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Represent the World

Did you ever care to wonder what percentage of the world you, as an individual, represent?  Income, social status, career position, culturally, spiritually, etc.  Here's an interesting read about trying to create a sample representation of the world's population using ONLY 100 people.

Quoted Directly from Moz:

Met with the co-founders of a fascinating organization in New York yesterday that is trying to identify 100 people who would statistically represent the population of our planet. The organization is set up as a charity, and is called 100 People. The concept is both artistic (Carolyn Jones, who is one of the partners is an amazing photographer) and has aspirations of helping us understand in visual and personal terms who our global neighbours are. Sometimes it's easy to get lost in statistics like the ones below. But if we can see, read and hear the stories of the actual people, we might be more inclined to both be energized by the diversity and richness of mankind, as well as the shame of how isolationist our species has become. Anyway, take a look at the website, even if only for the great photos.

If the World were 100 PEOPLE:

50 would be females
50 would be males

There would be:
61 Asians
12 Europeans
14 people from the Western Hemisphere
13 Africans

30 would be children
There would be 70 adults,
7 of which would be aged

70 would be non-white
30 would be white
33 would be Christian
18 would be Muslims
16 would be Hindus
6 would be Buddhist
1 would be Jewish
11 would believe in other religions
15 would be non-religious

1 would have a college education
1 would own a computer
80 people would live in substandard housing
14 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition

1 would be dying of starvation
15 would be overweight
75 people would have some supply of food and a place to shelter them from the wind and the rain, but
25 would not.
17 people would have no clean, safe water to drink

Sources: The Global Citizen, May 31, 1990, Donella H. Meadows, Hebei University 2001, Zero Population Growth Seattle, Unheard Voices: Celebrating Cultures from the Developing World, Returning Peace Corps Volunteers of Madison Wisconsin, 1992

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MSN Spaces Signature

Add a signature to every blog entry in your MSN Space!

Okay, I just couldn't resist!  I had to program something for you all this evening for some odd reason.  Why anyone would want to add the same signature to every blog post is a good question, but I decided that someone would want it.  Technically this little idea doesn't have to be limited to signatures, so have some fun with it.

http://www.ericis.com/EricSwanson/MsnSpacesSignature.aspx

Thank you Scott for your subtle inspiration!

--Eric Swanson
This is not a cool signature.

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FREE Programming & Company Representation

So, you like my space?  Doesn't matter, 'cause I'm offering FREE programming!  Well, sort of...  A couple of people really liked my tutorial on adding the content in your MSN Space to a website.  So, what else do you want?

In Other News

Something I hadn't thunk about...  I discussed career blogging in a previous entry, but I discovered today that someone had searched for my company and arrived at my blog!  Epiphany!  No matter what, if your blog is indexed and gets indexed with your company name in it, people can and may find you via the company info!  Crazy... So, if my BLOG content reflects poorly on what my company feels is an unsatisfactory representation of its employees, I could get the boot... theoretically.  I wonder what the legalities of this would be?  Obviously if I "defame" my company on my blog, that would certainly be grounds for termination.  But, if I'm simply myself on my personal blog and I perform my duties at work in a manner that meets my employer's expectations, where is the line?

At what point do I become such an important "representative icon" of my company that I have to diligently watch everything I do in life through their eyes?  A good employee recognizes that they immediately become a reflection of their company when they are hired.  Everyone realizes this as it relates to their work "on the clock".  But, few people realize how much of an effect they have "off the clock".  Whining about an employer with friends, family, and others has a tremendous effect on these people.  A negative encounter with a customer at work may simply drive them to talk to someone else in the company, or go to another one of the company's offices / stores.  But, a negative reflection to someone you trust is likely to kill any sales opportunities between that person and the company entirely.

Personal dignity and character are obvious to me, but yet some people take things more seriously than I do.  At what point do I limit my own right to free speech with regard to how that speech reflects in the eyes of others who might make wrong assumptions about its intent or meaning?

I could blab about this all week.  Free speech.  Right to work states.  Personal character and principles.  Employer vs. Employee rights.  The stages of company representation, both "on and off the clock".  The list goes on and on...

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All Apologies

OMG!  I just listened to those singing posts I made back in April... gawd... I am SO SORRY!  But, I'm not deleting them.  They'll remain to teach everyone why crazy people shouldn't drink, even if it's once a month. LOL  If you were unfortunate enough to hear those crazy sounds, listen to my lullaby to sooth your hurting head...

Life is still busy as ever for those of you who stumble across my site and find it amusing or interesting.  I am king of the $10,000+ survey and my product is selling well, so I have to get back to coding...

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