Earlier this week the UN released a report with the results of the Human Development Index. In short, it is the best place to live. Australia came in behind Norway as having the second highest quality of life in the world. It was a world wide news story and reported in countries including USA, UK, Korea, Canada, Ireland and India.

Did you know that there were rules on how you could promote your Facebook page outside of Facebook? There’s a page dictating the rules of how you may do it from Facebook here. In summary…

Surely with the technology and platforms available now, there are direct, accurate and immediate ways we can gauge public opinion. Not just on daylight saving but any topic – the emissions trading scheme, internet filtering, the name of a new Vegemite or which fans want Barry Hall at their club. If I was in charge of making these decisions, I’d be taking advantage of as many tools which measure public sentiment as I can in order to cover my ass and make an informed decision.

If your name is approximately 18 characters long, it cannot be removed from ‘Suggestions’ page as the name covers the remove button

Those tweeting #heyhey during the telecast had, on average, 100 less followers than the average active Twitter user. Twitter users tweeting about Hey Hey It’s Saturday had anaverage of 154 followers. In comparison, the average active Twitter user has 255 followers.

Sam constantly adjust my perspective and inspires me to look beyond the day to day. While I don’t have the free spirit he does, he shows me how much there is to do and to explore out there. Check out his blog to read about his experiences (clubbing in Kenya, surfing in California, elephant orphanages in Sri Lanka) and view his amazing photos. Truly inspiring!