“An artist needs a certain amount of turmoil and confusion.”
[Joni Mitchel ... via Stowe Boyd](http://stoweboyd.com/post/179648593157/an-artist-needs-a-certain-amount-of-turmoil-and/amp)
We live in artistically thriving times.
Can beer be saved from climate change?
”Most of the crops that go into making beer will not survive extreme weather caused by global warming.”
At least 1 Justice will sit up and listen to that case making its way towards the Supreme Court. Now what will trigger the other 8?
I know it is not Christmas - but I hold to my ‘unalienable right’ to say
“bah humbug to Halloween and Pumpkins.”
The FAANG stocks are flirting with their best day in almost 3 years (FB, APPL, AMZN, NFLX, GOOG)
… aren’t they FAAAN stocks?
Google wants to improve your smart home with iRobot’s room maps
I need to dig out my old post … but wasn’t this tried once before … and thrown out?
Three Hours Later
I knew I’d read about this iRobot mapping your house idea before .. 15 months ago to be precise
And, as a result of all those shenanigans, 12 months ago iRobot was very clear :
iRobot’s CEO says the company never planned to sell Roomba home mapping data
So I guess now they are just giving their data to Google?
Remember when Scottish workers stood up to a brutal dictatorship?
So much goes on in the world that we don’t know.
Googlers forcing Google out of military contracts are essentially using this play book.
”The United States government is accelerating efforts to monitor social media to preempt major anti-government protests in the US, according to scientific research, official government documents, and patent filings reviewed by Motherboard.”
and
”The social media posts of American citizens who don’t like President Donald Trump are the focus of the latest US military-funded research. The research, funded by the US Army and co-authored by a researcher based at the West Point Military Academy, is part of a wider effort by the Trump administration to consolidate the US military’s role and influence on domestic intelligence.”
Netflix’s libertarian-fascist corporate culture is a hell no one deserves …
… well that is good to know … I think.
note to self - remember not to download all the apple updates at once … there is simply not enough time in the day.
I Am Using Blot and Micro Blog to extract myself from Corporate Networks.
… written in response to a question asked this morning by Doc Searls.
Click through to see what you can do … beyond voting that is!
Never even heard of this one … but for all those writers out there ….
Nisus Writer Pro - Powerful Word Processor for macOS has just had an upgrade.
Red Hat takes over IBM … at least that’s what Bob Cringely is predicting … including Jim Whitehurst becoming IBM’s CEO within 6 months.
Lots of other predictions around Amazon, Google, Oracle et al and what they will now do when it comes to Apache and UBUNTU et al.
”Demagogues rarely commit violence directly. Instead, they use blame, ridicule, fear and hate – and then leave the violence to others. That way, they can always claim “it wasn’t me. I don’t have blood on my hands.”
Time Off To Vote on November 6th #TimeOffToVote
”I have felt for a long time that election day in the US (by law, the first Tuesday after November 1) should be a national holiday.
… Brad Feld
… what Brad said.
October 30th Apple Event Liveblog – 512 Pixels
”10:30 AM: I think that’s it for the liveblog. It was like tweeting the event, but on a platform with no Nazis.
… Stephen Hacket
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The fifteenth in my series …
‘Real Stories of Real People – Travels Without Charley’
has been published on BIZCATALYST 360°.
Evelyn has come to understand that decisions are not simple transactions and have real long term consequences.