Someone I know won the Nobel Peace Prize.

… no, not a joke. It’s true and my article can be read on BIZCATALYST 360°.



The eleventh in my series …

‘Real Stories of Real People – Travels Without Charley’

is published on BIZCATALYST 360°.

James, proud of his heritage and who he is.

I couldn’t always track the logic of what he said, but we’re talking people!

What’s logic got to do with it?


Apologies in advance.

I am about to catch up on announcing some of my recent placements at BizCatalyst.

If you are interested, I updated the complete index just yesterday on my blottings site.



Plaint

Can anyone explain why, on reading this, I burst out laughing?


Not Voting Doubles the Value of Someone Else’s Vote

”I don’t care who you want to vote for, I implore you to register and vote. And if you think you are registered, double-check. It really does just take a minute.”

John Gruber.



Create your own visual journal of data

Knowing how many people out there are aficionados of the analogue journal .. couldn’t resist sharing this with you, where my own interest in visual thinking intersects.


”It’s also true that young people are notoriously unreliable voters. A poll this summer showed only 28 percent planned to certainly vote in the midterms.”

(74% of seniors plan to vote)

Which is why [this].

Sharing again because the lackadaisical complacency is staggering.


Pity The NationLawrence Ferlinghetti … one of the locals … 100 years old next year.




Today’s The Last Day To Register To Vote In Many Key States

In case you didn’t know .. and you have a car … because a lot of the convenient registration places are closed … at least in the South.

Also on the click through .. a picture of trump giving us all a fist bump.


How to delete your Google+ account.

… before they do it for you in the middle of next year.


If you read something on Kottke and about an hour later, the exact same thing again on a different site … what likliehood is it that the second site saw it on Kottke first.

Asking for a friend who often experiences this and notes that Kottke is rarely credited in the second post.


SVT’s Data Chief Helena Bengtsson seeks social justice through spreadsheets

… well, not quite. Interesting article describing how one journalists uses data to get to her stories.


Can you miss something you never use?


I first heard about Indigenous People’s Day this morning … and I thought ‘interesting’.

I just spotted this in my calendar

Apparently it is already a thing.

Note to self - get out more.


Sometimes Decisions Are NOT So Black and White



Do you pay Medium to read their … sorry our … stuff?

Do you get alerts from Medium as to what is available?

Is it always for paid stuff?

Is there ever a promotion of free stuff?

Enquiring minds want to know.