Year: 2016
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Nine Trends I Predict
As you may have noticed, I’ve been very early on some big cultural trends. I was into pickup way before it was mainstream, was one of the first “digital nomads”, was living in an RV before the tiny house craze, and was playing poker profitably before it went big, etc. This isn’t because I’m clairvoyant…
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The Software I Use to Be Productive
To break with my normal style of post, I thought this week I’d share some of my favorite software that helps me get work done on a daily basis. Because I use Linux it won’t all be applicable to you, but maybe some of the ideas will be, and a lot of the software is…
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What It Feels Like to Always Travel
For the past few years I’ve been in a state of near-constant motion. I was in Budapest for five weeks straight last month, and that was by far the longest I’d been in one place in years. This lifestyle now feels totally normal to me, so I thought it might be interesting to share what…
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State of the Island 2016
I’m going to start writing a little wrap-up about the island every year, partly because I want to chronicle it for my own reading later, but also because there’s been a lot of general interest in the island. If you’re late to the party, nine friends and I bought an inexpensive island off the coast…
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An Island, Vegas, Budapest for A Fraction of the Median House Price
Two days ago I closed on a property in Budapest (right where districts V, VI, and VII meet, if you know the area). It’s not just my property, though. I share it with eight of my best friends. It’s the latest piece of the puzzle in my recent quest to have home bases around the…
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Your Brain As a Funnel
I’ve been working a lot on marketing recently, as you’ve hopefully noticed if you subscribe to CruiseSheet‘s (awesome) newsletter. A basic part of marketing is thinking about the funnel. At the top of the funnel you have people who go to the web site, and at the tiny end of the funnel you have people…
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The Invisible Fence
As you probably already know, one good way to keep your dog fenced in is the invisible fence. It’s a loop of wire you run around your yard that triggers their special collar if they cross the wire, giving them an electric shock. After a while you don’t need the collar or the wire anymore.…
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Five Things I Learned On My Return to Productivity
A few months ago I had a troubling thought: maybe I’ve forgotten how to be productive. I am not a naturally productive person. I skated by in school, putting homework off until the last minute, if I did it at all. After I left school I was reasonably productive with my gambling thing, but it…
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Recent Thoughts on Minimalism
I’m always thinking about minimalism. A lot of why I think about it is because I have both very minimalistic tendencies as well as some on the opposite side of the spectrum. That sits well with me, because I consider it cause for alarm when one subscribes entirely to the dogma of any group. It’s…
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How to Listen to Feedback
It’s been an interesting month so far. Two relevant things happened: first, I got some critical feedback that I needed to hear but sort of stung, and second, CruiseSheet has been doing extremely well. For the longest time I’ve run my businesses as I thought they should be run. I’d hear people out and take…
