I tried to make long complicated decision trees with different subheadings but I found this narrative style to be more useful. It’s a good exercise to see that there are different possibilities and to also imagine how some of them will feel. Let’s face it: The Map Center is probably not gonna make a ton of money. I’m doing it because I think it will be fulfilling more often than it will be…
An Amtrak train departing Fullerton Station on the Southwest Chief line. Well, the budget cuts come for us all, in the end. For the past year I've been a contractor for Amtrak where I've been working remotely from my desk at The Map Center. I've effectively been doing two full time jobs: one that keeps the lights on and one that I hope will one day. Thanks to aggressive federal pressure, there…
Two years in, some reflections and predictions
One year in, the first update.