Johnny's Blog
Musings on Business, Society and Life
Why We Don’t Need a Department of Energy
Why We Don't Need a Department of Energy When government largesse pays for things, nothing gets done quickly or efficiently. Government bureaucracy shutters progress and pads the wallets of friends of politicians. They hire buddies. They pick buddies for fat...
How to Be More Productive in 2017 and Beyond
How to be More Productive There are roughly a million productivity apps. Seriously. Why are there so many damn productivity tracking apps?! Is it because that's the easiest thing for a developer to make after building a to-do list app? Build something else! And why...
Top 16 WordPress Plugins You Need to Replace WPMU Dev
WPMU Dev is a good resource. They provide a nice bundled solution for WP users for $588 per year. But there's a cheaper way to get the solutions offered by WPMU. Here's the Top 16 WordPress Plugins you need to replace WPMU Dev: 1 Snapshot BackupBuddy - backups,...
Navigate The Wild West of Outsourcing
You're launching a business. You need to know how to navigate outsourcing non-essential functions. You have a great idea, but no idea who to hire to get everything going. Need a logo? Hire a designer, right? Only if you have a ton of cash to spend on this project. Use...
What Smartphone Should You Get?
What Smartphone Should You Get Well, if you cut the cord to your cell phone service provider like I suggested... You can have any phone! Ah, choices. Now, I'm not an expert so I'm not going to review anything. There are plenty of sites out there for you to find a...
Do I really need a cell phone?
I ask myself: Do I really need a cell phone? I'm on the phone most days. You're reading this on your phone now, aren't you? But do I really need a cell phone? Yes. Do I really need a cell phone carrier (see: expensive bill)? Probably NO. The mini-computers we cram...
My experience looking for good, inexpensive over the ear headphones
Good Inexpensive Over the Ear Headphones I like headphones. I needed good, inexpensive over the ear headphones because the on ear headphones just hurt my head. They're important. They let you listen to what you like without bothering others. I have many purposes for...
Los Angeles Chargers and the Future of NFL Stadiums and Relocation
The NFL and all businesses run on money. Stadiums shouldn't be subsidized by tax payers. Billionaires getting a free stadium on citizens' dime is awful. My parents are still mad at the Titans for that. Glad they lost the Super Bowl too. Now the Chargers move to LA......
How to Replace the ACA
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was never really affordable. The new people who got covered didn't pay. Most could've just been brought under the Medicare/Medicaid umbrella. The middle class got hammered. Especially people like my mom, who has leukemia. And my monthly...
The Top 10 Books You Need to Read in 2017
The Top 10 Books You Need to Read in 2017 I gave you 5 books you need to read for 2016. We're all evolving (right?) - getting better every week, month and year. To keep growing, here are the 10 books you need to read in 2017. This list is in no particular order. Start...
Super Bowl 51 Predictions
I did pretty well with my World Series predictions in 2016. Let's see if I can hold serve on the Super Bowl 51 predictions... There's a lot of interesting potential matchups, most of which are rematches of earlier Super Bowls: Packers vs Steelers Round 2 (2010) Giants...
How to Know if Your Partner is Micro-Cheating Now
How to Know if Your Partner is Micro-Cheating Micro-cheating is a thing now. Welcome to 2017. Although the term apparently started in 2016. I guess it's like micro-aggressions? Based on these two absurd, click-bait posts by the same woman, I can only assume that...
