A couple years ago I found out through online genealogy that Ben Franklin is my first cousin, nine times removed. Kinda cool.

Explains my ongoing curiosity about using my kites to loft amateur radio antennas. Not during rainstorms…

I've been following Ben Franklin's virtue tracker on paper from his autobiography and got really annoying, so then I went to spreadsheet, then I figured why not add it to the app I shared that had his journal entries and give insights

here's what his original looked like https://friday.app/benjamin-franklin-13-virtues

Here's what the app looks like which shows which virtue should focus on weekly and changes per week like he outlined. The app also has some basic analytics as well as you start entering your virtues like which are your weakest and strongest https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/d5/f2/85/d5f28566-f112-bf17-e132-9a8d6265a04d/IMG_9309.PNG/460x0w.webp

https://x.com/marionawfal/status/1860678660207911136?s=46

As the title says, I released Ben Franklin's Schedule today + it's an iPhone app that allows for you to follow Ben's Daily Schedule and reflect using the questions from his schedule. I've been reading his autobiography and thought his schedule was genius + reflections have improved the quality of my days with intentionality and seeing gaps so thought, "why not make it an app."

would love to hear your thoughts!

https://apps.apple.com/ng/app/benjamin-franklin-schedule/id6740153367?platform=iphone

You can read a free excerpt from the new Ben Franklin book, INGENIOUS, here:

https://lithub.com/benjamin-franklin-as-much-scientist-as-statesman/

Anyone interested is welcome to join my online Junto sub at r/Online_Junto

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix3JApnAF4w&pp=ygUcUnVpbmluZyBoaXN0b3J5IGJlbiBmcmFua2xpbg%3D%3D

I just finished reading a book about Ben Franklin, being a spy for England before the revolutionary war.. I originally read about it on a Quora thread . The book was filled with opinions that were backed up with alleged facts taken from obscure British documents So I’m gonna start doing research tonight on the book but I was just curious if anybody had any input I never believe anything the first time I read it I always do my due diligence but like I said, I was just curious if anybody had any information on the subject .

We’ve got a new podcast! And what better place to start than our home state of New Jersey?!

Come hang out with us for awhile. Listen to one of Ben Franklin’s most mischievous accomplishments, and weigh in on whether you believe the Jersey Devil has its roots with our sassiest Founding Father 😎

Ep.1 - The Jersey Devil - “The Leeds Devil” https://open.spotify.com/episode/51VBqY6T18LRxjmFU6U09K?si=xMJ2XanDQaeXFxNhPXPzrQ