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admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:53:46 +0000

Because I am able to travel quite a bit, it sometimes looks like I don’t have to work a whole lot. If only this was true. I end up spending a minimum of 4 hours a day in front of a computer, 7 days a week. Most days I spend a full 8+ hours. The sad fact is that even though I can work anywhere I want, I still have to work.

While I don’t mind working where ever I may be staying, I find that I end up being most productive when I get can get out somewhere like a local Internet cafe. The change of scenery always seems to help me focus more, especially in the afternoon. So I spend a good amount of time with a view, if not exactly like this, very similar to this:

Welcome to the other 75% of being a digital nomad…

Storm Clouds

admin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:35:24 +0000

It looks like this area of Baja California will escape Hurricane Rick. The hurricane has been downgraded to a tropical storm and made a sharp turn east so it appears that it will miss the entire Baja peninsula except for clouds and rain from the outskirts of the storm.

Those storm clouds are now coming in and giving me a different view as I work from the normal sunny skies, yet still beautiful in their own way:

Working in the Morning

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:41:39 +0000

I found a new cafe that serves breakfast and lunch called Caleb’s Cafe here in Los Barriles that has Internet access. It has an outside area upstairs and, of course, a beautiful view. This is what I’m looking at as I work (and type this post out):

Hard to complain when mornings begin like this…

Office View in the Morning

admin — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:48:50 +0000

I’m back from Cabo San Lucas and will be spending the rest of the month is Los Barriles. Didn’t do too much work while in Cabo, so I decided to get up early to catch up. This is what greeted me for my office view this morning:

Cabo San Lucas View

admin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:12:59 +0000

Had a friend that was vacationing The Esperanza in Cabo San Lucas invite me down to stay a few days. Took the bus from Los Barriles to Cabo San Lucas yesterday and will be here for a few more days. Most definitely a step up in class from where I have been staying since it’s a resort rather than a local house. Here is the current view as I write from the computer:

It’s a nice break from the routine I had adopted in San Barriles, but I think a few days is going to be just fine and it’s not where I would have wanted to spend the entire month. That being said, I’m certainly not complaining about the touch of luxury while I am here…

My Office View for October

admin — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:20:43 +0000

I spend most of my day in front of a computer so one of the reasons that being a digital nomad has great appeal to me is that it allows me to escape my little office room. I don’t mind my office, but when I have a choice between a wall with a cork board filled with notes in front of me and a view like this:

I think most people would be willing to leave their home office behind.

Today’s View: Pleasanton, California

admin — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:16:54 +0000

I’m off to Oregon tomorrow, but getting a little work done today at my dad’s place in Pleasanton, CA. Working upstairs with this view in front of me: