Welcome to the debut edition of the first ever Location Independent Blog Carnival! The blog carnival works like this: writers from across the blogosphere can submit articles here for a chance to be featured. Each month, a different blog in the location independent community will host the latest carnival—the editor will review all the submissions and publish the cream of the crop in a monthly roundup post. It should be an effective way for members of the the community to get to know each other and get some well-deserved exposure.
We had quite a few submissions this month, so below are the best in each category. If you write something great this month about location independent and digital nomad life & business, please submit an article for next month’s edition which will be hosted at Get Paid to Write Online.
Tips for Location Independent Living
Jeanne D’Arc shares How To Travel The World as a Digital Nomad Family! posted at soultravelers3, saying, “We will soon be entering our 4th year as a digital nomadic family. 4 continents & 30 countries later, 86,000 miles later, we’ve learned a few things along the way. We want every family to know this is more enriching & affordable than most realize. We live large on $25K a year total.”
Steven K. Roberts shares First Steps to Technomadics posted at Nomadic Research Labs, saying, “I originally wrote this back in 1993, while inviting folks to join me on the Microship expedition. It was updated in 2004, and contains a number of timeless tips for getting decoupled from a fixed-based life and taking those first tentative steps as a nomadling.”
Lifestyle Designing
Cath Duncan shares How Location Independent Living Can Make You More Agile And Resilient posted at Mine Your Resources. “Whatever your reasons for being location independent, being location independent can help you to overcome the major obstacles to change, and help you to become more agile and resilient.”
Doing Business Abroad & Online
Thursday Bram shares 5 Warning Signs For Portable Business Ideas posted at Working Your Way Around The World. “Building your own business can be a good way to create an income that will support you while you travel. But finding the right business can be difficult.”
Lea Woodward shares Podcast Episode 1: Panama, Business Incorporation & Staying Connected posted at Location Independent. “I am chuffed to present the very first episode of the Location Independent Podcast – a new monthly podcast feature on the Location Independent site.”
Robert Alan shares Can You Build A Solid Virtual Team? posted at Sell It on the Web, saying, “Tips on how to start an effective virtual team for your home office.”
LIP Careers
Sean Ogle shares Cruise Your Way To Location Independence posted at Sean Ogle, saying, “This article was written for those that are interested in going location independent, but may be too intimidated by the risk of jumping in 100%”
Jonathan Woodward shares Illustration: An Ideal Location Independent Job You Can Do From Anywhere? posted at Zero 2 Illo. “How would you like to just get up from your desk and go for a walk on the beach with the sand between your toes one month and the next month be topping up your inspiration reserves with a stroll through one of the world’s most architecturally stunning cities?”
Technology & Gadgets for Digital Nomads
Sharon Hurley Hall shares The Portable Writer posted at Get Paid to Write Online, saying, “I no longer need to carry much with me to have an ultra portable writing business. Here are some of the items in my writing toolbox.”
Zoe Westhof shares Ingredients for Creativity On the Go posted at Essential Prose, saying, “Tips on cultivating the mindset for being creative while traveling or working abroad, and a list of tools to enable creativity on the go.”
Your Vagabonding/Travel Stories
Thursday Bram shares Interview: Nellie Huang posted at Working Your Way Around The World. “Nellie Huang, the blogger behind Wild Junket, has been all over the world — and written about most of it.”
Honorable Mentions
There were quite a few off-topic submissions unfortunately, so make sure you keep your submissions relevant to Location Independence folks! But there were several that talked about travel and business that were just too good to pass up, and I figured the LIP crowd would be interested:
- MoneyEnergy shares 10 Tips From Tim Ferriss, Guy Kawazaki and Keith Ferazzi on Lifeline Relationships and Mentoring posted at MoneyEnergy.
- Mark Sukhija shares 14 don’t miss things in Rome posted at MarksTravelNotes.com.
- Jason shares become an internet social media superstar! posted at jasonblogz.
That concludes this edition. Thanks to everyone who participated this month! Submit your blog article to the July edition of the Location Independent Blog Carnival using our carnival submission form.
photo credit: Stuck in Customs
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22 June 2009 at 2:19 am
Thanks for sharing my article! I run a carnival myself, so I know what’s it’s like to not like off-topic submissions, but sometimes it’s hard to tell what the boundary is. I figured that Tim Ferriss’ thoughts were obviously relevant to the location independent lifestyle, so there you go!:) Hopefully someday I’ll be able to really report from the trenches:)
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23 June 2009 at 4:46 am
Great carnival, Cody! Especially considering it was the first ever on location independence. It’s a decent amount of work hosting one, so thanks for doing so.
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23 June 2009 at 8:37 am
This is an awesome idea, Cody. Great resources for apsiring entrepreneurs. Looking forward to more!
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24 June 2009 at 12:34 pm
I’m diving into these articles — there’s always more to learn about being location-independent
. Thanks for posting my article, too — much appreciated!
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26 June 2009 at 12:47 pm
Great collection! Thanks for including us.
So glad that you started a location independent blog carnival! I am thrilled to see so many new people joining this wonderfully free way to live.
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4 July 2009 at 7:17 pm
Nice carnival and great idea. I’ve been nomadic now for many years, floating around Asia. Keep up the good work.
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14 July 2009 at 6:32 pm
Found your site as I was looking through blog carnivals – I am currently backpacking around the world for a couple of years and living off of internet based income – love the site and am getting some great tips and additional motivation!! Thanks and consider yourself with a new subscriber!
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18 July 2009 at 4:52 pm
I love coming across new sites like this. Great to find you Cody!
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14 August 2009 at 5:23 am
Cody-
Thanks for the mention in the carnival. Really well done too.
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