OK, this is a long article. It combines a few train-rides of hand-written notes all combined together. Take today: Upon arriving home I had to chase, with hobbled knee, to catch my 4yo boy running down the street. Wow. My hydrotherapy was wasted. Sarah needed to go out (to help her 96yo grandmother). So I... Continue Reading →
My SALA-2016 Photography is STILL on Exhibition!
Do you remember when I exhibited my photography at SALA 2016? Thanks to good friends, at the 11th hour I was asked if I would like to hang artwork that year. With the little savings I had available, I had a few images printed and framed - and on walls at the Catalyst Foundation Adelaide... Continue Reading →
Reach Out to Grab Opportunities
https://youtu.be/Wg_wIH3uvZE What I like most about this video is what you can see happening in the last metre: ~ First and 2nd place slow down, presumably thinking they're so close to their goal that they can casually jog through. Yes, they're still going pretty damn fast, but just watch their movements, you'll notice they are... Continue Reading →
Does Your Online Audience Understand Your Social Media Business Description?
If your business is on Facebook or any social media site, your business description is very important. I should know. I modify and update both my own and my wife's business online persona regularly, and I would never say they are perfect! (Links in sidebar) Businesses shouldn't be afraid to amend and/or totally rewrite their... Continue Reading →
Looking Back: 10 Years of Vlogging on YouTube
My YouTube Channel History For the longest time I did almost nothing on YouTube. I remember saying to someone in 2008 - "It's just a fad, it won't last." How wrong was I! Mostly I liked and categorized videos, probably like a lot of people did. I had a U2 collection, plus some series of... Continue Reading →
Job Hunting Requires a Honed Resume
Of the nine CV mistakes outlined in 9 Common Resume Mistakes Every Job Hunter Should Avoid, I consider these two the most important: Mistake #1: Emphasizing tasks instead of achievements. Those bullet points underneath each job entry? They shouldn’t read like a list of daily duties. Instead, they should emphasize the impact of those duties. What... Continue Reading →
360° View of Kingscote, Kangaroo Island
I never expected standing in the middle of the road to shoot a video would make it so popular. Yet I am glad that I can, and that you like that I can! Not making sense? Here is the my early morning 360° video of the thriving metropolis of Kingscote on Kangaroo Island! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=armS1JDr5D0 Because... Continue Reading →
Gary Vaynerchuk
An entrepreneur worth following, reading, watching, and listening to all that he creates: Gary Vaynerchuk Daily, Gary puts out 20 tweets, five or six insta's, blog posts everywhere, three videos on YouTube and a few more on Facebook, and is ubiquitous on Snapchat Wow. Other than Snapchat, Gary is the standard to base one's online... Continue Reading →
101 Ways to Make a Few Extra Dollars
Not all are online, not all can be done in Australia, but very many of these 101 ways to make a few extra dollars each month can be achieved by any one of us. I've now got an idea to combine a few of them into one package!
Ten Years on WordPress
I celebrated 10 years of blogging within the last few weeks. I'd planned to publish this on the actual day, but hey, kids. Yet the date is not accurate. I started blogging towards the end of the last millennia. I had discovered the art of blog via Samela Harris, a local journalist, in the Adelaide... Continue Reading →
Keeping Myself Extremely Busy
Casey Neistat gives this advice to anyone who is worried about the future: My advice is always the same , which is keep yourself extremely busy. As long as you are doing something, you will find your path. It's when you get lazy that everything becomes skewed or grey foggy." Book: The Corporate Blogging Book... Continue Reading →
Dell Upgrades Causing Intermittent Buzzing
My DELL laptop, running Windows 8.1, started buzzing every 60 seconds during YouTube video's earlier this evening (16 Feb 2015). It was annoying and I wasn't sure what was doing it. Was it Youtube? Was it the laptop? Was it my gaming software? Rather than being an average user (ie: wondering how much I would... Continue Reading →
Stephen Mitchell | Life Lessons, Creativity & Personal Growth 
[…] with XXY, and alone now, has taught me that my brain is wired differently to most – yet I…
[…] Living with XXY, and alone now, has taught me that my brain is wired differently to most – yet…