THE DREAM IN ACTION

This weekend I got a free flight out to San Francisco from Chicago so I cam out to visit friends, meet some folks in the startup world, and soak up some California sun. I got up Saturday morning after a pretty calm evening and decided the best way to see some of the city was [...]

I recently got a pro account to Remember the Milk so that I could use their iPhone/iTouch application. This allows me use use that device for my to-do lists and view/work these lists from any computer. I now use RTM for my work to-do’s, my personal project to-do’s, and now other lists like Dreams, Things I Want, [...]

My last day in China was another amazing one. I decided to head solo to Tongli, one of the ancient water cities in China. I was to arrive at the bus stop by 8:30a and travel for about 2 hours by bus to Tongli. I chose Tongli because my guide book said that it was [...]

Pedestrians absolutely do not have any kind of right of way. Really nobody in Shanghai has a right of way. At one point I was in a cab at 9pm (dark) and there in front of us was a guy on a scooter with no light coming directly at us. He was honking that we [...]

During my adventures in China I read The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss. The man is incredibly motivating and thought provoking in his quest to challenge the socially excepted lifestyle of differing retirement to the end of your life. He promotes spreading the fun and the work out and setting up means of [...]

Tomorrow I’m headed out of Shanghai for a solo day trip to Tongli, Suzhou. Tongli is a water city also known as the Venice of the East. Apparently the stand-out features of this rural, authentic, and tourist light city are the beautiful bridges and the Chinese sex museum. No, that was not a typo. I’m [...]

I spent the last 2 hours relaxing at a tea shop in a market called Tea City in Zhong Shan Park, Shanghai. As I read (4 Hour Work Week) the man running the shop (Wu Jin) prepared and poured tea in the typical Chinese fashion. My goal was to read, relax and have tea. The [...]

On Saturday afternoon I went to the top of the Shanghai World Financial Center. This sky scraper is the tallest building in the world (if you don’t count the spire on top of others). And, it’s the tallest structure in China. The building stands 492 meters high or 1,615 ft. The technology in this building [...]

Sunday night photo from the Bund on the opposite side of Pudong, in Shanghai, China. Tonight we are headed to Skybar at the top of the needle behind me. Yes it is true, the dream is certainly in Action! Here are some pics from the trip thus far. I’ll be updating the China 2009 set [...]

  I’ll probably end up posting a cumulative version of this list at the end of my trip but I wanted to share a few of the crazier things I’ve experienced here in Shanghai over the first week. Some are just cultural and some are just weird…some are both. -massages while urinating – You know [...]

“It seemed an advantage to be traveling alone. Our responses to the world are crucially molded by the company we keep, for we temper our curiosity to fit in with the expectations of others. They may have particular visions of who we are and hence may subtly prevent certain sides of us from emerging… Being [...]

Today I’m traveling around solo in Hong Kong, the first of my 3 city month in China. We’ve been here for 2.5 days and we leave on Saturday evening. First impressions: amazing city. When we first arrived we hunted around for a place to stay on the Island of Hong Kong. The places were expensive [...]

As you are reading this post, I’m likely on a plane a la Shanghai, China. This image of Shanghai was taken by my friend Blake when he was on this same trip 1 year ago. I’ll be in China for about a month and for that time this blog will likely (temporarily) transform from a [...]

Been listening to (RAA) The Rural Alberta Advantage a lot recently. Good tunes. Have a taste with ‘Don’t haunt this place‘ or ‘ Frank AB‘. *photo credit to Fred Wilson – AVC.com

Dopplr is the web service that I use to document all my travel online. I also use Dopplr’s widget on my blog so readers know where I’ll be and when I’ll be there. Eventually I’ll attend more web conferences and it will become very valuable to see who else is traveling to that city or [...]