The Mission
Why Most People Will Remain in Mediocrity
A life of your deepest dreams — 100% financial independence, being your own boss, traveling the world with your family, …
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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 5294 articles, written by 5790 authors from 1247 publishers.
Our Data Our Selves
Booking Flights: Our Data Flies with Us
What’s in a PNR? Our Passenger Name Records (PNRs) are commonly displayed as six-digit codes, but they are actually …
TravelThe Guardian
Is taming your ambition the key to a better life?
What are you really aiming for in life? Do you still have goals? Perhaps you’ve abandoned your earlier dreams. Maybe …
LifeTED
3 myths about the future of work (and why they're not true}
“Will machines replace humans?” This question is on the mind of anyone with a job to lose. Daniel Susskind …
Future of Work VideoScientific American
The Role of Luck in Life Success Is Far Greater Than We Realized
I have spent my entire career studying the psychological characteristics that predict achievement and creativity. While I …
LifeFigma Design
How to hit the road as a UI/UX digital nomad
Remote work is having its moment thanks to cheap airfare deals, plentiful WiFi and data options, and a grossly overpriced …
Digital NomadThe Mission
How to Future-Proof Yourself
Skills, behaviors & mindsets to adopt today for uncertain tomorrow.
Future of Work LifeFast Company
Remote work is the new normal
We know the number of freelancers is on the rise, but more than half (55%) of hiring managers agree that remote work among …
Remote WorkQuartz
The career of the future looks more like a portfolio than a path
Being a portfolioist goes beyond freelancing, though some portfolioists may also be self-employed. It’s not about …
CareerConsenSys Media
Collaboration 2.0: The Future of Work is on the Blockchain
As far as finding new projects and work for freelancers, blockchain enables freelancers to directly and safely connect with …
Future of WorkFast Company
What My Team Discovered When We All Worked Remotely For A Week
HubSpot held a “remote week” where everyone worked offsite. Here’s what the office folks learned about …
Remote WorkfreeCodeCamp
Airline websites don't care about your privacy: a case study on Emirates.com
For a layman, when you book your flight through Emirates, Domestic or International, there are approximately 300 data points …
TravelHarvard Business Review
Thriving in the Gig Economy
To learn what it takes to be successful in independent work, we recently completed an in-depth study of 65 gig workers. We …
Gig EconomyRachel Andrea Go
Mastering Remote Work: Email Course
Sign up for a free 9-email course of remote work and productivity lessons built from 7+ years of professional remote …
Remote WorkHacker Noon
A fluff-free guide to pre-freelancing
I’m a developer, and I have peers that are developers. I have a day job, and my peers have a day job. I freelance, my …
FreelanceInc.
Airlines' Latest Sneaky Trick: Charging Passengers According to Who They Are, Not Where They're Flying
The idea is to use tech that personally identifies everyone who comes to an airline’s site. How much they make. Whether …
TravelThe Olark Live Chat Blog
12 ways our remote team creates watercooler moments
One of the most common arguments against remote working is that remote teams miss opportunities to have ‘watercooler …
Remote WorkZenkit Blog
Why you should be time blocking and not just writing to-do lists
Time blocking is the practice of scheduling certain periods of time in which to tackle specific tasks. Essentially, you …
ProductivityInitialized Capital
How To Build and Run A Geographically Distributed Engineering Team
“If you’re considering building a remote team, it’s now easier than ever — partly due to technology …
Remote WorkMedium
What It's Like To Travel Through Latin America as A Solo Female Digital Nomad
‘Guys, I’m off. In two months I’m escaping Dutch winter for three months to explore what it’s like to …
Digital NomadQuartz
How much money do people need to be happy?
Take three people. All are unmarried, 33-year-old women who live in the United States. One makes an annual salary of $40,000, …
HappinessHacker News
What do you look for in a remote developer?
I’ve just created a blog for my future employer and potentially future clients, gotten testimonials from my previous …
Remote WorkQuartz
Estonia is launching a digital nomad visa
Though the visa is still in a preparation phase, Hindriks expects it will be launched in early 2019. Nomads who obtain the …
Digital NomadOpen Blog
State of Remote Work 2018 Report: What It's Like to be a Remote Worker in 2018
With the goal to better understand the remote work landscape and to see where remote work is headed next, we teamed up with …
Remote WorkGruntwork Blog
How we built a distributed, self-funded, family-friendly, profitable startup
A guide to how we work at Gruntwork.
Remote WorkThe New York Times
The Tyranny of Convenience
So let’s reflect on the tyranny of convenience, try more often to resist its stupefying power, and see what happens. We …
LifeTechCrunch
Digital nomads are hiring and firing their governments
Governments are competing better to get talent into their countries, but now they need to work with nomads and global talent, …
Digital Nomadkottke.org
How to get yourself out of a funk
On Tuesday, I woke up feeling a bit tired, uninspired, and just generally not in the mood to tackle my to-do list for the …
LifeLifehacker
The Biggest Wastes Of Time We Regret When We Get Older
We spend a lot of energy looking for shortcuts to save time, and sure, those shortcuts add up. But when I look back, my …
LifeJulia Evans
Working remotely, 4 years in
I live in Montreal. 4 years ago, I decided to take a job working remotely for a company based in San Francisco. At the time, …
Remote Work