Negotiating 100% remote work with employer
My employer is based in NY and I am the representative in a different state. I’ve found that 90% of my job is not …
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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 5746 articles, written by 6323 authors from 1356 publishers.
kottke.org
An Incredible Video of What It's Like to Orbit the Earth for 90 Minutes
This is easily the most awe-inspiring and jaw-dropping thing I’ve seen in months. In its low Earth orbit ~250 miles …
VideoHow to not pay to maintain an empty home but not live out of 1 suitcase
For me the biggest inhibition to spending more time on the road is the money spent on monthly rent at home to have a place to …
Digital NomadUpwork
New 5th Annual "Freelancing in America" Study Finds that the U.S. Freelance Workforce, Now 56.7 Million People, Grew 3.7 Million Since 2014
The five most notable findings reveal: Americans are spending more time freelancing. Technology is making it easier to find …
FreelanceGreg Kamradt
What I say to people who are looking for a job
I took a turn in my career, not a complete 180°, but around 60°. After I got my new role, I did a video explaining my process …
CareerAmbition & Balance - by Doist
Building & Managing a Remote Team: Best Practices from Doist's Head of Marketing
Hint: If you’re asking how to monitor your remote employees, you’re starting with the wrong question.
Remote WorkFelix Krause
One year nomad - a review
Today one year ago I decided to get rid of my belongings and live out of a suitcase. It started as an experiment I …
Digital Nomad2 Years In. My Digital Nomad Experience & Stopping
I’m getting DEEP eyerolls when I tell folks from home I’m burnt out on travel, especially those with kids. But …
Digital NomadMedium
The Art of Making You Feel Small
Confidence doesn’t have to be a zero sum game. When you know, love, and are at peace with who you are you can work …
LifeTracking Happiness
Can Money Buy Happiness? [In-depth Analysis]
I have analyzed over 150 weeks of compiled personal data to answer one of the most frequently asked questions of all time: …
HappinessThe Wall Street Journal
Working Like Crazy May Actually Be, Well, Crazy
Do you occasionally—or constantly—complain about how much you’re working? Of course you do. Complaining about too much …
WorkTom Critchlow
Four Years on the Road
The benefits are strong - being in control of your own life in a really fundamental way continues to be deeply rewarding, …
Remote WorkIs adopting the DN life the modern day equivalent of skipping town and joining the circus?
I feel like that’s how some people react to it.
Digital NomadGoing back to 9-5, how to word 2 years traveling and hardly working in resume?
I miss working with people and want to go back to having office friends (at least for a while), but I am not sure on how to …
Career Digital NomadDEV
How a Month without Computers Changed Me
With my last tweet sent, I turn off my laptop, phone, and tablet. My Digital Sabbath begins in 10 minutes: no digital devices …
LifeStanford
A decade of data reveals that heavy multitaskers have reduced memory, Stanford psychologist says
That said, multitasking isn’t efficient. We know there are costs of task switching. So that might be an argument to do …
WorkDavid Perell
How to Maximize Serendipity
The best opportunities are the ones you never expected. They’re serendipitous. Serendipity is a state of mind. …
Lifecomet
The Post-Freelancing Manifesto
For some, freelancing is a trampoline launching them toward the career they’ve been dreaming of. For others, it’s …
FreelanceMSUToday
Keep to yourself! Don't offer co-workers help unless asked
If you thought that proactively offering help to your co-workers was a good thing, think again. New workplace research from …
WorkQuartz
My "work from home" job is studying how to keep other remote workers engaged
As a Remote Employee Experience Specialist at Shopify, my role is to keep a pulse on the employee experience of our more than …
Remote WorkBusiness Insider
All 700 employees at this startup work remotely
“It’s about results, not where your IP address is,” Frein said. “We care about what you’re able …
Remote WorkThe Startup
Why open office design makes you less productive
The loud talker three desks down; constant taps on the shoulder; the guy who incessantly clicks his pen; the girl who eats a …
WorkOneZero
I Know the Salaries of Thousands of Tech Employees
Often, when people talk about compensation—what to accept, what to reject, how to negotiate—the advice is “know your …
WorkMedium
No More "Struggle Porn"
I call this “struggle porn”: a masochistic obsession with pushing yourself harder, listening to people tell you …
Life Workkottke.org
How to ask a favor
- Be direct with your request;
- Give your reason why;
- Provide an opportunity for escape.
The Guardian
The lost art of concentration: being distracted in a digital world
We check our phones every 12 minutes, often just after waking up. Always-on behaviour is harmful to long-term mental health, …
LifeCal Newport
The Average User Checks Email 5.6 Hours Per Weekday. This Is Not Good.
Combined: the average daily time spent checking email is now 5.6 hours — up almost a half hour since 2017.
WorkWhat's the most overrated / underrated place you've lived and worked in?
What’s the most overrated / underrated place you’ve lived and worked in?
Digital Nomad TravelSam Altman
Productivity
A small productivity gain, compounded over 50 years, is worth a lot. So it’s worth figuring out how to optimize …
ProductivityThe Atlantic
The Employer-Surveillance State
The more bosses try to keep track of their workers, the more precious time employees waste trying to evade them.
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