Howdy folks,
A few random news points and general updates.
The first thing is I want to shout out my new article that went live this week on Revzilla – it’s the first of a 4-part series I wrote on the State of the Electric Motorcycle that includes interviews with Zero Motorcycles, Mission Motorcycles, and Harley Davidson. It was a tremendously fun piece to write and I hope you-all enjoy it. Electric bikes are interesting both from a Electric Vehicle perspective and from a Mobile perspective and the bikes from Zero and Mission in particular blur that line between vehicle and data platform.
Secondly, I’m going to be pausing my short stories. I’ve been posting them every friday for almost 3 months now and – despite positive feedback from friends and family – have not seen any of them go above 10 shares or tweets. Nobody sharing the stories means nobody outside my immediate circle will ever see them. While it has been a fun exercise as a writer, it’s hard to justify continuing to invest the time when I have so many other projects going.
Back on a positive note – I’ll be in Scotland for the next two weeks interviewing people and observing the last week of the campaign for Scottish independence before the referendum on the 18th, as well as the immediate aftermath of what I fervently hope will be a resounding victory for “Yes.” This is hugely exciting for me because it’s my first real vacation in over 3 years, because I’ve always been proud of my Scottish heritage and feel a deep connection to the place and the people, and because I did my Bachelors degree in Political Science and International relations with a focus on secessionist movements among stateless nations in Europe. So this trip is exciting both personally and as a political scientist.
I’ll post my first article Saturday and hope to post something every day for the next two weeks.
As always, thanks for reading.
Jed