What’s Up Wednesdays: Relaunches and Rebrands
September 5th, 2012 by Michael Kwan
We start off with Stephen Fung. After neglecting his personal blog for a year and a half, he has three posts in the last couple of weeks. Most recently, he wrote about the Powell River Harbour Guesthouse and Hostel, which reminds me of some of the places I stayed in Australia. You can get a private room for $55 with a shared kitchen and bathroom.
Continuing on the theme of travel, we have Rebecca Bollwitt offering some great photos of the Maui sunrise at Haleakala National Park. That’s located on the eastern side of the island and it is positively breathtaking. I’ll be heading to Maui soon too, so I’ve been following the adventures of Miss 604 quite closely. She also visited a coffee plantation.
A short while back, I met Dot Com Pho newcomer Frank Yu Yan. He told me about his blog that talks about discovering your passion and now the blog has been rebranded. What was once Clever Motivation is now known as 3 Step Motivation. He provides “actionable steps to gaining the motivation you need to finding and pursue your passions.”
Believe it or not, Joseph Planta is celebrating the eight anniversary of his On The Line program at The Commentary. I’ve appeared on the program several times, but I wasn’t on for this season. He has his anniversary show posted (it’s about 90 minutes) and it highlights some of the best interviews and sound bites he’s had in the last year.
I’ve considered going back to school in some form or another and it looks like I’m not alone. Darren Barefoot says that he’s been “toying with the idea of… getting a masters degree” for a half decade. The trouble is that he has no idea what he wants to study. Both of us want something that is reasonably relevant, even if tangentially, to our respective careers. What do you think Darren should take?
Tags: education, guesthouse, speedlink
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I guess I need to make a post this week somehow! Maybe a Freddie Wong post?
You can’t fall back so soon Stephen. You need to stay up and just knock out 10 or 15 small posts and schedule them…
There, did I just add a little to your workload?
You need to at least skim through Maui Revealed before you head to Maui! We saw some pretty cool things that were only mentioned in that book. http://www.hawaiirevealed.com/books-apps/maui-revealed
Cool. Thanks for the tip! Any specific attractions/activities that you’d recommend? I was looking at some horseback riding and ziplining opportunities.
Oh, we didn’t do any of that. We mostly went on what has now been termed “a short hike to a waterfall” because I almost died a few times hiking some of those crazy trails! It also depends on what you want to do… we chose to do more adventure stuff like hiking. Drive along the Hana Highway; it’s a windy (WINE-dee; why do I keep seeing wind-dee?) trail but totally awesome views. And maybe check out Lahaina; that’s apparently as Downtown as it gets over there. Snorkeling?! Yes, do some snorkeling! Maui is like renowned for snorkeling. Oh, oh, oh, and Black Sand Beach and Red Sand Beach! (Yes, literally.) You can find out about those in the book. And make sure you catch some of those sunsets. We wanted to go to Haleakala but we just didn’t have enough time for it.
Hope that gives you some ideas! Guess I rambled on for quite a bit there!
Thanks for these blogosphere update! Some of these big names were unknown to me!