08/11/2009

People arguing with me over whether Hobo 2.0 was or wasn’t a good description for what I’m doing led me to the wikipedia page for Hobo which provides some useful distinctions in terminology. So it turns out there’s a difference between a “bum”, a homeless person who doesn’t work and doesn’t go anywhere unless moved on…

I’m playing Angry Birds a lot.  Well it’s a lot by my 21st Century standards – nothing like the 1990 Tetris life-takeover, I’m certainly not dreaming about flinging birds from a catapult… yet. However, this lovely little (read highly addictive) game is reminding me a lot about how play helps us think about life.  Here…

Tara Hunt talks about the honesty behind the honesty of that TEDx talk: “I was scared to give it. I’m still scared every time I send it to someone. I’m not talking about my success or all of the awesome things I’ve accomplished in that talk. I’m talking about struggling, failing, not knowing where I’m…

Here’s a few things I’ve learned from my Amtrak travels… Passes There are 3 USA Rail Passes.  The adult prices are $389 for 8 segments in 15 days, $579 for 12 segments in 30 days or $749 for 18 segments in 45 days.  I’ve now done two coast-to-coast trips this way.  On the first trip…