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This post is #12 in a #17 post series about workcations. The learn more about workcations and see the full eBook, check out  Workcation. Have the best life now!  on Amazon. It's free to borrow, if you have a Kindle device or Amazon Prime.        Workcations don’t need to be elaborate and require a lot of money to enjoy. From enjoying a picnic in a park to taking a stroll along a hiking path, workcations are meant to get outside and enjoy nature, while unplugging from technology and connecting with others around them. Below are some additional workcation ideas to help you make the most of your experiences and share a range of opportunities for workcationers of all budget levels! Low-Cost Workcations Ideas: Takeout picnic in park. Instead of eating at that fast food restaurant or quickly in your car, take a few moments and enjoy your next takeout meal at a park. Walk along beach. You may be geographically restricted to this, but if you le...

( Seth Godin by Tiner ) Seth Godin is raising marketer's eyebrows with an innovative product launch. Today to promote his new book, Godin his offering exclusive access to join Triiibes, a new social network. According to Godin, Tribes are groups of people aligned around an idea, connected to a leader and to each other. If you pre-order his new book Tribes before July 30 11 am EST, you will have exclusive access to join Godin's new community for marketers and leaders "focused on building communities or creating products or spreading ideas." The network will open to the public on the book's release date. This idea is really working. Godin has almost turned his new book into an overnight bestseller. Currently, Tribes is #6 on today's Amazon.com's bestseller's list and the book will not even be published until Fall. It's commonplace for authors to start blogs or offer free PDF downloads to promote their books, but start a new online community? What...

(Jeff Bezos, portrait by Tiner). Mark Twain once wrote , "the experience of life (not of books) is the only capital usable in such a book." There are many obstacles to publishing a book. You have to convince a literary house or agent that your book is worth reading, publishing and most importantly marketable. Remember Sideways ? The barriers to publishing are now easier. ...In fact, they are leveled. In the same way that Itunes and Youtube rocked the music and movie industries, Jeff Bezos is editing the typos out of the literary world. Thanks to Kindle and the Digital Text Platform , anyone can publish a book (well at least an electronic version) . But who cares, if it is only electronic? We live in a Go-Green era after all, right? Bezos' Digital Text Platform edits the publishing house out of the final draft. The proceeds are split between Amazon and the author. Who needs the middle man anymore? ...Publishing houses will still exist, but for first time auth...

(Self-Portrait w/my artwork, photo credit: Faye Chapman ) (Self-Portrait w/my artwork, photo credit: Faye Chapman ) It's Friday and the start of a long weekend ...so I thought I would post some fun self-portraits with my artwork captured by Faye Chapman , author and photographer of Faces of the Shadows. The photos were captured for last week's local Laguna newspaper article.

(Elizabeth Currid, Portrait by Tiner). From lecturing in the classrooms of USC to writing manuscripts in New York City, Elizabeth Currid is creatively inspiring others. Currid shares with the world her unique talent to objectively critique the creative economy, consisting of artists, fashion designers and musicians. Currid's paintbrush are the words she uses to describe these creative individuals and the colorful impact they leave on the world. Inspired by Currid's first published book, The Warhol Economy , I enjoyed creating this stylized portrait of her in a "Warhol" manner, consisting of multiple images. As a tribute to Andy, I included his portrait in the bottom right corner. As one of my friends and fellow creative, I wish Currid the best with her endeavors, especially as she is preparing her second book.