Articles

Derek Sivers

Time is personal. Your year changes when your life changes.

A new day begins when I wake up, not at midnight. Midnight means nothing to me. It’s not a turning point. Nothing …

Narratively

I Lost My Life to Airbnb

Obsessively renting out my home was the only way I could make it in the gig economy. When I found myself sleeping on the …

Michael Sloan

Outdoor Computing with a Deck Desk

For way too long, I’d felt compelled to stay indoors to use the computer for any substantial chunk of time. Happily, …

Scientific American

Why Your Brain Needs Exercise

The evolutionary history of humans explains why physical activity is important for brain health.

NoDesk

Weekly Remote Jobs

This week’s NoDesk remote jobs newsletter features 54 new remote jobs.

WIRED

Science Explains Why We Should All Work Shorter Hours in Winter

People tend to get gloomy when night comes early and cold weather descends. But adjusting our workday to the season could …

Dropbox Blog

The Working World: How Estonia's digital society is creating a haven for startups and entrepreneurs

In Estonia, remote work isn’t a just a perk for employees. It’s essential for the employers.

TED

How to turn off work thoughts during your free time

Feeling burned out? You may be spending too much time ruminating about your job, says psychologist Guy Winch. Learn how to …

Forbes

The Real Reasons Why Job Seekers Are Not Given Feedback

All the niceties and politeness are gone. You will now only hear from human resources if they want to move forward with you; …

Pete Codes

Three weeks accommodation in Berlin for $80 by house sitting

A friend last year told me about this house sitting website which sounded too good to be true. For $80 a year you can house …

David Perell

Coolest Things I Learned in 2019

I write a weekly email called the Monday Musings.

The most popular part of the newsletter is a section called “Coolest …

Reddit

What is your biggest digital nomad learning of 2019?

Something you didn’t see coming?

Something that might help someone else thinking about nomading for the first time or …

Harvard Business Review

Why It's So Hard to Change People's Commuting Behavior

Some employers are trying to get involved and reduce car commuting. But how can organizations encourage their employees to …

Zain Amro

Working for a startup makes less sense

Today, there’s an interesting startup dilemma that has become more obvious in the collective consciousness of tech …

Recode

The productivity pit: how Slack is ruining work

Job software like Teams, Slack, and Workplace were supposed to make us more productive. They haven’t.

The New York Times

Vermont, Oklahoma and Now Topeka, Kan., Want You

Topeka, the state capital of Kansas, is the latest community to use money to lure out-of-towners.

Andrew Montalenti

Work is a Queue of Queues

Do you ever get that feeling like no matter how hard you work, you just can’t keep up?

BBC

How busyness leads to bad decisions

When we’re under pressure our mental bandwidth narrows – and that means we focus on the wrong tasks. So what’s …

The New York Times

How to Move Abroad

Millions of Americans move overseas every year, some for love, some for jobs and others to embrace new cultures. Here’s …

The Rainforest Blog

A guide to running offsites for remote companies

Rainforest QA is a distributed team. We have been distributed for seven years, with have Rainforesters all over the world and …

CNN

How to travel without destroying the planet

“Greening” our vacations – making travel more sustainable without relinquishing it entirely – is one …

General Catalyst

Going Distributed: Choosing the Right Remote-Friendly Team Model

This is part one in a “how-to” series for building effective distributed teams. We’ve compiled advice from …

Collaborative Fund

How to Read: Lots of Inputs and a Strong Filter

My reading strategy is to start as many books as I can but finish few of them.

NoDesk

Weekly Remote Jobs

This week’s NoDesk remote jobs newsletter features 35 new remote jobs.

CNN

New airplane seat design will make it easier to sleep in economy

Who hasn’t struggled to sleep on an airplane economy seat, forced to improvise a makeshift pillow out of a rolled up …

Hacker News

What mistakes did you make when starting as a consultant/freelancer?

What was the specific mistake, what did you learn from it, and how did you change the way you do business as a result?

Ambition & Balance - by Doist

How Entrepreneur and Tech Diversity Advocate Tracy Chou Gets Things Done

In this productivity profile, Tracy walks us through her typical workday as a tart-up founder leading a distributed team. She …

MIT Sloan Management Review

Learning for a Living

Learning at work is work, and we must make space for it.

The New York Times Magazine

Does Who You Are at 7 Determine Who You Are at 63?

In 1964, with “Seven Up!” Michael Apted stumbled into making what has become the most profound documentary series …