Andy Matuschak
Why books don't work
All this suggests a peculiar conclusion: as a medium, books are surprisingly bad at conveying knowledge, and readers mostly …
LearningArticles
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 5473 articles, written by 6008 authors from 1289 publishers.
Trinity Takei
Everything you Ever Wanted to Know About Remote Work, Part 0: The Dark Side
First, let’s start with a prologue: what challenges remote workers/digital are facing? This is the single most asked …
Remote WorkNoteworthy - The Journal Blog
Upwork: Banned me after 3 years and $50k earned, for being unshaven
Seems Upwork can ban you just for not looking your best in the morning. Or they use facial recognition software that does the …
FreelanceVox
Bored and lonely? Blame your phone.
Our emotions today are radically different from what 19th-century Americans felt. That’s partly due to technology.
LifeThe New York Times
Is Conference Room Air Making You Dumber?
A small body of evidence suggests that when it comes to decision making, indoor air may matter more than we have realized.
Health WorkLifehacker
Can Your Employer Fire You After You Quit?
You give notice, but your employer declines your resignation and fires you on the spot. What happens to your unemployment …
CareerScott's Cheap Flights
How to Find Cheap One-Way International Flights
Members of our Travel Community often ask, “Is it cheaper to buy two one-way tickets instead of a roundtrip?” …
TravelThe New York Times
500 Days of Duolingo: What You Can (and Can't) Learn From a Language App
Free language learning apps often promise the world — but don’t expect fluency from one. Here’s what to expect …
LanguageWIRED
You're not getting enough sleep—and it's killing you
“The decimation of sleep throughout industrialized nations is having a catastrophic impact on our health, our wellness, …
HealthNew York Magazine
People Who Claim to Work 75-Hour Weeks Usually Only Work About 50 Hours
Virtually anyone you know who claims to be working more than 60 hours a week is not telling the truth.
WorkEntrepreneur
Want to Improve Your Company's Diversity? Go Remote
Look at a candidate’s work first. Delay the face-to-face interview until later, to avoid age, gender or ethnic bias.
Remote WorkThe New York Times
Where the Good Jobs Are
For people without a college degree, finding work that offers decent pay can be a challenge. The solution may require a …
WorkThe Guardian
Have hen will travel: the man who sailed round the world with a chicken
Meet Monique, for the past five years, she and Guirec Soudée have been sailing around the world. Emma Beddington reveals how …
TravelThe Outline
Traveling is an elitist nightmare
Tourism is increasingly oriented toward and designed for the rich. How do we make it for everyone?
TravelThe New York Times
Putting Down Your Phone May Help You Live Longer
By raising levels of the stress-related hormone cortisol, our phone time may also be threatening our long-term health.
HealthRebel Writers Club
Six months. Three small kids. One big island adventure.
Reflecting on our ‘radical sabbatical’ living on the Thai Island of Ko Lanta.
Digital NomadDEV
Embrace How Random the Programming Interview Is
But if you find yourself staring down an opportunity and wondering whether you are capable, please step into the …
CareerAtlas Obscura
When Doctors Thought 'Wanderlust' Was a Psychological Condition
For decades, “pathological tourists” ended up in asylums or worse.
Travel80,000 Hours
Career advice I wish I'd been given when I was young
A reader who prefers to remain anonymous — but whose career we think did a lot of good — passed us this list of advice which …
CareerMedium
Money + misdirection: the shadow side of "charge what you're worth" pricing culture
If you’re a freelancer or creative entrepreneur, you’ve probably seen this before: You’re zooming around a …
FreelanceHacker News
As managers, how do you make sure your distributed team is aligned?
We use Slack for internal comms, but it’s used mostly for chit-chat conversations and real-time issues. Is there a …
Remote WorkThe Outline
Be yourself is terrible advice
Take a better lesson from philosophy and me, a reformed loudmouth.
LifeThe Wall Street Journal
Big News for People Who Spend Hours Staring at Maps on Planes
The in-flight moving map, object of fascination for travel geeks and impatient fliers, is going in a new direction. But have …
TravelQuartz
The five types of communication problems that destroy company morale
In organizations, it often seems like all problems are eventually communication problems, because communication is the way we …
WorkThe DESK Magazine
The Loneliness of Freelancing
Perhaps the quality of alone time has decreased with the rise of the internet and technology. Maybe we have forgotten how to …
FreelanceBennett Notes
I Can't Do Anything for Fun Anymore; Every Hobby Is an Attempt to Make Money
Now, as a young adult, I feel like I completely lost that spontaneity and simple mindset. Every project which I take up has …
LifePart-Time Traveler
I Didn't Do It For The 'Gram
Since when did we start traveling with a destination’s Instagram worthiness in mind?
TravelNPR
The Affluent Homeless: A Sleeping Pod, A Hired Desk And A Handful Of Clothes
More young people are leaning into the rental or sharing economy — owning less of everything and renting and sharing a whole …
Gig EconomyHarvard Business Review
How Coworking Spaces Affect Employees' Professional Identities
Coworking spaces give some members a sense of professionalism and credibility that traditional remote working does not.
CoworkingDEV
Going Remote: My 5 Expectations
I think I’m going into it eyes open, but I want to document my hopes and expectations about remote life going into it.
Remote Work