This blog turns 12 On March 26, 2007 I started this blog. I had quit my job on Wall Street – at Deutsche Bank – and was going full time entrepreneur – selling bar products online (which we had been doing since 2004) and sourcing from China (a new domain was registered then – Shadstone.com) I enjoy just blogging. I …
Turn My Kids into Youtubers?
Make My Kids a Youtube Channel? As a dad, and content creator, and former vlogger (I may return, but in a new shape and form), I do like the concept of documenting my kids growing up. Today’s day and age you can do so much more than simply marking their height on a door frame You can record the kids …
American Breakfast on Saturdays
Saturday American Breakfast My wife is amazing. Life is amazing. Saturday morning is again my favorite time of the week – pancakes, and today even bacon. It is these small things that really make life worth living. Since about 2014 she has made us pancakes for breakfast on Saturday morning (my cheat day).
Finding Happiness (A Tweet From Justin Kan)
Finding happiness, it is already there – my main takeaway from Justin’s amazing summary of happiness is – realizing that life is a game. There are rules, and we all want to win – but we need to take it easy sometimes as well.
Quick Roland Encounter In Taipei
Random Encounters in Taiwan Even though I am on the download lately in social media (no vlogs, no social media updates) – tags and others sharing on social gets on people’s radars. While I’m down here (or up here technically) in Taipei, Taiwan – Roland randomly saw I was coming and reached out. We were lucky enough to grab dinner …
Build An Online Empire: Empire Flippers Book Review
Empire Flippers came out with a book on Kindle – Building an Online Empire, and I share my thoughts
Dealing With Chiang Mai Burning Season (In & Out)
How do you deal with your first burning season in Chiang Mai, Thailand? Our family shares a perspective.
My Coffee Journey
The story of how unexpected twists and turns can lead you into business situations
Are Blogs On The Rise? (Yes, please make your personal blog!)
Blogging making a comeback? Content creators need to realize walled gardens like Medium and Facebook are dangerous to go all in on, let’s discuss the rise of blogging again
Fun Sharing on The Events Podcast
Dan Taylor from The Events Podcast invited me on to share about experiences organizing events in China, enjoy
Happy Chinese New Year (1st one in Thailand)
Happy Chinese New Year – Year of the Pig Is Here! Hope everyone has an amazing new year – Chinese new year. So we are in early Feb in the Solar calendar and now we are at a new year in the Lunar calendar (Chinese). In Asia / in China / in my life – that means we can finally …
Will My Son Remember This?
Weekend is starting – and Miles was so excited to get things kicked off he was playing with Atom Man (Is that the toy’s name, I’m a disconnected parent now) and asked me to take a photo (well actually a video, but I’m not video blogging at the moment). So I snapped a couple photos and showed him Is he …
Call From Mom, For Any Day or Mothers Day
Browsing Facebook (often times I try so hard to not get distracted) there was a good one from Anna Wong of Female Entrepreneurs Worldwide (FEW) that shows a screenshot of a phone screen with a notification that “mom” is calling (the person’s contact name is mom). It went on to say that we need to pick this up – no …
Creative Juice
How do you get that juice flowing?
Hustle
If you search the blog here – you will find it written a ton of times. Many blogs are built on it. I almost think Gary Vee sticks in my head for a few minutes after I even think the word hustle! I think my mom thought I was saying a bad word the first time I mentioned hustle to …