Working Away w/ "Thoughts 4 the Week": Beautiful Sentiments

It is "Mid-Week" in #Outsiders as our World is celebrating Back to the Future Day and as the leadership dilemma continues in Washington.     I could not help but embrace these I received from a dear family member which is quite a mantra to live up to:

Working Away: Brief Personal Notations & A Personal "Musical Interlude" Hope all Enjoy.....

It has been a very busy night here in #Outsiders as I supported the release a number of notations on Canada and the United States.   This is as the team continued its' daily work on the Daily Twitter Curations.   I also decided to release the Notations on #Canada on Medium and excerpts on it on LinkedIn.

As I was working away, I decided to do a token backing of a Kickstarter Project which intrigued me: 

You're the best! Thanks for showing your support. This project is one step closer to being a reality!

BLOCKS - The World's First Modular Smartwatch By BLOCKS Wearables

Thank you! We'll send you all the updates and behind the scene views of everything happening at BLOCKS

If this project is successfully funded, your card will be charged on: Thu, Nov 19 2015 6:00 pm EST When your reward is ready, BLOCKS Wearables will send you a survey via email to request any info needed to deliver your reward (mailing address, t-shirt size, etc). They have already exceeded the funding and I for one will be keen to see how it all goes--The team @ #Outsiders had already been on the record supporting a number of interesting projects including the NFC Ring--which is right now at 90%. I wanted to finish this "Notation" w/this very disturbing trend while "on the Grid" which is critical to embrace and recognize:   Apparently it's now official, 1% of the world's population now has half the world's wealth. Climate change and... Posted by 350.org on Sunday, October 18, 2015 It is one of the number of new initiatives the team will continue to research and reflect upon.   I also took a little of time to catch an oldie but goodie, Cry Freedom--The story of Steve Biko and the Journalist Donald Woods that made sure his story was told as the campaign against Apartheid gathered steam.     If only the spirit of men like Steven Biko, Govan Mbeke and all who strove for freedom and equality was embraced today.   This song sends shivers down my spine even after all these years: We shall overcome.

On the Eve of a New Week.....

It is back to work on #Outsiders supporting the curation of the Network for the new week.   It has been a challenging days around the World as the Team's Twitter Curations reflected throughout the day.   Our team finished a special edition of "Notations" with a prayer for peace which has been the key mission of #outsiders:  changing the conversation about our World.

It was also a weekend while I was on the road with an afternoon of Service w/the Boy Scouts.   I also finished updates on my collection of images I launched on Twenty20 App that the team has been gracious enough to periodically share on the #Outsider Daily Twitter curation.    It was also an interesting weekend as I made the brief rounds of the Sunday Morning US Public Affairs Shows as Candidates made their pitch and also caught a glimpse of comments by Carly Fiorina as she was speaking at a forum in Texas earlier reflecting upon Character, Faith and leadership.     This is as Jeb Bush was on CNN earlier going into a war of words with Donald Trump.

It will be a busy week in #Outsiders as the team will be sharing thoughts on Solar Decathalon 2015 (#SD2015), The US Election Scene, on Zimbabwe along with some of the on-going thoughts on Government.       This is as the parallel project of Daily Outsider 2.x continues.

As I conclude these thoughts for the week before "running" off",  I wanted to feature this (which our team earlier featured on the "Visions" Channel ) on those who are truly at the forefront of making a difference--although the disturbing trend of 1% of the World owning over 50% of the World's Wealth is a profound challenge that all of us have to recognize:

NYT Now: Five Visionary Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Changing the World

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