Author Archives: Tom Trimbath

About Tom Trimbath

program manager / consultant / entrepreneur / writer / photographer / speaker / aerospace engineer / semi-semi-retired More info at: https://trimbathcreative.net/about/ and at my amazon author page: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B0035XVXAA

Shifting Silly Plans

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Tom Trimbath

Ignore the calendar. Spring is here. My potatoes and garlic told me so. So did the skunk cabbage. I don’t know who or what to thank or blame, but in my pantry and outside potatoes and garlic are sending out … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Art, artists, books, catalyze, consulting, entrepreneur, frugal, frugality, garlic, investing, Just Keep Pedaling, mushrooms, personal finance, photos, potatoes, program planning, project planning, Simple Living, speaking, stocks, strategic planning, sustainability, sustainable, teaching, writing | Leave a comment

Fickle GIG Market

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Tom Trimbath

It happens. Good news for a company is followed by bad news for its stock. Welcome to the wild and weird world of investing in small companies. GigOptix announced profits and record revenues on impressive growth and the stock, GIG, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged DNDN, Dream. Invest. Live., GIG, GigOptix, investing, Investor Village, LTBH, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, stocks | Leave a comment

Super Bowl Ads Sigh In 2016

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Tom Trimbath

Oh, advertisers. For one day each of the last fifty years you’ve publicly exercised your power during the Super Bowl, the event that seems to be the ultimate in sports competitions but that really only makes sense within 5% of … Continue reading →

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Pop Goes The Power

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Tom Trimbath

Here comes the wind again. Rushing in, flying branches, popping power lines, simultaneously encouraging quick writing and a post about frugality. Let’s see if I can get this done before the lights flicker again. One of the advantages of frugality … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged books, food, frugal, frugality, health care, housing, personal finance, Simple Living, Whidbey | Leave a comment

Grind Grind Grind

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Tom Trimbath

Hey! How’d that happen? The first month of 2016 is almost over, already. One-twelfth of the year has gone by. Less than eleven months until Christmas. Only two and a half months until Tax Day (for those of us in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged digital singularity, finance, Fine Balance Imaging, Oxfam, persistence, personal finance, Wealth Inequality | 1 Comment

Extreme Displays Of Wealth Inequality

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Tom Trimbath

(Updated January 27, 2016 after having enough time to fix some math errors and typos.) “The very fact that this is beyond some of our technological limits is a message -“ Wealth inequality is so staggering that the nearest analogy … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Art, Brian Kern, Chris Jordan, fine art, Fine Balance Imaging, Joe Menth, Noeticraft, painting, photography, poverty, printing, wealth, wealth disparity, Wealth Inequality, writing | Leave a comment

Wealth Inequality Worsens

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Tom Trimbath

I admit it. I am worried. I’m familiar with the ways that big systems work. When a system is big enough, it makes more sense to trust the data more than the rhetoric. When key measures depart from the norm … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged economy, Oxfam, personal finance, PNTP, poverty, salon, wealth, Wealth Inequality | 1 Comment

Happy Working Birthday

Posted on January 16, 2016 by Tom Trimbath

Hurrah! I survived another year. Thursday was my birthday and I celebrated by working a day that was fuller than most. The fact that I was glad to be working surprised many people. I’m not surprised. For people in the … Continue reading →

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Lottery Dreams

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Tom Trimbath

Okay. I admit it. I buy lottery tickets. It is some of the cheapest entertainment I can buy. (The best entertainment is free, but that’s another story.) Tonight is the drawing for the largest lottery jackpot in US (world?) history. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Dream. Invest. Live., health care, housing, Lottery, Mega Millions, personal finance, Powerball | Leave a comment

Spreading News – MVIS And CES2016

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Tom Trimbath

It works in investing. It works in the rest of the world, too. People are better information sources than companies. Thank you, residents of the Internet. Companies can be guarded, ambiguous, or more concerned with private than public conversations. People … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Celluon, CES, CES2016, individual investing, Individual investor, Microvision, MVIS, Peter Jungmann, PicoAir, PicoBit, PicoPro, Qualper, RoBoHoN, Sony, Twitter, UPS, ViewSmart | 3 Comments