I just read an article on CNN.com about a new guide for traveling executives on how not to be an "Ugly American". Not surprisingly, our public image as Americans has dwindled signficantly lately. Even before the current political climate we were seen as loud, arrogant and self centered according to this article. I believe that [...]
If you look at my last blog entry you’ll see that it’s been a week since I’ve written. I’ve learned a lesson this week about the discipline that it takes to be a blue suit nomad. Actually, I was just reminded of the lesson I’ve learned many times in the past. Last week we were [...]
Since I’ve started this blog I’ve been looking at other sites on this topic of traveling and working. Usually you see some sort of picture of a person with a laptop on a beautiful beach, pina colada sitting next to the laptop. I think most of us envision this kind of scene when we’re sitting [...]
So – what does it take to break free from your office and start seeing the world? I see it as three main things – desire, creativity, and organization. First, working while traveling is not an easy thing to pull off so your desire to do it must be great or you will lose interest [...]
For some reason when I’m preparing to travel, my usually scattered self turns into an organizational fiend. I’m a big fan of David Allen’s "Getting Things Done" (I know – along with everyone else and his brother) so I turned to his web site and found a simple little trick for traveling with batteries. David [...]
The other day I came across a new blog on PCMag.com called the Well Connected Traveler. My first reaction was of amazement followed closely by complete intimidation. Here is a group of people (mostly men if not all men) who are serious professional world travelers and serious techies. They discuss how to function in the [...]
This weekend’s trip to the mailbox revealed an exciting discovery. Our passports had arrived! All 5 of them came at once in neat priority mail cardboard envelopes making our government services suddenly appear scarily efficient. For me, this is the 3rd passport I’ve had. It was fascinating to see the difference in this passport compared [...]
My heart goes out to the families of the tourists killed in a bus accident in Chile yesterday CNN.com Story . If you read this blog you’re probably either a world traveller, or want to be one. We all know that often to see the most exotic places we take risks of all sorts. Perhaps [...]
Do you know how many people are living and travelling abroad these days? I don’t have numbers but from all the action on the web around the subject I’m starting to believe the number is really huge. Several conversations last week have brought me to realize that being a Blue Suit Nomad requires some definition. [...]
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