The essay Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed by David Cain highlights some uncomfortable truths about why the system wants to keep you chained to your desk. Continue reading
Category Archives: Business
Stop being busy
I read through ‘The Busy Trap’, nodding sagely in agreement, until I realised I too have inadvertently fallen into a ‘busy trap’ of sorts. Continue reading
October 17, 2011
by Kay
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Where does the money come from?
Inquiring minds demand to know: how exactly does one semi-retire at 34? Here’s how I manage to keep myself in geek toys and piña coladas without selling my soul to the man. Continue reading
September 27, 2011
by Kay
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Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?
We sold our house and business and moved to another country and now I don’t have to work anymore. But if one more person calls me “lucky” I’m gonna go postal. Continue reading
March 2, 2010
by Kay
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Online vs Offline Marketing
Friend, colleague, and dude-who-never-comes-to-my-birthday-party-cos-hes-always-doing-something-for-his-own-birthday-on-the-same-day Myles Eftos of Madpilot Productions is running a little competition with his co-working-office-mate Alex Pooley of Brown Beagle Software. Essentially Myles is only doing offline marketing (word of mouth, print ads, telephone, real world networking etc) … Continue reading
August 10, 2008
by Kay
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Pretending to be the boss
I’ve been in Europe for three weeks, and back less than one week. I’ve only just begun catching up on unread RSS items (over 2000 of the little buggers) and came across an amusing post by the very talented James … Continue reading