September 18, 2008 – 5:32 am
Regarding nomadism:
There’s no doubt in my mind that we’re on the front end of a powerful trend; a trend that will only intensify as the current economic situation forces employers to look for ways to save money, and as workers look for ways to spend less time commuting and less money on gas.
- Todd Sundsted […]
August 21, 2008 – 10:22 pm
I’ve been reading Dell’s Digital Nomads site and the reactions (for/against) to it. I’ll be interested to see whether or not this catalyzes interest in telecommuting, coworking, nomadism, etc. at the corporate level, whether this develops into any kind of meaningful community place for digital nomads, or whether it evolves into a transparent marketing tool […]
A few weeks back I wrote up a piece exploring the question: To what extent can/should coworking be conceptualized and managed as a business? My view- that the business-ization of coworking is an inevitability and the sooner we recognize this the more sustainable the movement part of coworking will be- proved to be rather controversial.
Apparently, […]
The Hunter Gatherers of the Knowledge Economy: The Anthropology of Today’s Cyberforagers
By David Berreby
Are the habits of today’s knowledge workers unique in history? Actually, the Gen X style of working appears to be the oldest on earth.
They want to come and go as they please, wear what they like, work the hours that suit them […]
Some years ago anthropologist Marshall Sahlins published a little booklet called The Original Affluent Society. In this piece, he suggests that the elephant that big fat white dudes like Rush Limbaugh seem to really love- anglo civilization- is actually more trouble than it’s worth…
Sahlins pulls together data from myriad anthropological studies to demonstrate that, contrary to […]
I don’t carry a briefcase anymore, but I do carry a bag big enough for my laptop that I can sling over my shoulder.
Nomads are defined not by what they take with them but by what they leave behind, “knowing that the environment will provide it.”
I carry my phone, phone charge, laptop, laptop power supply, […]
April 19, 2008 – 10:59 am
Three years ago I hit the road hard and learned about urban nomadism first hand. The biggest surprise…? How natural it felt… The second biggest surprise…? How easy it was.
Tony Bacigalupo posted links to two great articles on nomadism and mobile workers from The Economist to our Google Group. (Tony, thanks!)
Labour […]
