WhiteHouse.gov will be a central part of President Obama’s pledge to make his the most transparent and accountable administration in American history.

Transparency and accountability. YES! Finally someone up there in government gets it, and that someone is Macon Phillips, the Director of New Media for the White House. He will be one of the people who will be contributing to the Whitehouse blog, providing the American public with up to date events happening in Washington.

If there is one feed that you should add to your RSS reader today, it should be the Whitehouse.gov feed. You can also sign up for Whithouse.gov email updates if that’s more your style.

They are also asking for feedback about the site, so please let them know what you like, what you don’t like, and what you would like to see added by leaving your Whitehouse.gov feedback here.

This is our site, the American people. Read it, follow it, and become a part of it. This is the first time we’ve ever had this opportunity, so take advantage of it.

[tags]Whitehouse.gov, Whitehouse blog, Macon Phillips, Director of New Media[/tags]

My Thoughts On The New Whitehouse.gov

You can create your own Obamiconme avatar to show your support for CHANGE.

[tags]Barack Obama, Inauguration Day 2009[/tags]

My Word For The Day Is Change

I use the FireFox plugin called Forecast Fox, and yesterday was the first time I saw the word snow next to a snowflake icon. It was just crazy for us here in the desert!

Our local school district even called a snow day today for the first time since 1979, even though the snow stopped falling over night, and was almost all completely melted this morning. The only reminder of the snow storm we had yesterday is the snowmen in the front yards of all my neighbors, and the wet and muddy mess that is everyone’s yard now.

I did have a casualty of the snow storm and that was my beautiful Eucalyptus tree. It lost several large branches from the weight of the snow on them, and that made me sad. I love that tree; the smell is amazing, but I’m sure it will grow those branches back.

For more pictures of the snow storm along with videos I did you can visit my Flickr set called Las Vegas Snow Storm.

[tags]Las Vegas, Henderson, Nevada, snow storm, snow pictures, snow videos[/tags]

Las Vegas Snow Storm

I haven’t heard any official numbers yet, but from the amount of twitter messages recorded on the Zappos Twitter Employees timeline, it appears to be fairly large.

EDIT: I just got a note via direct message on Twitter. 135 people were laid off.

Tony did make an official announcement on his Twitter account, and it looks like we will be hearing more details as the day goes on.

EDIT: Tony posted on the Zappos Company Blog going into further detail about the companies layoffs today.

I know Tony personally, and I’m 110% positive he’s not sitting in his cubicle rubbing his hands together and thinking, “Ah ha…more money for me!” His heart is aching as well, and this had to be one of the toughest decisions he’s ever made.

[tags]Zappos, Tony Hsieh, economy, job layoffs[/tags]

Zappos.com Company Wide Layoffs

[tags]Barack Obama, President of the United States[/tags]

Barack Obama President of the USA

[tags]voting, 2008 presidential election[/tags]

I Voted – See My Sticker!

If you’ve already voted, then let me know in my comments. Let’s just see how many comments/votes I can get!

What a long and crazy campaign this has been. We all need Disney cruises after this.

[tags]presidential election, voting, vote, voting polls[/tags]

Did You Vote Today?

I stood in the hot burning sun for 2.5 hours surrounded by people who did nothing but talk shit about Obama and the democrats in general. I mean really!! You’ve had to have seen a great movie recently, or read a good book. It’s hotter than the surface of the sun out here, let’s talk weather! Let’s make small talk people!

When she finally came on stage, she said she was so pleased to be in Las Vegas and on the UNLV campus. WHAT THE HELL? Did no one in her campaign know that they were in Henderson, and about 10 miles from the UNLV campus?

Now Sarah, you were in Henderson, Nevada at the Henderson Pavilion not UNLV in Las Vegas, Nevada. See the map? You were at point A, and UNLV is at point B.

I know I pay a lot of attention to details, and I probably obsess about them more than other people, but after hearing her say that, I really didn’t listen to another word that came out of her mouth. I got a few pictures of the event though, and the view from the Pavilion is amazing. I bet it’s really pretty at night. I wonder what Russia looks like at night from Sarah’s front porch.

[tags]Sarah Palin, Election 2008, Henderson, NV[/tags]

And I Can See Sarah Palin From My House

Which one is Sarah Palin and which one is Tina Fey?

And for some extra fun visit my other blog UtterlyGeek.com for the Sarah Palin Rap Video including lyrics!

[tags]Sarah Palin, Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live[/tags]

Sarah Palin or Tina Fey

I love technology. Make sure you’re registered to vote, and then VOTE in November!

If you live in Henderson, Nevada you can place your vote early:

Galleria at Sunset (Mervyns Court)
1300 W Sunset Blvd Henderson NV 89084
Phone: (702)455-8683
Hours: October 18th to October 31st, Monday to Saturday 10 am to 9 pm, and Sunday 11 am to 7pm.

[tags]Obama, presidential election 2008, text messaging[/tags]

Text Message from the Obama Campaign