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ReCharge Langley Lessons
Well, I’m glad I tried. The Kickstarter campaign launched to create a new kind of coworks for Langley didn’t meet its financial goal. The people who pledged get to keep their money. I get to keep my idea. And, I … Continue reading
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Tagged 1099 Economy, consulting, coworks, economy, kickstarter, Langley, New Economy, Whidbey
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Semi Annual Exercise EOY 2015
Another half a year, another dive into my portfolio to see how things are going. I actually check more often; but I have a semi-annual exercise schedule for my portfolio (and lately it feels like my physical exercise schedule, too). … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, AST, Asterias, economy, GERN, Geron, GIG, GigOptix, Great Recession, investing, Investor Village, LTBH, Microvision, Motley Fool, MVIS, personal finance, Peter Lynch, PNTP, Real Goods, RGSE, Second Depression, Silicon Investor, stocks
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Personal Finance Perspective
Fasten seat belts, or the mental equivalent. Today I read something that convinced me to put personal finance (the inspiration for this blog) in perspective. They’ve finally proved that the universe is weird. As if you didn’t know that, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Bell's Theorem, climate change, commodities, consulting, Dream. Invest. Live., drought, economics, economy, expenses, finance, food, frugal, frugality, health, health care, healthcare, housing, income, Information Age, innovations, insurance, investing, jobs, mortgage, personal finance, physics, PNTP, politics, Simple Living, spirituality, stocks, sustainability, taxes, wealth, Whidbey, writing, zen
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Digital Singularity Preparedness
The Digital Singularity is like an earthquake for someone living over a fault. It can feel silly thinking and preparing for it because, even though it can happen any day, it might not for years or decades. In both cases … Continue reading
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Tagged consulting, digital singularity, economy, Ex Machina, finance, frugal, frugality, health care, housing, investing, mortgage, personal finance, Simple Living, singularity, technology, WaitButWhy
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Real Wealth Inequality Worries
A cascade of thoughts can become an avalanche of insights from one piece of information. I’ve been tracking wealth inequality for years. Data drives most of the thoughts, but after consuming dozens of articles and videos it only takes one … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, income, Income Inequality, investing, jobs, occupy, personal finance, PNTP, Pretending Not To Panic, stocks, unemployment, wealth, Wealth Inequality
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Things To Look Forward To In 2015
2014 was better than 2013. 2015 has to be better than 2014. While that may be a personal wish, it is also a global one because some things continued to get worse in some topics while good news came in … Continue reading
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Tagged ACA, cars, decentralized, economy, employment, frugal, frugality, graphene, Great Depression, Great Recession, health care, healthcare, housing, investing, jobs, markets, minimalism, ObamaCare, personal finance, Simple Living, solar, stocks, Tiny Houses, transportation, unemployment, war
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Pretending Not To Panic Launch
Incredible. The news is incredible. Every day news splashes across my screen that is incredibly apocalyptic, in a bad way; and incredibly revolutionary, in a good way. Because of my eclectic interests, and because I have eclectic clients, I witness … Continue reading
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Tagged climate, economy, finance, frugal, frugality, health care, housing, jobs, occupy, PNTP, politics, Simple Living, singularity, social justice, technology, unemployment, wealth
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Semi Annual Exercise Mid 2014
An encouraging characteristic of good habits, rituals, and regular exercises is that their descriptions and rationales don’t change. Welcome to my semi-annual review of my stocks, and an introduction that hasn’t changed much so copy and paste helps me balance … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, consultant, consulting, credit card, debt, Dream. Invest. Live., economy, entrepreneur, frugality, GERN, Geron, GIG, GigOptix, health care, investing, Investor Village, LTBH, markets, Microvision, Motley Fool, MVIS, non-profit, personal finance, Peter Lynch, Real Goods Solar, Retirement, RGSE, RSOL, Silicon Investor, speaker, stocks, wealth
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Society Accidentally Diversifies
Us versus Them. That’s a familiar theme; yet we know there are grey areas between the two. Finance is the same. There are “The Big Institutions” and “the rest of Us.” Alternative economies try to make clear distinctions, but if … Continue reading
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Tagged AirBnB, banks, BerkShares, bitcoin, cryptocurrency, economy, finance, investing, Kiva, LendingClub, Lyft, MazaCoin, microloans, occupy, peer lending, peer-to-peer, personal finance, sharing economy, stocks, Wall Street
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Semi Annual Exercise EOY 2013
Back by popular demand, but mostly because I do this anyway, it’s my semi-annual review of my stocks. For over a decade I’ve ended every June and December with a simple exercise: in a few sentences, well, maybe a few … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, consultant, consulting, credit card, debt, Dream. Invest. Live., economy, entrepreneur, GERN, Geron, GIG, GigOptix, health care, investing, Investor Village, LTBH, markets, Microvision, Motley Fool, MVIS, non-profit, personal finance, Peter Lynch, Real Goods Solar, Retirement, RSOL, Silicon Investor, speaker, speaking, stocks, wealth
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