In the last few weeks I've had a chance to read a number of books in the little down time I've had. Its given me a lot to think about. One of the books I read was The Thank You Economy. It really gave me a lot to think about, and it will be required reading for anyone that I hire to work with me …
Questions About What Tech The Expat Uses
I've gotten some questions from people asking exactly what tech is used on the Expat website, so I thought it would make an interesting blog post to cover what we use and why. The Expat website runs on a Wordpress CMS with the Genesis theme. I wanted a Wordpress website because I wanted …
Resort Fees are the Biggest Scam!
I have some time off soon and plan to head back to see some family. I also thought that it might be nice to spend a few days in Vegas. I've only been there once, and yes I realize that its still quite warm there... but I don't really get to choose when I get time off. I started researching hotels …
Short story about getting a haircut in Beijing China
In late 2007 I started my first adventure as an expat. I remember one of the last things I did before leaving home was to get a haircut. Ignorant me thought "What do the Chinese know about cutting white people's hair?" So I put it off for far far too long. Some coworkers told me about a place …
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Where it all started
Welcome to the first post of the blog for this site. This is where I plan to cover everything about the site from the first time it was thought up, and then later covering updates to the site and the direction it is going as well as letting people know why we chose to do what we're doing, with the …