The gates for Burning Man opened 6 hours early last night.. so we’ve been up non-stop welcoming our Camp Nomadians (and protecting our land claim). It has been an absolutely delightful day of meeting so many new folks (many of whom are full time nomads like us), as well as greeting dear friends to […]
Burning Man: Day T-1
Greetings from Black Rock City – Burning Man 2010. We arrived a day early for an art project that Chris has in the Center Camp Cafe – which has afforded us to squat on land for Camp Nomadia. We are expecting 90 people to join us in the camp this year, most of whom are […]
How to Feel Safe While Traveling Full Time – Excuse #13
There are said to be three base driving forces in humans – food, reproduction and fear. Advertise with any of these three, and you speak to something so primal in humans, that they have viral power. Keeping safe is motivated by fear – it’s what kept our ancestors living long enough to pass their genes […]
12 Tips for Taking an RV to Burning Man
We have an updated version of this article with even more hints and tips for taking an RV to Burning Man – 16 Tips for taking an RV to Burning Man. An often asked piece of advice we give is tips on taking an RV to Burning Man. With a harsh environment, lots of alkaline dust, […]
Urgent Cat Sitting Plea..
**EDIT: We have found a new kitty sitting home for Kiki. Thank you so much to everyone who helped us get the word out, and for all the awesome suggestions**. We had intended to have our friends in Sacramento cat sit for Kiki while we’re at Burning Man. Previously, Kiki and their cats have gotten […]
How Setting Deadlines Help: Writing a Winning App at iOSDevCamp
The past weeks have been a blur of amazing scenery going by at way too quick of pace (and with way too little bandwidth). It seems every time this part of the year is like this as we transition to be on the west coast for Burning Man. Before leaving Saint Louis, we found […]
Burning Man Bound & Camp Nomadia
Whew. What a hectic few weeks it has been as we’ve traversed the western US in way too quick of a pace with very limited connectivity. But we have just landed in San Jose, CA to attend iOSDevCamp (an iPhone developer’s unconference) this weekend – and then we track back eastward towards Burning Man! For […]
August Digital Nomad Blog Carnival
When we signed up to host the August Digital Nomad Blog Carnival (a roving round-up of blog posts submitted relevant to digital nomads), we didn’t anticipate the connectivity issues we’d have in the past few weeks. So, as a result – we didn’t have nearly the ability to pimp out the carnival as we would […]
Vote for our SXSW 2011 Panel on Technomadism!
Earlier this year we made a late entry to SXSW to present on Technomadism (living a fully mobile life utilizing technology), but unfortunately we totally missed the deadline to present. We ended up ‘not’ attending this past March and met a bunch of absolutely fabulous folks at various meet-ups. For 2011, we got our proposal […]
Handling a Lack of Continuity while Traveling Full Time – Excuse #12
One of the advantages of a stationary life, is a local knowledge of things and services around you. You know where your favorite dentist, doctor, hair dresser, grocery stores, restaurants, vets, bank branches, mechanics and more are. You know what produce is in season in August, and where the best pizza is. There’s a certain […]