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Blogging a Book

Last summer, while on my long commute from Sacramento to San Francisco (which I’m happy to say I don’t do anymore), the idea of writing a book popped into my head. Ironically the topic has nothing to...

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Concept For Definitely.com (if I keep it)

So here’s an idea for my domain definitely.com, if I keep it. How about a web2.0 review site that lets people post reviews on anything? It would be a simple post and search site with a detail page for...

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The New York Times Wants To Talk To Me?

Since last summer, as the value in my house evaporated, I’ve been spending a lot of time noodling over issues like the real value of our homes. I’ve come to a simple conclusion, which should be fairly...

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Experimental Book Publishing Business Model

I recently decided to try an experiment for publishing my first book, Do It Yourself Freedom. Instead of seeking a publishe, I’m going to post the book as a blog one section per post. It’s broken into...

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Look for me in The New York Times tomorrow!

Right after I started my tiny house project, The Tiny Free House, a reporter named Steven Kurutz contacted me curious about the project. In the following weeks the Times sent out a couple photographers...

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My Tiny House is in the New York Times!

This is a pretty cool day for me; I’ve never been in the New York Times before. A few months ago I started a little project, actually a tiny free house project, in an attempt to better understand my...

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Tiny Free House Update

I made some good progress on the tiny free house this weekend (actually Friday and Saturday). It’s been a real struggle making time to go up to the farm to work on it. Here are some photos of Katie...

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Katie & Daddy Score More Pallets

Katie and I did a quick pallet run this morning before work and picked up a good load of pallets for the tiny free house. Here’s Katie patiently waiting for her crazy daddy.

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Tiny Living T-Shirt

Just for fun I made this little t-shirt at zazzle.com. As you can see it’s a relevant tiny house living quote from Henry David Thoreau. One of the cool features at zazzle.com is that you can change the...

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Visit the Small Living Journal

A small group of us small house bloggers & advocates launched a bi-weekly webzine on the small home movement. It’s called the Small Living Journal. Every two weeks we’ll all write on the same topic...

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