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Help With Social Security
This week I started signing up for Social Security. The benefits are better and not as great as I expected. The process is easier and harder than I expected. I’m not done yet; and I’m sad and glad to be … Continue reading
New Books With Friends
It is the season, the season for new books. Thanks to modern self-publishing, it’s always the season for new books. It’s possible to optimize publication dates, but any new book deserves a celebration, a celebration of the birth of an … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Don Scoby, Madrona Workshop Troupe, Maxwelton, nature, Pattie Beaven, photography, photos, self publishing, Twelve Month series, Twelve Months
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Gig Changes August 2018
The only constant is change. As of September 1st, my list of gigs will shift by one. The total will stay the same; but, thanks to what’s happening in a few of my other gigs, my title at the museum … Continue reading
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Tagged consulting, frugal, frugality, Gig Economy, HCLE, history, museums, photography, real estate, real estate broker, Whidbey Island, writing
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A Day In The Gig Economy – 2018
I thought it was silly when I first heard a futurist predict that the next generation would have seven careers in their life. Retirement would take on a new meaning. Allow me to take this opportunity to count whether I … Continue reading
Indulging In Volunteering
Celebrate! My first week of taking one day off each week. That’s why I spent so much time this weekend working without getting paid. That may not sound right, but it was a good idea. Give me some free time … Continue reading
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Tagged Charity, health care, Hearts and Hammers, housing, Land Trust, nature, photography, photos, Simple Living, volunteer, volunteering, WCLT, wealth, Whidbey, Whidbey Camano Land Trust
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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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Extreme Displays Of Wealth Inequality
(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
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Tagged Art, Brian Kern, Chris Jordan, fine art, Fine Balance Imaging, Joe Menth, Noeticraft, painting, photography, poverty, printing, wealth, wealth disparity, Wealth Inequality, writing
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Who Is An Expert
Expert? Me? That’s not a term I use for myself, unless we’re talking about who is an expert at being Tom Trimbath, and even there I have some suggestions for improvements. Expert is a title some claim for themselves, have … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeronautics, aerospace, blogging, climate, consulting, dancing, economics, Editing, energy, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, environment, Facebook, Google+, klout, leadership, LinkedIn, Marketing, personal finance, photography, photos, Pinterest, Project Management, Public Speaking, reputation economy, research, singularity, social media, speaking, Twitter
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How Far We Have Come
Spy cameras were probably never this good. Saturday I’ll help teach a class in iPhone Photography, but I’ll take creative license and talk about how to take pictures with tiny cameras. I’ll take license partly because tiny cameras are everywhere, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1984, economy, education, Facebook, HCLE, inequality, iphone, New Road Map, NRM, photography, photos, social media, teaching
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Work Is Cheap
Busy? Daily. Working hard? Definitely. Fixing up the house? Not really. Want a vacation? Oh yeah. Gonna get one? Well, yes, as soon as the hard work that is keeping me busy begins to pay off. When money is tight, … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, Art, consulting, Dendreon, DNDN, entrepreneur, GERN, Geron, GGOX, GigOptix, Karate, Microvision, MVIS, photography, Real Goods Solar, RSOL, Scotland, social media, teaching, writing, YouTube
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