I was recently written about on businessweek.com. In the main article, my situation is introduced as exceptional.
The next day, I went to a Lunch 2.0 and met a lot of very enthusiastic, successful and positive people.
My success always feels so tentative. I honestly don’t know if I will have any work in [...]
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BusinessWeek and a Free Lunch
Scent In The Air
My allergies tell me it’s officially Spring, even if the calendar doesn’t. I’ve got some great creative professional opportunities coming up, stalling, turning around, running away, then coming back. I’m trying to keep patient, but not too much so.
I saw this when I was wondering if I had chosen the right profession, [...]
Google Buzz, Augmented Reality and E-Commerce
Years ago (more than three years at least) I guessed that Google would be moving into the augmented reality game and make it an e-commerce tool. I was in the 3D-for-e-commerce biz so it was hopefully thinking at best, but I kept seeing signs that this was the direction they were heading. When Google [...]
Without A Plan
It’s been a year since I’ve been traditionally employed. Right when I everyone was saying that the worst thing you could do is to quit your job and try to start a business, that’s what I did.
After ten years building up a multi-million dollar website from the ground up, I was [...]
Inspiration All Around
I’m attending Wordcamp Portland and am surrounded by sparks of inspiration. The buzz and the tools and the cause are filling my mind with flashing todo items and means to do them.
First on my list is to blog more of course. When this entry is two months old and I haven’t added [...]
Pruning and Weaving
My son and I worked on the willow hut yesterday. Today I worked on some inherited spaghetti code.
The winter die-off was woven in with new growth. It was difficult to find which part should be snapped off, which brought to the light, which woven back to hold the thing together. I snipped and [...]
A Measure of Success
Flora put this above the door down to the basement, where my office is. This pretty much says it all.
We broke even in March financially, and in its first week, April looks good. I’ve got a part-time job with customerforce along with a few new gigs, and some huge possibilities.
After being in such an [...]
On My Toes
I’ve been exploring a lot professional opportunities lately. None of them are firm. None of them are yet a path.
I walk around on tippy toes, trying to find a foot size spot of earth for the first step.
In other news, I completed a twitter bot for nshrine. Twitter users can place candles [...]