Last weekend I participated in TechNode’s MeshUp Workshop here in Beijing – the goal being to rapidly generate ideas for mobile apps which could make life easier in China. My team actually won the day, which was a nice surprise and the whole thing was a good experience for a bunch of reasons, which is …

A few weeks ago I sat down and wrote a case study on how I developed a niche site on nettle tea to the point where I received my first ever payment from Google Adsense. The case study (all 3500 words of it) has just been published on Entrepreneurs-Journey, a well known internet marketing website. …

If you’re having trouble viewing the video, click here to watch The China Plan on YouTube. So one week ago, I left Australia and flew 9000 km to Beijing, China which is where I will be living for the foreseeable future. I sold up everything I owned and have little more than a suitcase with …

The other week I wrote a round up on a recent affiliate marketing experiment I conducted for an events based business I’m involved in. The article has just been published on Anthill Online, an Australian business website dedicated to start-ups, entrepreneurship, small business and marketing. You can read the full text here: What I learn’t …

There’s nothing I like more than a challenge when the goal is just “to see what’s possible”. I’ve built heaps of websites, started businesses, volunteered for projects for no other reason to explore an opportunity or learn more about a topic. But one of the areas that I’ve done very little in is exercise and …

In December 2010, Tim Ferriss released his new book, the 4 Hour Body. A book that outlines how to get the biggest beneficial impact in all manner of health related topics, with the least effort. It covers weight loss, muscle gain, strength gain, endurance and speed as well as lifestyle topics such as better sex, …

Click here to watch the video on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOyxMn52DCk This one is for all my friends and family. You know who you are. Here are the cliff notes:

So in a couple of days I’m going to be leaving on my first “mini-retirement” to Beijing, China. I’m going for a month. To say I’m excited would be an understatement, but it doesn’t show the full picture. My emotions have been oscillating between pure excitement and sheer terror in the lead up to this …