THE DEVIL HAD A GOOD NIGHT IN ORLANDO

Incredibly there has been another mass shooting in the U.S. I am at a loss to understand. I am sad for the families. Despite the left-leaning liberal calls for more gun control and despite the arguments from the right-leaning NRA and it's proponents, we now have a new benchmark. I was hoping Sandy Hook would hold the record for at least a few decades. Of course, Virginia Tech was worst in terms of body count, but I could not imagine a more despicable deed than what happened at Sandy Hook. Mark my words, there will be more outcries and more debate over whether more guns or fewer guns, more rhetoric, more opinion pieces on more guns or less guns. And nothing will change. Nothing will change until we human beings start being better human beings. Nothing will change until we begin to treat others as we ourselves would like to be treated. Nothing will change until we stop hating others. We do not yet know what the motivations of the Orlando shooter were. There have been some reports that he saw two men kissing in public, found it to be disgusting and possibly was inspired to kill. Whatever the motivation, we can bet hatred was involved. Our politicians cannot legislate love. Our religious leaders try to convince us to love one another. Our parents (the good ones) show us love and most of us (the good ones?) reciprocate. Yet somehow a culture of hate still exists for many. Need to be convinced that there is a culture of hate in the U.S.? Here is a top 12:

www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/heres-what-we-know-about-americas-worst-mass-shootings

Be good humans.

Star Wars

Wow, memories. Too bad "See Threepio" didn't stick.
Posted by William Smith on Sunday, December 20, 2015

Tomorrowland? Not happening.

What a disappointment. It missed every opportunity to inspire. #MovieReview

We live in an amazing world!

I am constantly amazed by this world in which we live. Many times in a good way...

I downloaded the Periscope app from Twitter recently. So far I have seen a sunset in North Carolina, a gentleman riding the subway home to Queens,NY, and a lady waiting for her plane in a CT airport.

I am sure the novelty will wear off soon, but think about it. I am reminded of the movie "The Fifth Element" wherein Chris Tucker's character is live broadcasting his trip on a luxury space ship. Soon we can all become our own personal broadcaster. Audience size may vary. Idea: Who will develop the first tracking and rating app (similar to the Nielson TV rating service)?

I cannot help but wonder when the lawsuits begin by individuals who did not give permission to be broadcast over the Internet. Just a random thought. 

I believe app's such as Periscope will disrupt broadcasting just as blogging and e-books disrupted print journalism. 

Follow me on Twitter @wsmith8180 and when the situation warrants, I will become one such broadcaster and you can be part of this amazing world. 

- William Smith

- St. Charles, IL

- via iPad and Blogger app

Amazing. 

STILL HERE

Quick note to let you know I will be back blogging soon. Stay tuned. 

Predictive Tools and Manslaughter

So, how do you predict disruptive forces? How could you know that the Facebook phone would fail? In this day and age of "big data" and "internet of things", predictive tools are becoming more and more accurate.  It's a brave new world.

This NY Times article was most interesting:

Spreadsheets and Global Mayhem

Best Weekly Status Meeting Ever - Voices on Project Management

Best Weekly Status Meeting Ever - Voices on Project Management