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Author Archives: Tom Trimbath
Weirdnesses Approaching
As if the world wasn’t weird enough, it’s getting weirder. Sometimes that’s a good thing. Luckily, humans evolved to be adaptable, and that adaptability is being tested. The following is a Friday night random list of shifts, changes, and trends … Continue reading
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Tagged Airplane design, artifical intelligence, Atomic Age, auto autos, automation, autonomous, aviation, bitcoin, blockchain, Cascades, coal, commodities, decentralized, driveless cars, driverless vehicles, earthquakes, fossil fuels, frugal, frugality, gas, graphene, high frequency trading, housing, inflation, infrastructure, investing, invisibility, minimalism, oil, personal finance, power, renewable energy, renewables, Simple Living, solar, Tiny Houses, trends, tsunami, wind
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Sad MVIS Shareholders
Sad MVIS has continued to fall, and with it, the emotions of MVIS shareholders. Since MicroVision announced 164% increase in revenues, its stock, MVIS, has fallen 26%. Evidently, expectations were high, and the expressed reality is low. While investing is … Continue reading
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Tagged Dendreon, DNDN, investing, LTBH, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, stocks
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Service Engine Soon
“Service Engine Soon” Groan. Seeing that vague and ambiguous warning light come on is unsettling and a source of anxieties. It wasn’t the big red warning light, just the little yellow warning light. Does that signify something critical or merely … Continue reading
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Tagged climate, education, environment, health care, infrastructure, personal finance, Scotland, speaking
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Sad MVIS
Being a responsible investor/speculator means doing simple, sad, yet necessary things. MicroVision announced earnings today, typically underwhelmed the investment community, and had its stock (MVIS) drop over 8% – even though revenues were up 160%. Surprise! Every year, this is … Continue reading
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Tagged investing, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, pico-projector, picoprojector, speculating, stocks
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What Will I Talk About
Originally posted on A Walk Across Scotland:
Preparing for a talk. That’s how I am spending my Friday evening; and that’s good. I enjoy public speaking. Telling stories is fun; but learning what other people want to share or hear…
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MicroVision And Catalysts
MicroVision could use a catalyst. As a startup company that is now old enough to drive, it has been accumulating a positive potential for over a decade. A year ago, I created a chart to try illustrating the specifics of … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Celluon, Clinton, consulting, Cultus Bay, entrepreneur, frugal, frugality, investing, LTBH, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, picoprojector, portable projector, RoBoHoN, Sandy Hook, Sharp, small town, Sony, stocks, Whidbey, writing
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Fear Is Expensive
Fear is expensive. So is distrust. Hatred costs even more. Assuming nothing will ever break or go wrong isn’t cheap either; but at least you can feel better until it does. I produce a blog called Pretending Not To Panic, … Continue reading
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Tagged consulting, Dream. Invest. Live., investing, personal finance, PNTP, Pretending Not To Panic
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Guest Post: Invention Success – What Happened Six Months Later – In 3 Easy Steps – Part 3
The following is a guest post from the inventor I mentioned in my Friendly Good News post: Alan Beckley. We happened to hire into Boeing within six months of each other in 1980 and had almost identical jobs (as seen … Continue reading
HitRecord And Illustrating Wealth Inequality
Last night’s class ended with my common refrain; “The most powerful tool we have is each other.” The class was part of a series I am teaching about Social Media for Writers. Rather than stand up there and pretend that … Continue reading
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Tagged collaborations, consulting, cooperation, crowdsourcing, entrepreneur, frugal, frugality, hitrecord, Oxfam, photography, photos, sharing economy, social media, wealth, Wealth Inequality, writing
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Shifting Silly Plans
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
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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
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