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How Being a Digital Nomad Destroyed my Feet
A traveler’s feet are everything, it’s their prime vehicle of locomotion. You can lose an arm, an ear, some fingers, a testicle and you may look like a monster, but it’s not really going to impact your...
View ArticleDigital Nomad: Using Google Surveys to Adapt and Survive as an Independent...
When I first began publishing on the internet full time in 2005 it was still a Wild West kind of environment, there was an excitement that resonated throughout the industry. People who simply had...
View ArticleDigital Nomad: The Difficulties of Blogging with the WordPress App
When in stretches of fast travel I often only carry a Samsung tablet and an Alphasmart Neo as my writing and publishing devices. They are way lighter and portable than my laptop, and as I’m often just...
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Blackberry Passport: The Ultimate Blogging Device?
There has only been three times when my work has been fundamentally disrupted by the acquisition of a new technology. The first time was in 2006 when my mother gave me an Alphasmart Neo, the second...
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Gear And Strategy Upgrade Day: Mobile Journalism Improvements
I filed eight articles and six blog posts last week. While that’s hardly a week’s work for the average staff reporter, that’s a heavy load for me. I admire how those staff reporters can machine-gun off...
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Getting VoIP International Phone Numbers
Each time I roll into a country my phone number changes due to my ever-revolving parade of local SIM cards. Sometimes I lose phone capabilities entirely if I’m in a country for too short of a duration...
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Traveling Webmaster/ SEO Consultant
Traveling Webmaster SEO Consultant Independent Travel Business SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico- “If you can get creative, you can make money from it,” Mandy spoke in the backyard of a coffee house...
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Freelance Writing to Fund Travels
Freelance Writing to Live Abroad or to Travel SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico- “I will probably write two books and fifty articles this month,” Rachael spoke matter of factly while sipping a beer. I...
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Digital Nomad or Economic Refugee?
Are you a Digital Nomad or an Economic Refugee? BOGOTA, Colombia- Digital nomads can recognize each other on sight. This is not to say that there is a secret hand shake, a uniform, a badge, a club...
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Being a Self-Employed Digital Nomad is a Real Job
I created 19 websites, wrote and published two blog posts, made good headway on a book, added a graphic to purchase my digital magazine on VJT, sent off some emails to advertising partners and other...
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Don’t Waste Time Styling Your Blog – It’s the Content that Counts
In this period in the evolution of the internet, where even the most fledgling independent blogger is competing with and being compared to the big boys ticking off posts for corporate web properties...
View ArticleWhy Travelers NEED to Use a VPN (Virtual Private Network)
I’m in China now, a country that blocks almost all major foreign social media networks and heavily censors the internet, but I’m able to post on Facebook, tweet, upload videos to Youtube, and browse...
View ArticleVLOG_025: Getting A New Camera In The Gray Market Of Taipei
VLOG_025 is about shopping for a camera in Taipei. I needed a camera that could take both good still images and video, and I went for a Sony a6000. This is a mirrorless camera that is FAST. I’m a...
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Penang: Top Five Base Of Operations For Digital Nomad
Penang has it all: Excellent weather; Traditional culture; Modern whatever-you-want. This is a place of historic buildings, superimposed layers of culture, and beaches, as well as modern...
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I Return To Penang (What Should Be The Epicenter For Asia’s Digital Nomads)
I returned to Penang and I’m happy. We’re back for three or so weeks to hang out with my wife’s family and to sop up a little more of a place that I’ve found to be one of the best bases of operation...
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Should I Buy The New BlackBerry?
I am a BlackBerry user. This used to mean that I was trendy and chic, ahead of my time — someone who worked on the internet and took online publishing seriously. My first smartphone was a BlackBerry...
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Replacing A Broken Screen On An iPhone
They said it couldn’t be done. My dad and wife. They watched a Youtube video with me about how to replace the screen on an iPhone SE. The directions were ridiculous: tiny screws and difficult to reach...
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Hacking My Blackberry So I Don’t Have To Buy A New One
I considered buying the new BlackBerry Key2. I put up a blog post about it and asked you what you thought. The concensus? If you need it for your work and your stupid iPhone is really holding you...
View ArticleWhy I Bought A MacBook Pro Retina Mid-2015 Model In 2018
I had one of my little electronics-inspired freak outs this morning. They arrive from time to time, usually invited by my cutting of corners and going for a cheaper model at the expense of performance....
View ArticleApologies: Disqus Comments Removed Because Of Skimlinks (Thieves!)
After some tumultuous times when I removed the comments section of this blog and other mini upheavals we again have a nice little community of commentors on this blog. I went with the Disqus comments...
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