Let me tell you a story about flipping sites for thousands of dollars and then blowing it all away on just one purchase. This is the story of my five year stint as a domain flipper. I was in high school. Other people were getting “real” jobs, flipping burgers, handling cash registers etc. I didn’t [...]
Archives: December 2009
6 Ways to Boost Your Energy
Feeling tired? Recently I’ve been really interested in figuring out ways I can get the most out of my body. One of these “experiments” has involved boosting my energy levels so as to avoid the dreaded 3pm crash (or in my case 12pm). Here is what I’ve found to work: Eat Throughout the Day Snacking [...]
Essential Web Apps for Lifestyle Designers
A big part of what defines lifestyle design, is having the freedom to work anywhere at any time. In order to accomplish this, I’ve been making use of some great web based apps that allow this freedom. Because hey, who wants to be tied to their PC? The tools I’ve chosen are able to be [...]
How to Feel a Burning Sense of Passion
Well, this will be the last post before Christmas! Hope you guys have an awesome festive season – remember to indulge. I’ll be back into the swing of things straight after Christmas. We all want to be successful, and we all want to feel passionate about something. But sometimes you may lack the little bit [...]
Stop Being a Productivity Nerd
I actually found myself getting annoyed the other day, reading a post on productivity. The author was telling me I needed to audit and account for every single hour of my day and ask myself If I really should be doing this. No. Honestly if you were to work like this you may as well [...]
How to Keep on Blogging, and Blogging
When it comes to making money from your passions the number one killer of your success is going to be time and giving up. A lot of lifestyle designers, bloggers and nomads, give all sort of advice, but the one thing I keep hearing over and over again is – don’t give up. And if [...]
How to Find Cheap Accommodation for the Location Independent
How does an entire penthouse in Bangkok for just $600 a month sound? But before I get into details I must say, I’m a bit of a wuss. I don’t really like staying in hostels (never have) and am most likely missing out on a whole lot of fun. So yes im a wuss and [...]
6 Myths about Outsourcing Development…Busted
Sick of people telling you what you should or shouldn’t do? No? Good, because here are my say: You need to visit your developer – Seriously? With video chat, GoToMyMeeting, Email, IM, Skype and every other tool under the sun which helps you communicate, there is really no difference from actually sitting in front of [...]
How to Hire a Good Developer
Building Task.fm and the many other projects I’m a part of, has seen me being involved with lots of developers. Currently I work with an amazing virtual team, but it hasn’t always been this easy. In fact, I’ve wasted so much money and become incredibly frustrated at times when working on projects. So, as my [...]
