Localist
Volunteering Is Its Own Reward: But Free Coffee Certainly Helps
Okay, okay. I know there’s a lot of great stuff happening in Birmingham, and I’m excited about that. But as much…
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Localist
Life Unfiltered: The Real Story Behind Perfect Instagram Posts
I keep seeing stories about how different our social media lives look from our real lives — how the filtered photos…
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Writing
Should We Take a Sledgehammer to the Internet?
Yesterday, I spoke at Innovation Depot to a room full of entrepreneurs about blogging. I told them how to turn content…
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Looking in the Mirror: How Minimalism & Localism Force Us to Be Honest with Ourselves
I’m not a minimalist. I like stuff. I like shopping (well, I like shopping for office supplies and books; I don’t…
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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: Organizing for Overly Sentimental People
I went to a bunch of bookstores this spring on the book tour for The Localist, and I talked to a…
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Localist
What’s Happening in Birmingham This Weekend?
What's going on in the Magic City this weekend? Not nearly as much talk of wizardly worlds and fairy kingdoms and…
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Localist
Surprising Solutions to the Amazon Problem: How I Boycott Amazon and It’s Not That Hard
As was probably obvious from yesterday’s super-long anti-Amazon post, I’ve spent a decent amount of time researching Amazon and coming to…
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Localist
It’s Amazon’s 20th Birthday! As Usual, I’m Being a Party Pooper
It’s Amazon’s 20th birthday today, and as usual, I’m being negative about them. (But hey, I’m wearing a party hat —…
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Localist
Garden & Gun’s Made in the South: Entries Due Tomorrow!
Yesterday we talked about the best local shops in Birmingham, and that got me thinking about local products, and that got…
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