I want to be a digital nomad
I don’t think the office life is for me and I feel like I’m missing out on just living and experiencing new …
Digital NomadArticles
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 5819 articles, written by 6403 authors from 1374 publishers.
Zapier
The Remote Work Survival Guide
This Survival Guide to Remote Work will walk you through the major challenges you will face in your remote job—and how to …
Remote WorkJournal of the Association for Consumer Research
Brain Drain: The Mere Presence of One's Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity
Results from two experiments indicate that even when people are successful at maintaining sustained attention—as when …
ProductivityFormer DNs, how long did you lead this lifestyle and what made you stop? What are you doing nowadays? Any plans to hit the road again?
No intentions to stop anytime soon myself, just wondering.
Digital NomadScientific American
Is Guaranteed Income for All the Answer to Joblessness and Poverty?
Whereas UBI is traditionally seen as an antidote to widespread job loss, some of today’s proponents view it in a …
Basic IncomeHacker News
Coping with Loneliness
I’ve, over the past few years, grown more and more lonely with very little outside contact. My job does not interact …
LifeTED
Go Ahead, Tell Your Boss You Are Working From Home
Working from home (or WFH) has an undeservedly bad reputation, says Stanford economist Bloom. Based on research comparing the …
Remote Work VideoKrister's coding adventures
Going for the 5 hour workday
8 hours and 5 days a week is killing me. Every workday I put all my effort into the project. Then I put more effort in to …
Work-Life BalanceKostas Bariotis
How to make a friend fast - the scientific method
The study I’m about to present to you is something you have probably already seen floating around the internet, said to …
LifeForbes
Employees Who Stay In Companies Longer Than Two Years Get Paid 50% Less
The worst kept secret is that employees are making less on average every year. There are millions of reasons for this, but …
WorkInsights by Stanford Business
Why Working From Home Is a Future-looking Technology
A Stanford GSB expert shows how companies and employees benefit from workplace flexibility.
Remote WorkThe Conversation
Why do human beings speak so many languages?
Why is it that humans speak so many languages? And why are they so unevenly spread across the planet? As it turns out, we …
LanguageHow do you explain your DN life to your family?
My family thinks I’m a new kind of hippie, lazy and enjoying life earning money in a suspicious way… (most of …
Digital NomadSingularity Hub
Technology Will Erase Jobs—But Also Make Everything Cheap or Free
The counterbalance to technological unemployment, Diamandis said, is the demonetization of living—in other words, pretty much …
Future of WorkDigital nomad with kids?
Are there any parents who’ve successfully become nomads while simultaneously raising kids / giving kids reasonable …
Digital NomadBloomberg
The World's Workers Have Bigger Problems Than a Robot Apocalypse
Work may eventually be automated out of existence, but first, deal with labor shortages and “skills mismatch.”
Future of WorkThinkGrowth.org
Chat at work is killing my productivity
Humans aren’t wired for any sort of global, always-reachable communication. This is a a problem that applies to both …
Productivity WorkKintu
Dear Coworking Space Owners...
I’ve been remote working for 12 years and I love the explosion of coworking spaces that have opened over the past few …
CoworkingKostas Bariotis
How I failed landing a remote position
I started looking for a remote position, telecommuting in other words, as a software engineer last November. It took me 3 …
Remote WorkHacker Noon
Why I Chose to Build a Fully Remote Company Before it Was Cool
But by the time we had enough money to get an office, I was pretty sure I didn’t want one. Turns out, the benefits of …
Remote WorkBBC
How long will it take for your job to be automated?
We’re often told that machines one day will be able to do our jobs – but when, exactly, is that likely to happen?
Future of WorkHow do you date as a Digital Nomad?
Curious how we single people can do it! Also, it occurred to me that it might be a good business idea to create a …
Digital NomadWait But Why
Taming the Mammoth: Why You Should Stop Caring What Other People Think
We share a collective insanity that pervades human cultures throughout the world: An irrational and unproductive obsession …
LifeWorld Economic Forum
A growing number of people think their job is useless. Time to rethink the meaning of work
Anybody who fears mass unemployment underestimates capitalism’s extraordinary ability to generate new bullshit jobs. If …
WorkHacker News
Do you feel fulfilled with your work?
Do you feel fulfilled with the work you do every day? If yes, please explain what it is you do and why it is so fulfilling. …
WorkBloomberg
Remote Work Is Not About Avoiding the Commute
There’s no single good answer to what works best for professionals, only tradeoffs.
Commuting Remote WorkWhat's the weirdest non-one-time gig/job you've heard a digital nomad doing while traveling?
We all know there are plenty of DN’s that are web developers and graphic designers, after all. Any goat milkers out …
Digital NomadQuartz
Working from home is a rich-people thing
But for all the talk and think pieces about the blessings/curses of remote work, there’s little acknowledgement that …
Remote WorkFeeling lost between home & the road
I just thought I’d write a bit about how I feel after 2 years of nomading full-time, mainly in SEA and Europe. Things …
Digital NomadHacker News
What ways have worked for you to overcome 'imposter syndrome'?
I’m doing the best I can by improving each day, still feel like I have so much to learn every time I see the front page …
Life Work