Blawg Review #215
It's 2:30 am on the morning of World Oceans Day, as I sit here drowning in a sea of submissions for Blawg Review #215. Buoy, I'm in trouble, with a sinking feeling about all I have yet to do. But before I sail into the heart of this post, let me share with you why I accepted Ed.'s invitation to host this particular issue of Blawg Review.
Today, June 8 marks the first official World Oceans Day, which has been unofficially celebrated since 2009 when the concept was first propsed by Canada at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janiero. The United Nations' World Ocean Day Resolution explains that "The official designation of World Oceans Day is an opportunity to raise global awareness of the current challenges faced by the international community in connection with the oceans."
But what's the connection between MyShingle -- a blog that inspires solos, small firms and aspiring solos -- and Oceans Day? Well, for those of you who don't know me outside of my life as a splashy, celebrity blogger, turns out that I actually have a rather pedestrian day job paddling along as a practicing lawyer. One of my areas of expertise is marine renewable energy development, a specialization that I developed as a baby solo because no one else was doing it (fittingly, that's called a Blue Ocean Strategy - the process of identifying uncontested market space so that competition is irrelevant).
Having blogged about marine renewables for nearly six years, I know that the marine terrain offer all kinds of swell puns that could help me structure Blawg Review #215. (Can you count how many I've floated already?) So without further ado, let's plunge in and explore the treasures of this week's blogosphere.
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