Last chance to vote in the BPR3 icon contest

By dmunger on September 22, 2007.

Just a quick reminder: The voting on the BPR3 icon contest closes on Monday, September 24. If you haven't voted yet, head on over to BPR3 or this CogDaily post and make sure your voice is heard.

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Just looking at the latest Cognitive Daily post, and was struck by the reality that the "peer" icon currently in use does a far better job than any of the proposed replacements at stating clearly and unambiguously what it signifies ...

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