Post Av55dtmUGWF1jpTxdw by Rycaut@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #Av55dqkxVkEiMDkCLQ by Rycaut@mastodon.social
       2025-05-29T16:03:25Z
       
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       Does anyone want to start a summer of “getting our personal tech stacks” in order with me? Especially if here in the Bay Area (San Jose/Canpbell/Los Gatos or Palo Alto/Mountain View/Saratoga/Los Altos area especially)This would be stuff like:Helping each other consolidate domains to one registrarSet up/clean up personal (professional as well as personal interest) websites with help figuring out hosting options, importing old posts, setting up a process to update use to verify identity etc
       
 (DIR) Post #Av55dsWqvA8nr39xdQ by Rycaut@mastodon.social
       2025-05-29T16:07:13Z
       
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       Also updating our profiles across the web to point to updated websitesMerging past content into archives at these sitesAdding for some of us services like an online store (both for physical goods if we sell any as well as for services that we might offer or digital only products)Ideally all built with FOSS and good hosting providers and companies but instead of everyone trying to navigate all of that individually help each other. And if possible also consider personal back office tech
       
 (DIR) Post #Av55dtmUGWF1jpTxdw by Rycaut@mastodon.social
       2025-05-29T16:10:01Z
       
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       So also thinking about how we track our personal/professional income (invoices, inventory, expenses etc)And what else we might want to consider (supporting open source projects we use financially, exploring adding stuff like mailing lists, updating professional profiles at LinkedIn but also elsewhere, making it easy to schedule meetings with us (Calendy or similar), tools we might use to package up digital products etc. And help each other navigate having multiple interests and “hats”
       
 (DIR) Post #Av55duq4KghV1EAKrg by Rycaut@mastodon.social
       2025-05-29T16:16:45Z
       
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       So to use myself as an example:I offer: professional consulting services and might consider full time roles (part time CTO/product manager, vetting for investors or others technology, drafting and running RFPs,  business process design with a strong technology focus) facilitation of open space conferences and occasionally run ongoing events or have helped run a variety of conferences (from dozens to 1000’s of attendees) writing (fiction, non-fiction on business and gaming related)
       
 (DIR) Post #Av55dvnGma3Vyprc8m by Rycaut@mastodon.social
       2025-05-29T16:19:38Z
       
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       But I’m also an active seller on eBay and other platforms mostly but not exclusively of ttrpg items. One of my goals this summer is to update my own websites to add a range of items for sale that aren’t a good fit for eBay starting with a few 100 books. I’m also exploring how to best sell off the remains of my Magic the Gathering collection (which may require getting a lot of it graded) and I’m exploring selling some items on various niche platforms (old legos for example)
       
 (DIR) Post #Av55e02ezIk99j5xgW by Rycaut@mastodon.social
       2025-05-29T16:24:34Z
       
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       And I have at least one boardgame / political commentary digital book/zine that I want to package up and distribute (probably as a pay what you want format). I might use itch.io for it but open to other suggestions. (If you are interested in helping playtest it - it’s a cooperative take on Monopoly that uses the same pieces plus a few print at home items to entirely change the gameplay back into I hope a commentary on our economy and alternative economics… while being fun)