http://www.digitalnomads.com The Digital Nomads Blog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:56:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Forgetfulness is the enemy of the road warrior. One of my biggest challenges is remembering what I’ve learned over 25 years of being on the road.  I don’t know if the following ideas will be new or unique, but I do believe they’ll be important and helpful reminders: Be kind to travel ... http://www.digitalnomads.com/2009/01/06/important-reminders?nucrss=1 One lonely night in a hotel room far, far away ... I decided to share my essential executive travel gear. I like to be prepared on the road to an obsessive degree. I hope one of these things saves your hide one time. For making speeches 1. Cough drops 2. Throat spray 3. Bookmarks ... http://www.digitalnomads.com/2009/01/05/my-essential-executive-travel-gear?nucrss=1 My business is pretty much 100 percent Internet-enabled. I do all my "paid" work from a small, cheap office in an equally small and cheap town in the high West Texas desert, about 400 miles West of Austin. It's the frugal, Highland Scots in me - I abhor expensive overhead ... http://www.digitalnomads.com/2008/12/31/the-paradox-of-face-time?nucrss=1 In the new age of mobility, the mental state of "work" is changing. Work is home, home is work, and you're never really away from anything when you're traveling. With the benefits of flexibility come some major challenges as well. Some of the biggest challenges include staying focused, productive, and ... http://www.digitalnomads.com/2008/12/30/three-tips-for-discipline-in-a-nomad-life?nucrss=1 I’ve spent the last 30 years with three global corporations. I’ve traveled several million miles around the world. I’ve lived in Switzerland, France and twice in the United States. I am a digital nomad, a global digital nomad. I’ve been technologically savvy for some time, well before we even had mobile ... http://www.digitalnomads.com/2008/12/29/a-global-nomad-point-of-view?nucrss=1 Jimmy Wales is the founder of Wikipedia, the open -content encyclopedia that launched in 2001. You've likely heard of it, and used it, almost every day for the past few years. Whenever you search for something, more oft than not, the Wikipedia entry is the first thing that comes up.   ... http://www.digitalnomads.com/2008/12/27/an-interview-with-wikipedia-founder-jimmy-wales?nucrss=1 I often hear friends and colleagues, generally people on the cutting edge of social media and technology, remark that we are 'living in the future,' i.e. we have available to us many of the daily conveniences that were the staples of science fiction in times past. As exciting as it ... http://www.digitalnomads.com/2008/12/26/work-habits-of-the-top-10-fictional-digital-nomads?nucrss=1 As we reach the end of our travels, we're often called upon to do tech support for confused parents, friends or loved ones. Here's how to set things up so you can easily troubleshoot problems on the road. Has this happened to you? My dad knows how to work computers, but ... http://www.digitalnomads.com/2008/12/23/troubleshooting-problems-on-the-road?nucrss=1 At early-burly tomorrow morning, my family and I load up our car and make the too-many-hours drive to Colorado for a few days of skiing with some friends. As I thought about my need to get completely off the grid for a few days, I also wrestled with my need ... http://www.digitalnomads.com/2008/12/17/tomorrow-i-become-a-ski-nomad?nucrss=1 When I first started working from home, the concept was new to many people.  No one got it, especially my boss.   However, the company I worked for at the time was small (50 employees) and they didn't want or need an actual office presence, so I worked from my Dad's ... http://www.digitalnomads.com/2008/12/11/nomads-wanted-broaden-your-candidate-pool?nucrss=1 Julia Allison is a self-proclaimed "New Media Personality and Journalist." And it's only within the last few years that the first title even become possible -- in part, thanks to her--but also because of the latest in mobilizing and Web 2.0 technology. You can follow the Internet star's life through ... http://www.digitalnomads.com/2008/12/10/becoming-a-wired-cover-girl-the-julia-allison-interview?nucrss=1 Stephan Jenkins is the lead singer and songwriter of the hugely popular alt rock band Third Eye Blind. Under his leadership, the band has sold over 8 million albums and produced hit songs like "Semi-Charmed Life" and "How's It Going to Be." Their EP, Red Star, has been released ... http://www.digitalnomads.com/2008/12/10/reflective-music-the-stephan-jenkins-interview?nucrss=1 This is the last post from this digital nomad as my authoring comes to a close on the site, I want to thank all the readers who commented and emailed me each week and DELL for putting together a great resource for the mobile professionals out there - some great ... http://www.digitalnomads.com/2008/12/09/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish?nucrss=1 In a world of dispersed workers, it is easy to find yourself generating ideas solo. You are liable to get "drunk" on your own ideas, or even worse, abandon your ideas entirely amidst the excitement of new ideas. In our research at Behance, we call this tendency the "Idea-to-Idea Syndrome." ... http://www.digitalnomads.com/2008/12/09/co-working-as-a-source-of-accountability-productivity-for-digital-nomads?nucrss=1 Big Think recently had the opportunity to speak with legendary two-time Pulitzer Prize winning Harvard biologist Edward O. Wilson. As one of the world's foremost scientists, who happens to be particularly keen on ants, Dr. Wilson has been redefining his field with breakthrough research for 60 years. Leading ... http://www.digitalnomads.com/2008/12/09/edward-o-wilson-on-the-future-of-science-on-the-internet?nucrss=1