I met Leon Nikoosimaitak at a hostel in Casablanca. He’s a Motion Graphic Designer / Illustrator.
In London he might spend 4000€ / month. In Casablanca it’s a tiny fraction of that.
He works online. Takes breaks to go surfing every day.
Click PLAY or watch samples of his work on Vimeo.
Earlier in the trip I met Anika from Houston. She spent 3 weeks hiking the Appalachian Trail this year … while sneaking off trail once in a while to work online.
I watched all 4 seasons of Halt and Catch Fire. It’s certainly one of the very best series I’ve seen.
… the series depicts a fictionalized insider’s view of the personal computer revolution of the 1980s and later the growth of the World Wide Web in the early 1990s. …
The cast is all excellent. In season 4 I was won over by newcomer Susanna Skaggs who played a brilliant but socially confused teenager perfectly.
Very believable.
If you hate technology don’t be dissuaded. This series truly isn’t about TECH.
“Computers aren’t the thing,” … “They’re the thing that gets you to the thing.”
I hate football. Yet loved Friday Night Lights. This series is similarly excellent.
I agree with a number of reviewers who felt season 4 was best. And that season 4 tied the story together very well.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
related – NY Times review – How Failure Made ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ Great
Happily single … that’s my story. And I’m sticking with it. 🙂
I heard something about this book. Downloaded it on a whim.
Modern Romance: An Investigation is a research book written by American actor and stand-up comedian Aziz Ansari and American sociologist and New York University professor Eric Klinenberg.
The book was published in 2015 and provides research information exploring the change in romantic society that has occurred in the past decade. …
As a selfish guy who almost never went to any effort to chase any woman I’d seem to be the last person to be interested in modern dating.
Yet I really enjoyed the book. The dating scene in 2015 sounds hilariously dreadful.
I learned a lot from the book.
On the upside, it seems to me that Tinder has got the right model for quickly getting introduced to people who might be a tiny percentage of 1% interested in going out with you.
Not nearly as good as the previous two. I found myself losing interest. The move to California was not nearly as expected.
Too much drama. Not enough tech.
Rotten Tomatoes has it 95%, however.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Should I continue to the 4th and final season?
… I guess so.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Season 1 was great. But everyone agrees season 2 was much better.
One of my favourite shows ever. I’ve already started season 3.
Click PLAY or watch a review on YouTube.
Halt and Catch Fire is an American period drama television series … that aired on AMC from June 1, 2014, to October 14, 2017.
Taking place over a period of ten years, the series depicts a fictionalized insider’s view of the personal computer revolution of the 1980s and later the growth of the World Wide Web in the early 1990s.
Audiences give it 93% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Again. 🙂
I use Wikipedia dozens of times a day. My most important internet resource.
Here’s the donation page.
Here’s an excellent list weighing the pros and cons of donating to Wikimedia.
What will the most popular news sources of the future look like?
I’m hopeful for the soon to be launched Wikitribune.
People today mostly get their news from TV (not bad) and social media (terrible).
My favourite news source right now is Axios, just 6 months old.
Axios covers 7 areas: politics, tech, media trends, health, science, energy, and future of work (AI, robotics, etc.).
They want to deliver the cleanest, smartest, most efficient and trust-worthy experience for readers and advertisers alike.
It was founded by Mike Allen, former chief political reporter for Politico. I like Politico too, founded in 2007. And Jim VandeHei.
John F. Harris and Jim VandeHei left The Washington Post to become The Politico‘s editor-in-chief and executive editor, respectively.
So … Washington Post begat Politico begat Axios.
If interested, start by signing up for any of the Axios email newsletters.
