Getting A Job [In a Strange Economy]
A few (3) people I know and like have asked me about how to get a job in this economy. A couple more haven’t asked. Let me preface by saying that I am unemployable. I can’t keep a job. I’ve never had...
View ArticleThe Future
“Believe me, there is no insight to be gathered from the life of the working-class milieu…” -Tom Wolfe I don’t know what the future holds. But I do believe that there will be even more stratification...
View ArticleDrafting
There are a few people I draft. That is, I follow what they do closely to the point of stalking. I do this using a variety of tools, mostly RSS. Following comments feeds on a WordPress blog is easy....
View ArticleSuccess and Planning
Simplifilm is the most successful venture I’ve taken part in. That is to say in one year, it is throwing off enough income to pay 2 people, to grow at a steady clip and to make money. All of this is...
View ArticleYou Picked That Vendor
I see people online – all the time – bitching about how their vendors botched something (and it impacted their customers). Amazon went down a year or so ago, and everyone was appoplectic. Bluehost goes...
View ArticleBook Recommendations and Reviews, January/Feb 2012
I’ve read a few books already this year, here are the highlights: My Bondage and My Freedom: Frederick Douglass. (free) This one is one of those books that I wish I had read years ago. It works on so...
View ArticleStop Stealing Dreams
Seth Godin still has the power to surprise me. I read The Dip and that was my first real awareness of him. I’d seen Permission Marketing, and I’d seen Purple Cow. It was a book that got me away from 7...
View ArticleStop Stealing Dreams
I’ll say again: Stop Stealing Dreams is the Best thing that Seth Godin has done since at least The Dip, and likely before that. Go read it, think about it. http://stopstealingdreams.com
View ArticleNot Tumblring
I’m not going to Tumblr this thing, at least not yet. We’ll see in a bit.
View ArticleThe Best Way To Measure A Man
I’m at an age where a lot of my peers (men) re-jigger their lives. New careers, divorce, cross country moves. It’s the start of the time 35-45 where people know what they want, and where the baby...
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