Geeking on a Budget

Here’s a modified column proposal I just posted in the Punch On Australia forums in response to a call for a new column: Look in any paper or read a …

Picking Yourself

On one of my podcast subscriptions, someone said recently, “Stop waiting for someone else to pick you. Pick yourself.” That dug up a memory from the late nineties, when Mum, …

Thor

I know I promised that I’d write my next post about going into business for myself, but Vickie and I saw MovieBob’s review of Thor on Saturday and decided to …

Rob Farquhar, Author’s Brand

I had the idea of tracking down the Dilbert strip where Dogbert is about to offer Wally the “brand awareness” experience, but I’ve not read Dilbert in years, mainly because …

The First Step

You know, the way the word “journey” gets bandied about so much nowadays is a pet peeve of mine. Yet… Have you ever had the feeling that you’ve actually started …