On Walkabout Until Further Notice

On Walkabout Until Further Notice

Today marks the beginning of my extended wandering around the world. Where exactly am I going? Well, I arrived in Milan this morning and am somewhere in the Swiss Alps at the moment on the way Zurich where I’ll stay for a day or so (Italy and Switzerland become...
A New Era

A New Era

Back in August I made the potentially life-altering decision to leave my full time job, minimize my life and start traveling the world. This is something I had been itching to do for some time, for many reasons, and yet, it’s not exactly an easy thing to just up and...
A Sort of Homecoming: Finding My Tribe at WDS 2014

A Sort of Homecoming: Finding My Tribe at WDS 2014

It’s been a week now since I’ve returned from the 2014 World Domination Summit in Portland, Oregon (and subsequent travel up the Pacific coast) and now that I’ve had a bit of time to reflect, I figured I’d share my experience and some of the things I learned. For me...
Returning to WDS

Returning to WDS

I’m writing this from 30,000 feet on my way to the fourth-annual World Domination Summit (no, it’s not evil) in Portland, Ore. WDS is a conference put on by author and blogger Chris Guillebeau that celebrates people that live remarkable and unconventional...
What are your NEWS compass points?

What are your NEWS compass points?

Let’s play a game. Not really a game, just some fun they I’ve wanted to experiment with a bit this past week. Were you ever told that the word ‘news’ is an acronym for the cardinal directions north, east, west, south? I was taught this by some...