Where am I? and What am I doing in this Handbasket?

Well, they’re not calling it “Black Tuesday,” yet. Bank of America Profit Plummets Markets in Flux After Fed Move Investors Abroad No Longer Feel Immune From U.S. Driving from my Portable Empire West headquarters towards the highway, I stopped and took this pic. And yes, the blue was really that...

It’s Party Time

It’s definitely party time. Saturday, January 12, 2008, is hereby pronounced “official online party day (and night).” Why? Well, first of all it’s a new year. There are lots of people I only “see” on Second Life, and who only see each other on Second Life. We’re long overdue for some...

Second Life The Internet Marketing Island

Today, my Portable Empire office is in a coffee shop in Austin. I’m sitting in Ruta Maya coffee shop in Austin, TX. Pseudo-retro-hippies, with guitars and djembe’s. Great coffee. Dicey internet access. BTW- you can still get my best-selling book, along with about $11,000 in bonuses- but you have to...

Oh Atlanta, Part 2

Wednesday morning. Starbucks, at Peachtree and 7th. The Portable Empire office is in the corner, where the comfy chairs are. Coffee, water, sugar-free banana nut bread. Checking the news, I ran across an article entitled “Intelligence not linked to wealth.” That article just stands up on its hind...