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...
A Reminder on Letting Go

A Reminder on Letting Go

  As I alluded to in my previous post, this is a reentry for me into the world of blogging. I had a few very short-lived blogs on various topics including life, my first attempt at being a digital nomad, college athletics, and one for my old web design business,...
Do You Remember the World Without the Web?

Do You Remember the World Without the Web?

Today the world celebrates the 25th anniversary of the World Wide Web. Admittedly, this was news to me until I read this post on Google’s Official Blog this morning, written by the inventor himself, Sir Tim Berners-Lee. It was a good, quick insight into the beginnings...