Results of The First Crowd-Sourced Whitepaper - What Makes a Digital Nomad?
by Bruce Eric Anderson / Mar 5In August of last year, we launched this site and soon after asked you to help us define the term “Digital Nomad.” We had our own thoughts of what it meant, but quite honestly what we think of the term isn’t entirely important - we wanted you, the community, to help define it.
Not only did a significant number of you give your thoughts but you also provided other input that addressed other questions. If you’re a manager at a company of people living this work-style, what are the challenges you face? Are there benefits of being a digital nomad that can be measured beyond employee morale? What about the average consumer who has a laptop or smart-phone? Are they really digital nomads?
In our minds, this is just Chapter One, the beginning of a term that continues to morph and change every day. Call us digital nomads, road warriors, location independent professionals, business backpackers or work-at-home’ers. The term doesn’t really matter as many of them overlap each other. As I wrote in my first post on this site one thing we all have in common is this: “These days ‘where’ you work really has little significance to ‘what’ you do. Increasingly, each of us faces no boundaries, whether they are geographic, physical or time-related. It’s life in the connected era and, quite frankly, it’s a lot more fun.”
So take some time to read through this whitepaper (click here to download it). If you like it, let us know. If you don’t, let us know that too. I’d like to say a special thank you to Mike Masnick, CEO and Founder, of Floor64, for coordinating this first white paper.
Earlier this morning, I sat down with Dell’s Bob Pearson, my boss and the leader of Dell’s Communities & Conversations team, to get his thoughts on the paper, which accompanies a post on the same topic on the Direct2Dell blog.
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Just finished reading this white paper. It’s pretty good. There are a couple good tips there and a lot of things I’m already doing. There is a small amount of language in there that seems to assume a digital nomad is an IT person and it’s more focused digital nomads who work for companies rather than solos, like myself. I’m glad it mentions coworking, but I think it could talk a lot more about that as everyday (literally) more and more coworking locations are springing up. It’s a great option for a digital nomad. I just stopped by a new coworking place in Knoxville (Knoxville Overground) that charges $49 / year, and drop ins are free. You can’t beat it…
This is fantastic! Regarding costs, actual (non-theoretical) figures for a range of differently-sized companies are important.
Hi,
Just finished reading:) Comments on the book:
I liked a lot of operational tips that are very helpful for a freelancer that the career. A bit of employer’s perspective would be a great addition to the content
I like that it is not too techincal but explain the tceh from the suer end.
Some comments on editing only:
- The switch from 1 column to 2 - hard to read
- Connectivity - indent can be removed (does not appear anywhere else)
- When introducing ROI i is good to explain What ROI is. I personally did not know.
Best wishes