The Relaunch: In the Works!

I’ve been thinking long and hard about what I want to do with this site and I’ve got some cool ideas on the way, along with a full relaunch in January 2011.

One of my standing concerns has been that there are so many other blogs catering specifically to the digital nomad and location independent lifestyles out there. I want to make sure I’m not just rehashing old information or repeating what other sites cover. I think you’ll enjoy what I’m planning to roll out soon.

The Easiest Way to Build a Business for Traveling

More often than not, when we talk about paying for our tickets to far-off places, we’re talking about telecommuting or freelancing. It’s rare that we talk about building a full business that we can legitimately earn a full-time living with, no matter which nation we happen to be in this week. The idea of building a business, in a year or less, that will make at $50,000 or more, may seem out of reach.

Passport Day: Make the Application Process Easier

Been putting off getting or renewing a passport? The government has set aside a day called “Passport Day” that eliminates any excuses as to why you’ve been putting it off.

Unautomate Your Finances

One of the most difficult facets of actually traveling for more than a week or two at a time is figuring out how to manage your personal finances. Things are a lot more complicated than just figuring out how to change money to something you can use locally. Adam Baker has created an ebook that can walk you through the process — and he’s speaking from experience. After finding himself and his family is a less-than-wonderful financial situation, Baker and his wife paid off their consumer debt, sold most of their possessions and started traveling. They’ve been to Australia and New Zealand since leaving the States and have Thailand next on their list.

Simplify Your Life with David Damron

One month can seem like forever… we’ve all said to ourselves, ‘a month from now, I want to have everything turned around.’ Whether it’s changing our habits, finishing a long-term project or even getting packed for a move, it’s hard to really do that much in just one month. David Damron, though, is ready to help you simplify everything in your life in thirty-one days. His ebook, Project M-31: Simplify Your Life in 31 Days, takes you from zero to sixty in such a way that, at the end of the month, you really can have an easier life.

The Problem with the 4-Hour Workweek

I read the 4-Hour Workweek not too long after it came out. I bought a copy for my dad, recommended it to my friends and generally considered it a solid inspirational piece. But as its popularity has grown and Tim Ferriss has effectively become synonymous with words like ‘lifestyle design’ and ‘productivity,’ I’ve noticed a serious problem.

Should Travelers Tweet? The Worry

I have friends all over the world. I’m pretty sure the only continent where I don’t know someone is Antarctica — and there have been several near misses there. A huge number of those friends I’ve met through Twitter. I’ve met tons of people through Twitter and have have even arranged the occasional face-to-face get-together.

7 Skills You Must Have to Run a Nomadic Business

Hands down, most of the people I know who want to travel for more than a few weeks here and there want to run their own businesses. They want to start their own business that allows them to support their traveling habit while still working on a schedule that is convenient for those same travels.

Using a Weapon as a Travel Hack

When you’re flying domestically within the U.S, a gun — even a starter pistol — can be a useful travel hack. You have to specially register any baggage containing a projectile weapon, which means the TSA will go to extra efforts to ensure your bags show up in the right airport and on time.

Skype Dominates International Calling

I spotted an interesting news item this morning: Skype now accounts for 12 percent of all international calling minutes. That’s a huge number, especially when you consider that more countries’ international calls are split between local telecomms, as well as online tools like Skype.