Fast Company
Airlines are finally fixing the middle seat
“There’s no justice in air travel,” an airline industry insider once told me. A third of passengers on …
TravelArticles
The best articles, stories, and big ideas about digital nomads, remote work, and the future of work from across the web, sorted chronologically. Since 2015, we've curated 5274 articles, written by 5763 authors from 1243 publishers.
Ambition & Balance - by Doist
Why We're Betting Against Real-Time Team Messaging Apps Like Slack
Group chat apps like Slack are built for a specific kind of communication — one-line-at-a-time, real-time conversations. This …
Remote WorkThe New York Times
Why 'Find Your Passion' Is Such Terrible Advice
Are you passionate about your work? Fulfilled in every aspect of your career?
If yes, congratulations! You’ve done what …
CareerJulian Shapiro
Writing Well
This handbook is for:
- Aspiring writers who fear publishing themselves online: This will provide you with confidence in your …
Forbes
He Built A $1 Billion Business Where All 700 Employees Work Remotely
Sid Sijbrandij knows a thing or two about building, scaling and even walking away from companies. His current venture, …
Remote WorkArchDaily
A Series of Maps Reveals the Difference in How Cities are Perceived by Tourists and Locals
Artist Eric Fischer has developed a project that explores precisely the difference in perceiving - and photographing - a city …
TravelJust Well Mixed
Why airplane windows have round corners
If you’ve ever had the window seat on an airliner, you’ve probably noticed that the corners of the window were …
TravelJustin Jackson
How to be more social at events and conferences
Too often, we think about networking in terms of what we can get. We’re doing it for ourselves; to fill our emotional …
LifeThe Conversation
Walking and cycling to work makes commuters happier and more productive
Our study, involving 1,121 full-time workers who commute daily to work, made several important findings:
- Those who commute …
The Hustle
How much money can you make on Amazon Mechanical Turk?
Mechanical Turk offers workers the freedom to complete menial tasks for small sums of cash. But is the platform really a …
WorkMEL Magazine
The Loneliness Epidemic Is So Bad, World Leaders Have Been Forced to Intervene
When politicians are staging national interventions to force us to connect with each other — and actually spending real money …
Health LifeThe Guardian
Listen up: why we can't get enough of audiobooks
In this time-poor, podcast-friendly world, audiobooks are booming. So what is the science behind them – and do they change …
Learning LifeSome Honest Thoughts About the DN Lifestyle (from a Dreamy 21 Year Old Who Actually Did it)
After successfully having lived the digital nomad life for the last 7 months, I’m feeling compelled to give back to the …
Digital NomadJan Harasym
How to survive an open office.
However, for me, if I have some work that really must be done I end up doing it at home. When I’m in the office I just …
WorkCNN
Tokyo commuters told to work from home to avert Olympic transport nightmare
More than half a million people in Tokyo are being asked to work from home as part of a trial scheme aimed at tackling …
Commuting Remote WorkTEDxTUHH
How to travel the world with almost no money
Many people daydream about traveling the world, but all of them have the same excuse - lack of money. Tomislav, after …
Travel VideoThe Economist
Will a robot really take your job?
A notorious forecast about the automation of jobs has been hugely misunderstood, says one of its authors.
Future of WorkGizmodo
How to Recline Your Airplane Seat Without Being a Dick
The experience of being reclined on is especially bad if it comes suddenly, mid-flight, after you’ve settled in and …
TravelThe Walrus
Why Being Bored Is Good
Technology keeps us constantly stimulated. What do we lose when we no longer have nothing to do?
LifeBBC
How to be a better tourist
Over-tourism is suffocating cities around the world. Here’s what you can do to avoid being part of the problem – short …
TravelTravelling made me less career driven?
Now back in the UK I’ve been brought up by my parents to get a good education, work extremely hard through …
Digital NomadNoteworthy - The Journal Blog
How I Made $8,000 per Month Podcasting, and Why You Probably Don't Want To
Small podcasts can make real money.
I run the Disrupting Japan podcast. Like many podcasts, the show dives deep into a small …
Podcast Side ProjectNew York Magazine
The Best Way to Tour a City Is Through Its Grocery Store
Grocery stores have the gritty, hustling authenticity of a bodega or street cart with the propriety and promise of Whole …
TravelDerek Sivers
Change careers like Tarzan
So my advice is: Change careers like Tarzan.
Don’t let go of the old one until the new one is supporting you.
And make …
CareerThe New York Times
It's Never Going to Be Perfect, So Just Get It Done
In other words, just getting it done — whether that’s a decision you have to make or work you have to do — will leave …
LifeThe New York Times
China Snares Tourists' Phones in Surveillance Dragnet by Adding Secret App
China’s border authorities routinely install the app on smartphones belonging to travelers who enter Xinjiang by land …
TravelThe difference between digital backpackers, workation tourists, digital staymads, and remote workers
In almost all discussions about remote work I have to first explain the difference between:
- digital backpackers
- workation …
The New York Times
The Global Economy Runs on Parties You're Not Invited To: The robots may take over, but high-end schmoozing will never die.
The internet was supposed to pull down gatekeepers and middlemen. It was supposed to make decision-making rational, …
LifeBBC
Why the age of electric flight is finally upon us
Aerospace firms are joining forces to tackle their industry’s growing contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, with …
TravelOneZero
How 'Digital Nomads' Game the System to Work in Paradise
Visa scams and tax evasion are common as locals struggle with a low minimum wage.
Digital Nomad