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Non Disclosure Agreement
I’d like reo tell you, but I can’t. With some formal and informal, commercial and non-profit, but almost all local to Whidbey projects, I have plenty of potential news. If you’ve read this blog for more than a few months, … Continue reading
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Tagged acupuncture, Charity, Dream. Invest. Live., EFT, entrepreneur, health care, housing, ICE, Karate, massage, NDA, non-profit, TRE, wealth, Whidbey, writing
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Transitions For Writers And Beyond
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that a writer has a nice way with words; yet, it is a pleasure to hear a difficult situation described succinctly and finish positively. Transitions are inevitable. Last week’s meeting about our local writers … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, books, climate change, community, Dot Read, Drew Kampion, PNTP, politics, renewable energy, surfing, Whidbey, WIWA, writers association, writing
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Transition For Writers On Whidbey
The Whidbey Island Writers Association is probably going to close. The ‘probably’ is in there because miracles happen, but saving the name and the organization will take tens of thousands of dollars soon. I checked my Powerball ticket. I’m not … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Charity, coworks, NILA, non-profit, personal finance, teaching, Twitter, Whidbey, WIWA, writing
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Tricky Taxes Trips And Traps
Thanks, Elizabeth. It was time to file my taxes, and some fluky results in TurboTax were nicely resolved by Elizabeth from their help desk. Thanks to all my friends I called while fighting off anxiety attacks as I struggled through … Continue reading
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Tagged 1099, 1099 Economy, ACA, Art, books, community, consulting, dance, frugal, frugality, Gig Economy, health care, healthcare, housing, investing, LTBH, mortgage, ObamaCare, Panama Papers, personal finance, photos, self employed health insurace, stocks, taxes, TurboTax, wealth, Wealth Inequality, writing
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Coworks Conundrum
Here I sit, halfway through a Wednesday afternoon, temporarily the only person in the coworks for writers hosted by the Whidbey Island Writers Association (WIWA). Coworks are successful enough to warrant magnificently innovative and productive spaces in places like Seattle. … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, artists, consulting, coworks, entrepreneur, Gig Economy, Impact Hub, innovators, small town, Tech Spaces, urbanization, WeWorks, Whidbey, WIWA, writing
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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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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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Super Bowl Ads Sigh In 2016
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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Tagged Art, consulting, frugal, frugality, health care, housing, income tax, investing, mortgage, personal finance, pico projectors, pico-projector, picoprojector, Simple Living, stocks, tax, TurboTax, wealth, 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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