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Mar 10

🥚 Introducing EGG

We’re about four episodes into my new podcast Experimental Garden Group, or “EGG.” Co-hosted by my former business partner, current shareholder, and longtime collaborator Marcus Estes, we’ve also roped in an engineer and Tom Carroll is our producer. With EGG we’re exploring alternative investments, meaning anything outside of stocks, bonds…

Dao

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🥚 Introducing EGG
🥚 Introducing EGG

Published in KmikeyM

·Apr 20, 2021

The Secret to Work/Life Balance: Kill Tuesday

Back in 2010 my friend Josh Berezin wrote, “Workplace trends in the Western world include: higher hourly productivity, along with an increasing number of work hours. And to what end? Historically high levels of wealth disparity, along with record unemployment.” His proposed end was to move to a six day…

Lifehacks

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The Secret to Work/Life Balance: Kill Tuesday
The Secret to Work/Life Balance: Kill Tuesday

Feb 8, 2021

12 Ways I Use Airtable

Over the years I’ve referred 68 people to Airtable and with their generous referral policy I’ve been able to have a pro account for free. Sadly I recently ran out of credits and while I use hardly any of the real pro features I do enjoy the extra colors and…

Airtable

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12 Ways I Use Airtable
12 Ways I Use Airtable

Published in KmikeyM

·Jan 18, 2021

Become a Democratic Socialist

I am very serious about selling shares in myself. You could even say I’m deadly serious. But the impulse of KmikeyM has always been to experiment and play with capitalism. The slogan I’ve used for years, “Community Through Capitalism” is about how relationships are built because of capitalism. It’s a…

Democratic Socialism

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Become a Democratic Socialist
Become a Democratic Socialist

Published in KmikeyM

·Sep 23, 2020

A Television Control Experiment

Background On September 13th 2020 I posted a question about updating my rule on not watching superhero fare. In the original proposal from 2017 I had included a clause that allowed me to watch any movie that won an Oscar. With HBO’s Watchmen getting a slew of Emmy nominations I wanted…

Television

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A Television Control Experiment
A Television Control Experiment

Jul 6, 2020

The World’s Second Publicly Traded Person

I’ve been a publicly traded person since 2008, and I’ve always called myself the “first” because I hoped more would come after. Today, 12 years later, the prophecy has been fulfilled! Alex Masmej has used cryptocurrency to become the second publicly traded person. I first spoke with Alex when we…

Crypto

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The World’s Second Publicly Traded Person
The World’s Second Publicly Traded Person

Published in Publicly Traded, Privately Held

·May 9, 2019

Chapter 6: Omega

This is a chapter 6 of a crowd-sourced ghostwritten fan-fiction. Previously: Chapter 5: The Eyes One does not spend much time imagining what it might sound like if the rubber sole of their sensible, mid-tier in terms of both fashion and performance — which is to say dull, but good…

Fiction

7 min read

Chapter 6: Omega
Chapter 6: Omega

Published in KmikeyM

·Apr 28, 2019

Our Incredible Journey

There’s a wise old saying that “All good things must come to an end.” So it’s with a potent mixture of emotions — gratitude, sadness, regret, highs, lows, some middles, joy, grief, incandescent rage, the love that a mother feels towards her newborn child, that feeling of accomplishment you get…

Startup

2 min read

Our Incredible Journey
Our Incredible Journey

Published in Publicly Traded, Privately Held

·Mar 19, 2019

Chapter 5: The Eyes

This is a chapter 5 of a new kind of storytelling. It is penned by ghostwriters, the characters were created based on a crowd-funding campaign, and the plot is guided by a handful of supporters who paid to vote on what happens next. You can read more in this Playboy…

Fiction

7 min read

Chapter 5: The Eyes
Chapter 5: The Eyes

Published in Publicly Traded, Privately Held

·Feb 26, 2019

Chapter 4: Leaving Los Angeles

This is a draft of chapter 4 of a new kind of writing. It is penned by ghostwriters, the characters were created based on a crowd-funding campaign, and the plot is guided by a handful of supporters who paid to vote on what happens next. You can read more in…

Fiction

20 min read

Chapter 4: Leaving Los Angeles
Chapter 4: Leaving Los Angeles
Mr. Mike Merrill

Mr. Mike Merrill

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