On Tuesday, a friend of mine heard an interesting story about Blogging on NPR show Public Interest, Tech Tuesday. Here is where you might find and listen to that story. 1:00 – Tech Tuesday: Blogging For years, Web loggers, or “bloggers,” have used the Internet to express their viewpoint or document their lives. A Tech …
Monthly Archives: September 2002
Letters to the Peace Corps DC office
Some of my fellow colleagues in Guyana have written a few letters to the Peace Corps DC office regarding my termination. Others have also been asking me who they can send letters to, should they decide to do so. This weekend, I plan on adding a page to my site that will give a list …
Peace Corps’ Internet communications manager position
I have officially applied from the Peace Corps’ Internet communications manager position. It would be so ironic if I were to get this job, or even get interviewed, since the Peace Corps kicked me out of Guyana due to my personal website and online content. We’ll see. — “Picado, Patricia” [email protected] wrote: From: “Picado, Patricia” …
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Request for reinstatement
On September 5, 2002, I sent an email to Sylvie Mortimer of the Office of Placement, Business Desk, regarding my request for reinstatement or re-enrollment to Peace Corps service, or transfer to another country, without having to submit a new application. Please scroll down to read that email if you haven’t already done so. Today, …
We got mugged and assaulted
Criminal activity in Georgetown, Guyana, counties to be a concern for some of the volunteers still stationed there. I recently received this email from one of them who currently lives on the same street that I lived on with my host family during training. It is also just three blocks away from where I would …