plugged in puja

it's weird how my information streams and the way i communicate has changed so much this year, ever since i've become more...digital. four examples:

-gmail chat
--knew a girl at mount holyoke, we were buddies but we didn't know each other too well. fast forward to this year: after MHC she went back to paris, and i was in berlin. because our time zones werent so far apart, we chatted more and are friends now. i even visited her in paris and she me in berlin. this probably wouldn't have happened were it not for gmail chat...

--a friend i had at mhc but also didn't know that well was telling me about her job at national public radio and how great it is there. i hang out with her when i visit the usa, and am convinced to apply.

-blogs
--i've been reading gawker for the past few months. a good blog because they're short, to the point, and oftentimes make good observations, even if they are kind of snarky. anyway, today they made a post on how the obama camaign has a new website, change.gov, where you can, among other things, apply to work in their administration. i filled out an interest form from *within my rss reader.* wow. things have changed so much...

--im also applying for an internship at techcrunch (one of the best blogs out there, if you ask me. but you dont have to take my word for it, technoratiranks it high as well). there's no reason to be optimistic about it (1:10,000 chance i'll get picked, and then another 1:10,000 chance i'll actually say yes to an unpaid internship in one of the most expensive areas in the us), but ... hey, why not? finding out about a job over a blog and not just in the "jobs" section of the website? also something new for me.

hmmm...