On #ThisDayInHistory in 1922, just two days after taking power in #Ireland, the #IrishFreeState executed, without trial, four #IrishRepublicanArmy leaders from the anti-treaty side in the #IrishCivilWar. Alphabetically: #DickBarrett, #JoeMcKelvey, #LiamMellows, and #RoryOConnor.

We live in a nation where the winner of the most powerful office in the land may have been decided by a lousy user interface.
-- Rory O'Connor (Interactive Week)

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#Photography #Panorama #Sand #Tracks #Iowa

We live in a nation where the winner of the most powerful office in the land may have been decided by a lousy user interface. So, if typical Americans have trouble choosing the right options on a butterfly ballot -- a sheet of paper with four arrows on the left, four arrows on the right and eight holes in the middle -- how can they be expected to figure out today's computers, Web sites and portable gadgets?
-- Rory O'Connor (Interactive Week)

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#Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico

We live in a nation where the winner of the most powerful office in the land may have been decided by a lousy user interface.
-- Rory O'Connor (Interactive Week)

#Wisdom #Quotes #RoryOConnor #Computers #Politics

#Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida