Month: August 2011
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What a Wonderful World
The market is tanking, we’re treading water in expensive wars, unemployment is high, people are eating garbage, school is failing us, our government is dysfunctional, pollution is rampant, kids are hooked on drugs, and our prisons are packed. Many things are going horribly wrong with this world, and I’d even say that some metrics we…
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The Order In Which I’d Tackle Life
Just as there are a million ways to drive from Los Angeles to New York, there are a million ways to get from where you are now in life to where you want to be. But, like the road trip, some ways are better than others. As I’ve tackled different problems in my life and…
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Help Me Speak at SXSW in 2012
Last year, Jason Boehle generously shared his speaking slot at SXSW with me. I had a great time, met a lot of great people, and, according to the feedback we got, gave a good talk. This year I want to do an updated version of my Risk Speech. To get there, I need people to…
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My Workflows for Writing and Programming
I always find people’s workflows interesting. It’s such a personal process, unaffected by outside demands, that I think it sometimes reveals something about its creator. A lot of readers write or program, so I thought that my processes might be interesting. Writing Most people who write WordPress blogs write them in the built in WYSIWYG…
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Polarizing Purchases
A new friend asked me how I save money for travel. I get this question a lot, in different forms: how did I buy a Ducati? How can I afford not to work (people assume that because I don’t have a job that I don’t work)? How do I travel constantly? These questions stab at…