Disqus - Friends of mikemichelini

Re: Is your language half full?

Dan Andrews — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:43:32 -0000

You are sooo right here. Also, after having met you, I'm confident your positivity could stave off a freakin' asteroid strike. Always inspiring!

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk - HARD WORK is never not part of the formula

Dan Andrews — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:40:28 -0000

Word.

Re: 8 Reasons to Quit Your Job and Travel the World Before You Are Ready

Dan Andrews — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:18:12 -0000

Thanks for dropping by Moon, I would recommend Koh Phi Phi island for world class snorkeling, beaches, and fun. Hope you'll stick around and share your insights on passive income. I know we are all looking for a little more of that.

Re: One of the Cheapest Ways to Start Your Online Business

Dan Andrews — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:37:58 -0000

Hey Wilson, thanks for dropping by. That's a killer budget, and it certainly helps if you are a local, but I do know some dedicated souls who have really dug in to a foreign place and achieved a burn rate of less than 500USD. Very cool stuff. No income generation stuff on the blog yet, some more over @ The Lifestyle Business Podcast. I own a company that produces and sells hard goods products. I also provide digital marketing consulting services with the help of an awesome team of employees here in Asia.

Re: [video] Another way to look at the 5 tones of Thai

Dan Andrews — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:02:04 -0000

What a gas! I had a great time getting to know you Benny and look forward to following your adventures here on the blog and meeting again shortly.

Re: Shibuya, Tokyo – Pedestrian Scrambles and Video Screens

Dan Andrews — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:33:37 -0000

Dear Matt, I'm really glad you started a blog. The 140 characters were limiting the kinds of awesome you can deliver. I'm looking forward to following!

Re: http://garyvaynerchuk.com/post/370531656

Dan Andrews — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:11:42 -0000

Love it Gary. Found a spot exactly yesterday! Today: crushing it.

Re: I Can’t Itemize the Important Stuff

Dan Andrews — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:22:57 -0000

Hey Mike, that is so freakin' sweet! I'm currently in Manila, and I believe its such a great place to be doing business right now. Look forward to having you drop by sometime.

Re: Why learning a language is like learning a musical instrument

Dan Andrews — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:52:33 -0000

I love being on your blog! Good times, fun post, good nuggets.

Re: The Other 46: PA Wine Tasting with Penns Woods Winery

Dan Andrews — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:43:51 -0000

One of my favorite episodes of all time, in part because I grew up in PA and drinking local wine, but also because Jason is a big star! Good to see him on the program, you should have him back.

Re: I’m Sick of Being a Traveler, I’m taking on Luxury Lifestyle Overhead

Dan Andrews — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:54:38 -0000

Hey Adam, I hadn't seen your site until this comment. Great domain name, love it! I'm interested to hear more about how you choose between netbook and notebook, I never made the jump because I thought if I was willing to carry a 10" around I'd be just as willing to carry a 15" around. Any insight into how a netbook can be useful while traveling?

Re: I’m Sick of Being a Traveler, I’m taking on Luxury Lifestyle Overhead

Dan Andrews — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:23:47 -0000

Yes I can imagine I wouldn't miss the CD drive or think power is much of an issue (only caring about connection now!).... so you are using the netbook as a supplementary computer at your office? When you take off traveling, I'm assuming you are rockin' the 15" then....

Re: I’m Sick of Being a Traveler, I’m taking on Luxury Lifestyle Overhead

Dan Andrews — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:22:12 -0000

Haha, I love this stuff I'm such an gadget optimization nerd. I used to go BT mouse but software always seemed to get jumbled up, switched it to Logitech's mini USB fob mouse and have had tons of success with it. Agree can't rock the touchpad. Now that I'm working off 1920 x 1080 plus auxiliary, I'm going to shed a tear when I downsize again.

Re: The Other 46: PA Wine Tasting with Penns Woods Winery

Dan Andrews — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:35:02 -0000

I'll hold you to that!

