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Getting to Know You Better
Last week I had an interesting talk with Ramit and Matt in New York. At one point the conversation turned to Matt’s site, and Ramit started asking him a few questions about it. Actually, it was more like an interrogation. “Who is your average reader?” “Someone who’s looking for travel information.” “How old are they?”…
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Why The New Kindle is a Must-Have for Travelers
There are three items I own which I’ll always upgrade when a significant upgrade exists: my computer, my camera, and my Kindle. Yesterday I got my new Kindle, the fourth generation one that was just released. Before I talk about this specific Kindle, I want to address some general points about the Kindle. Price Some…
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Treating Strangers like Friends
When you travel with someone for a year or two, you pick up their habits. One of Todd’s habits that I most admire, and am thankful to have picked, up is the practice of treating strangers like friends. When he goes to a restaurant and the waiter asks him how he is, he tells him…
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My Strategy for the JetBlue All-You-Can Jet Promotion
As anyone who follows my tweets knows, I’m going to be doing the JetBlue All-You-Can-Jet promotion. Because I’m flexible, I saved $200 and bought the five day pass for $500, which means that I can’t fly on Friday or Sunday. The pass entitles me to fly from September 7th until October 6th for free on…
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How and Why to Self Publish and Distribute Your Book
Step 1. Write Book Step 2. ??? Step 3. Profit Let’s focus on Step 2. There are a number of ways you can disseminate your book, and since I’ve tried the most popular of them, I’m going to share my experiences and advice for each. Self Distributed eBook This is when you whip up a…
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How To Write Your First Book in 48 Hours
As I’ve mentioned, I’m not an authority on making money in general, but I do make a livable income through my two books, Make Her Chase You and Life Nomadic. I won’t claim to be an expert on writing books, but I definitely have enough experience that I can probably offer a good starting point…
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Here’s How You Should Make Money
Despite never once suggesting that I am some sort of authority on making money, the number one question I get is an expanded form of, “I have a job. I want to do whatever I want. How should I make money?” So today I’m going to answer this question. My answer will probably not be…
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Stories from Oregon
Last Wednesday a friend decided to buy an RV in Portland, Oregon. Knowing that a decent part of my recent life has been dedicated to ripping apart my RV and rearranging it, he offered to fly me up there to check it out with him and drive back down. Done deal. Two days later we’re…
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Glamorized Self-Inflicted Slavery
A lot of people, hopefully not you, are living lives of glamorized, self inflicted, slavery. I’ve debated writing about this for a while, because of the connotation, but it’s something I think about constantly. Sometimes I see someone working and I realize that they don’t have the freedom to spend their days according to their…
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Smashing
Todd and I hang out a lot, which breeds a sort of familiarity that leads to every phrase being shortened as much as possible. For example, if one’s laptop batteries were very low, the word “critbatts” might be invoked. So when we found ourselves standing outside of the VIP area of the X Games in…
