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Reddit

Some 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 …

Jan 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 …

CNN

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 …

TEDxTUHH

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 …

The 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.

Gizmodo

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 …

The Walrus

Why Being Bored Is Good

Technology keeps us constantly stimulated. What do we lose when we no longer have nothing to do?

BBC

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 …

Reddit

Travelling 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 …

Noteworthy - 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 …

New 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 …

Derek 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 …

The 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 …

The 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 …

Twitter

The 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, …

BBC

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 …

OneZero

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.

Reddit

How do you stay productive while travelling

When traveling I’m all over the place, I schedule my tasks but I don’t complete them. Things come up, place to …

SlideShare

Engineering Management in Remote teams

The opening talk of the Running Remote Conference 2019. I tried to explain what makes distributed teams and remote work …

WIRED

I Opted Out of Facial Recognition at the Airport—It Wasn't Easy

Travelers should be critical when submitting to facial recognition technology in airports. Ask yourself: Is saving a few …

Reddit

Do you find being a digital nomad more appealing than being a remote worker?

Most DNs I see on here travel while picking up freelance work. This used to be a goal of mine as well. But being a remote …

Condé Nast Traveler

Where to Go When You Just Want to Be Alone

Thoreau headed for the woods. Bowles fled to the desert. The Indigo Girls went to the mountains. We humans disappear into …

The Startup

Why I Won't Freelance: Freelancing isn't for everyone.

I make sure that I take the time to create, at least something, nearly everyday. I want to be a writer. I want to write …

The Startup

The Silent Meeting Manifesto v1: Making meeting suck a little less

Meetings suck. It’s a universally accepted truth.

I’m here to tell you that they don’t have to. I’m …

CBS News

Two-thirds of American employees regret their college degrees

A college education is still considered a pathway to higher lifetime earnings and gainful employment for Americans. …

BBC

Robots 'to replace up to 20 million factory jobs' by 2030

Up to 20 million manufacturing jobs around the world could be replaced by robots by 2030, according to analysis firm Oxford …

Elemental

The Cryptic Language of Non-Verbal Communication

Scientists are starting to decipher the things we don’t say with words.

Nick deWilde

Career Transition Risk and the Ladder of Legitimacy

To understand how much career transition risk you’re taking on, ask yourself how much hiring risk your future manager …