Re: I Can’t Itemize the Important Stuff

Dan Andrews — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:18:12 -0000

Haha, we LOVED IT! too so I had to get the heck out of there. Vacation is over, ahem, at least officially. I'll get to Sean on this song.

Re: The Ever Shrinking Storage Unit

Dan Andrews — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:54:27 -0000

Killer! Not bad at all. I'm in love with the Flip Ultra HD. 200 bucks!

Re: The Ever Shrinking Storage Unit

Dan Andrews — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:37:09 -0000

KILLER. That's an insane value. Looking forward to some HD.

Re: Get Up On Your Soapbox & Help A Reporter Out (+ Raw Entrepreneur.com Interview)

Dan Andrews — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:30:15 -0000

Killer tip David! Thanks for sharing.

Re: Is it better to travel to villages for language/cultural immersion?

Dan Andrews — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:37:17 -0000

I love it! I'm writing to encourage meeting your goal in two weeks! As a side note, and quite selfishly, I am increasingly interested in a "plan" to learn languages in 3 months. I've got a tutor but I'm not sure exactly how to direct her (because I'm sure you know better!). It would be great to see a quick post on how to help direct a tutor to teach you a language in 3 months. In a lot of countries, its really cheap! What kind of plan should I put in place? I don't need to tell you I'd be willing to pay for this information! Anyway, if you have the time, just thought I'd bring it up. I've checked out your basic resources and its still tough for me to piece together what your advice would be for a proven plan. Cheers Benny!

Re: Is it better to travel to villages for language/cultural immersion?

Dan Andrews — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:15:17 -0000

Thanks, I'm going to use your approach and see what I can do. 3 months is a daunting and exciting prospect at the same time.

Re: I’m Sick of Being a Traveler, I’m taking on Luxury Lifestyle Overhead

Dan Andrews — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:42:46 -0000

Hey, drop by anytime. I'm going to set up an office here in Manila that my businesses can use for tasks like web development, research, content generation, possibly inbound sales, etc. Right now all of my employees work from home (+lots of cafes!) and our CA office.

Re: Do I Need an Outbound Airline Ticket in Order to Visit the Philippines?

Dan Andrews — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:05:10 -0000

Rockin' David, will be good to have you in country!

Re: Do I Need an Outbound Airline Ticket in Order to Visit the Philippines?

Dan Andrews — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:38:07 -0000

Hey Marco, thanks for stopping by... from all my experience the answer is yes, 9 times out of 10 the airline will require that you demonstrate (with a ticket stub or e-receipt) that you intend to leave the country within 21 days. Obviously, this is irrelevant if you have a visa of some sort, but in my opinion buying an Asia Air ticket is much easier than obtaining a visa.

Re: I’m Sick of Being a Traveler, I’m taking on Luxury Lifestyle Overhead

Dan Andrews — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:20:16 -0000

True true, my real hope here is to take it to the next level... as our company grows in scale we can afford to keep offices and 'hubs' around the world rather than hotel hoping and packing up my backpack with everything anytime I want to move. As my business partner commonly says about all kinds of issues, "this is a revenue issue."

I'm going through a mindset change from "Office escapist" to "global business grower" or someting. Ha. Gotta work on that.

Gotta say it has been really nice to hang out in some super nice semi-permanent digs, although I'm only 15 minutes from the airport and lots of islands!

On the Crocs-- I can't tell you how many people have told me exactly that. We'll see the current pair is almost worn out for street wear, we'll see where the wind blows me next time I'm at the mall. I know I'll be hearing the voices of many well meaning friends and associates who have my best interests at heart. :)

Thanks for coming by the blog!

Re: I’m Sick of Being a Traveler, I’m taking on Luxury Lifestyle Overhead

Dan Andrews — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:03:01 -0000

Wow David that's great! Give your head start, it probably won't be too much trouble or cost to scale your operation. You can check out my new blog outsourcetothephilippines.com for random information about this issue, I have a very detailed post that will be published @myeggnoodles within the next few days that will address your questions. I'll point everyone there once its finished.