Seth Godin is well known for writing great marketing books, but his latest book, Linchpin, really struck a cord with us here at Untemplater. You see, Linchpin is about living the untemplated life. Godin explains how employment has changed from the last 50 years, and how each one of us should move forward in our careers. That's what Untemplater is all about. We can't say … [Read more...]
Saving Money While Supporting Your Sports Team
We can’t all be like Jaimee Grubbs (one of Tiger Woods’ alleged girlfriends) and show our support for our favorite athletes and sports teams by lying on our backs. Often times we need get up and spend money to show our support and to attend these events. Let me start off by saying, the personal finance geek in me would tell you not to spend money going to games, buying … [Read more...]
Digital Dating and the Double Edged Twitter Feed
Dating qualifications. Everyone has them. Maybe you won’t date someone who smokes, or someone who doesn’t practice the same religion, or someone who isn’t at least five inches taller than you. Maybe you can’t date someone who doesn’t love The West Wing, or cheese, or spontaneous road trips. Or maybe you can’t date someone who doesn’t have Facebook and Twitter, because social … [Read more...]
Untemplater Weekend Reading
These are some reads that are either very related to the untemplate message or just plain awesome stuff. One of the many concerns of life is safety. This week's readings include keeping your valuables safe while traveling, location independent mistakes, and protecting your wordpress blog from a hack. Check out these awesome articles: Five Ways to Keep Your WordPress Blog … [Read more...]
Ask the Readers: How do you define “Untemplater?”
A few weeks ago during our launch and in our manifesto we introduced to you a concept called untemplater. The underlying idea is understood simply as breaking out of a template, but many have defined it further. … [Read more...]