It's Your Move -- Shawn

"Everyone" is doing it

It is easy to forget, particularly in this day and age, that we are not all alike with respect to the circumstances of birth, life, and death. Although we have come to (mostly) agree that individuals shouldn't be treated differently based on their race, gender, ethnicity, religion, disabilities, or sexual preference, it is easy to forget that there is a difference between equal and equivalent. One of the things I love about working in the technology field is that it allows so many smart and creative people to come up with solutions to problems that they aren't even responsible for. Like this....

Espionage and hypocrisy - Opinion - Al Jazeera English

Espionage and hypocrisy - Opinion - Al Jazeera English

I'm wondering today if Al-Jazeera has it right, and Snowden's already in Venezuela, or is this a false report? The timing of Snowden's flight may well indicate which country has the best news sources!

Still no news on this, but I do have to say that I'm disappointed to hear that Snowden disclosed the NSA and Israel's collaboration on the cyber-attack on Iran. It doesn't take a rocket scientist (no pun intended) to know that that falls into the realm of "threat to national security" as opposed to "disclosure of intrusive and unethical surveillance." Again, no guarantees that the media is right.... I'm just saying....

Dove Real Beauty Sketches

I wish every woman could go through this exercise....

I'm linking my blog to the new Legal Department Wiki page I'm creating for Acceller. I've been here at Acceller since September of 2011, and in Miami since last June, and have found it so challenging, but also exciting. The people I work with are just amazing, not just in terms of their industrial knowledge, but also because of the mix of ethnicities, belief systems, and backgrounds. I have amazing conversations every day, so I thought I would take the opportunity to re-launch my blog and begin using my voice again. So, to those of you from Acceller who are reading this, thanks for jolting me awake. And to those of you in the outside world, it's nice to be back!