Settling Down, Lessons from a Stoic, and Keeping it Weird (The “I’m Moving to Austin” Post)

For the past two years, I haven’t lived in a single location (and city) where I knew I was going to be there for more than two months. In July, it will have been two years since the original road trip was planned.  In fact, living in that van was the most certain I’ve been about my living situation for more than five weeks at a time. That ended in December of 2007. I barely moved back into my house when...

How I Make Almost $4 Per Work Hour

I’m using some fuzzy math here, but I’m pretty sure I make about $4 per work hour. Let me explain…. When you start a company, you don’t just start a company.  It’s not like consulting where you immediately take on jobs. When you start as a consultant, you are the identity.  Your history, your accomplishments, etc. When you start as a company, the company is nothing and its identity is...