Disrupting the Rabblement

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” – Mary Oliver Earlier this week Chris Guillebeau released a new (free) e-book called The Tower. As you’d expect from that chap, it’s pretty damn good and well worth reading. Chris talks a lot about legacy projects in there. [...]

Here’s a little something I learned the hard way last week: German trains sometimes split in two. What this means is that it’s very easy to board an eight-carriage train on the appropriate platform in Munich and not realize that, a few stops down the line, four of the carriages will detach and head for [...]

I quit my 9-to-5 job on the 19th of November, 2010. A little over a year ago today. I’ll be honest: it’s been a tough year, much tougher than I thought it would be. Starting out, I fully expected that I’d be making more money within three months as an entrepreneur than I ever did [...]

I was at a busy library in London a few weeks back when a quirky, middle-aged lady started chatting to me. About three minutes into the conversation she commented on the grand size of my nose. And then she poked at it once with her finger while laughing. A few years ago, such an incident [...]

Can’t see the video? Click here. I used to be the kind of guy who would always finish what he started. Take books for example. Even if I found myself reading a book I hated, one that was giving me no enjoyment whatsoever, I would force myself to keep reading and finish it. Because conventional [...]