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Slow Start.
Sometimes, it's best to stop working. Sunday is the second day of my workweek. One of the advantages of being your own boss is deciding when you get time off; and this morning, as my own boss, I played hookie for two hours. Friends came over with their kids, to play in the pool. Did I really need to spend the first two hours of the day in front of the computer? Now I feel productive, and happy, and enthusiastic [...]
My Roundtable of Heroes
I’ve been doing a lot of existential-type exercises lately, because I run my own business, and as my own boss, I need to a) keep myself on track, and b) substitute imaginary friends for a board meeting. Napoleon Hill describes the process of creating an ‘Imaginary Cabinet’ in Think and Grow Rich. You relax your body completely, and imagine all your greatest heroes sitting around a table with you, eager to answer your questions. In order to keep my imagination [...]
Toddlers are Immature
About once a week, I find myself sighing as I watch Zaden explode in another emotional rage and telling him, "Dude, you're really being immature." My wife thought this was funny the first time I said it, but now that I tell him this on a somewhat regular basis (because hey, he is still BEING immature) she thinks it implies a complete disregard for the fact that he IS, in fact, immature. I should anticipate the difficulties and [...]
Leaving America
Photo by Psovart I've left my home country. I went through a grieving period where I had to finally face my expatriation as a citizen, as a member of the collective that is America. The mourning lasted about a half an hour. But still, it was tough, to face those realities that I have left my home, indefinitely. The culture, the nation, the land that nourished me, that gave birth to me, I'm leaving it because the opportunity [...]
The ideavirus that is Anonymous
I am fascinated with Anonymous. They are the perfect antagonist to Wall Street, and the fitting figurehead of #occupywallstreet. (If you don’t know what Occupy Wall Street is, turn off your TV and get on Twitter.) Anonymous is the only entity that is fluid enough to disrupt the idea of ‘corporations,’ because they exist, literally, in the same realms as corporation. A corporation is: Immortal, and can continue living for as long as its hosts will keep it alive. (The [...]
A Moment to Mourn for a Stranger
I never knew Steve Jobs. But my life has been forever changed by his works. After unsuccessful career moves and a frustrating decade of PC proficiency, I bought my first Macbook Pro. I delved into the design, the usability, the ease of computing. I started a hobby, and then a career, as a web designer and videographer. This career suits me incredibly well, and I never would have found it without the amazing creations that Steve Jobs made possible, through [...]