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When Life Isn’t About Money

by Megan M. on July 20, 2009 · View Comments (Blog,Featured) | email me

I read last week on Boing Boing about Javanese batikers who aren’t interested in copyrighting their work. What? They don’t want exclusive protection for their intellectual property? Whyever would someone do that? I think I have some idea. Traditional copyright often seems to be all about money these days. It might be about other things, [...]

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You’re about to witness a late night rant. Let’s see how coherent it turns out, shall we? I’ve actually been going about this all the wrong way. I’ve been putting off important parts of my life “until I have more money,” but I’ve been discounting the very mechanism that continues to bring me money, month [...]

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Somehow Doubtless

by Megan M. on November 15, 2008 · View Comments (Blog) | email me

I guess this might sound crazy. Marty and I are still scrambling to figure out how to pay December’s bills once it arrives. We don’t have anything set in stone yet—we don’t have any kind of safety net. Two huge projects are pretty much over, pending announcement, and I have more hanging on. And one [...]

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First Rats off the Ship

by Megan M. on November 6, 2008 · View Comments (Blog) | email me

I’m sitting and working and thinking about dinner with Marty, and I come across a post that informs me that another friend has lost his job. “Oh my god,” I say, horrified and unnerved. “Everybody’s getting laid off.” There’s a moment of silence—we know it’s happening. We knew that something like this could start. It’s [...]

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Positivity (Preview)

by Megan M. on March 14, 2007 (Blog) | email me

I haven’t posted about the most recent Usual Error workshop yet because of SXSW and getting sick (argh!), but something interesting just happened that I thought might amuse some of my readers. I was just making up a balance sheet to see where all my finances stood. And I labeled all of my color coding [...]

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