easy to update an audience on the current happenings quickly and easily. Lea Woodward wrote a nice piece on life streaming, what it is and how it can be used. By following and by posting, a conversation quickly forms between writer and the audience and vice versa. It can quickly become extreme, as demonstrated by a fellow Pepperdine alumna when she attempted to update the world on her child birth.

Along comes Posterous
Maintaining multiple sites can quicly become an administrative nightmare. In one of my first posts, complained the difficultly of updating multiple sites. What Posterous does is allow you to send your "posts" to an e-mail address: post@posterous.com. Anything you send from that e-mail address, including images, music, videos, links, and more are automatically formatted appropriately, stored, and displayed in your post. Additionally, depending on what services you setup, Posterous will automatically update those as well. I currently have my Tumblr, LiveJournal, Blogger, WordPress, Twitter, Flickr, and personal blog updated.

E-mail seems outdated for the early adopters but still remains a universal medium for communication. You don't have to learn new interfaces for new sites as they come out, and only have to setup my credentials through Posterous and simply send an e-mail. This allows you to write your post through Outlook, GMail, Hotmail, or whatever you want to use. More importantly, it allows you to use your mobile device's e-mail functionality to send pictures, updates, and more. No need for iPhone apps or lack of MMS functionality (Steve Jobs!).

As the developers work on adding more functionality, such as site specific posting, the service will become more and more powerful.

Get your Posterous today: Simply send anything to post@posterous.com and they will send you back a link to your new site. It's that easy.

Disclaimer: I have no personal or financial ties to Posterous, Inc. My endorsement of the service is simply my personal excitement for a revolutionary product.