The 9 to 5 Alternative

I had it all planned out. In late May, I’d write an epic post about my six week trip to Asia, where I went to South Korea (and quasi-North Korea), Russia, Guam and Japan. I’d talk about the food in Seoul, my weekend in Kyoto, the broken, snowy streets of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and an end-of-the-world inspired [...]

Greetings from Lusaka, Zambia. After mysteriously disappearing for 24 hours, my luggage has finally arrived, putting me in high spirits. It’s always nice to put on a fresh pair of undies. Sigh. I’ll be in Lusaka until Friday. I then head to Harare, Zimbabwe for the next leg of my survey. More on that later. [...]

Don’t you just love Fridays? The city of Boston is all smiles this week–spring has officially arrived. In other good news, I wanted to share my May survey assignment with you all. It’s a doozy. New Zealand Cue the Lord of the Rings music. New Zealand, here I come! I’ll be working in Auckland, New [...]

There’s only so much you can learn from a guidebook. In an attempt to pull travelers away from their Lonely Planets, to help focus one’s reading of particular cities and countries, I have created a new page on this blog, “Location Reading.” My list of fiction and non-fiction books is far from complete. That’s where [...]

Have an idea but not sure how to get it off the ground? Consider a business incubator. Or a seed-stage accelerator. Or a startup program. Whatever you want to call it. Here’s the gist. Each of these 6 programs is specifically designed to help early-stage startups get their idea up and running…the right way. From help [...]