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Last week I told you about my big announcement! I’m working with Dwight Turner to promote fun-raising events around Bangkok, and my business will now be donating 5% of all profits to In Search Of Sanuk charity projects in and around Thailand.

Bangkok Tweetups

Well this weekend, we had another great event to promote a charity cause here in Bangkok: our July Tweetup attracted about 30 or so great folks from Twitter, Facebook & Couchsurfing. We had some tasty Thai food from a local street vendor, knocked back a few beers, talked about everything from design to microphilanthropy, and contributed a percentage of the bill to Dwight’s Urban Garden Project.

For those of you in Bangkok, or any travelers who plan to pop in for a visit in the upcoming months, make sure you check out our new site BangkokTweetup.com for ongoing info about our monthly Tweetups and other fun events around town (or follow us on Twitter @BKKtweetup).

“How to Live an Adventurous Life” telecall with Cath Duncan

Additionally, I had a fantastic call with Cath Duncan from Mine Your Resources last Thursday. I was quite nervous for the call, but Cath is an expert interviewer. She had some incredible questions and we ended up having a really great, in-depth chat. I think a lot of the questions & answers will be useful for anyone who’s interested in travel, lifestyle design, social media, building a mission business, and giving back. It was pretty much the most thorough discussion I’ve ever had on my whole life-work philosophy and I was quite proud with it. Cath has the recording available for free on her teleconference page here (look under “Recordings of Past Teleseminars”), and I’ll also make a direct download available to my newsletter subscribers soon.

Video interview on living nomadically in Thailand with John Bardos

I also had a really fun discussion with John Bardos recently, from JetSetCitizen.com. John is originally from Canada, but he’s been living an expat life in Japan for the last 12 years. He had some fun questions about life in Thailand, location independence, and freelancing for me. Check out the short video on his blog. Sorry for my slow connection, the video’s just a a little choppy but John did a fantastic job cleaning it up and polishing it! (Also check out a fantastic, underrated interview with John on the Viralogy blog not long ago!)

My Coachella Music Festival project

One last personal project I’d like to point your attention to is my new concert site. For anyone interested in outdoor concerts and music festivals, I think you’ll find this interesting. I’ve been going to the annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in the desert in Southern California for the last three years. This year’s headliners were Paul McCartney, The Killers, M.I.A., The Cure, Morrissey, Franz Ferdinand, Thievery Corporation, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. HellaCoachella.com aggregates news, photos and videos from the concert. If anyone is in California or plans on attending next year, keep in touch with me since I plan on returning yearly for the festival.

Later this week

I’ll be back soon with a review of Randy Komisar’s Monk and the Riddle, which I just finished. Fantastic book about life as a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, and the real secret to successful business.