In March 2010 I wrote a primer on being a digital nomad — what it meant, where you work, how you manage relationships when you have no office…
Read more 16 Years as a Digital Nomad: What Changed Everything | Dragos RouaIn 2009 I wrote about lifestyle design — the idea that every life follows some blueprint, whether you drew it consciously or not. I identified three types: emotions-driven,…
Read more 3 Lifestyle Design Blueprints I’ve Lived | Dragos RouaSince many of you seemed to enjoy the 7 Random Facts About Vietnam post, I thought to complete it with another installment. This time, the facts will not…
Read more 7 Unusual Facts About Vietnam – Dragos RouaIt’s 9AM and I am sitting in my favorite coffee shop. Somewhere in Mekong Delta, or in Lisbon, or in Seoul, doesn’t really matter. What matters is that…
Read more How I Build iOS Apps from Coffee Shops Using Claude CodeWhen you become location independent, your network of people changes drastically from what you had when you lived in a stable place. You no longer have access to…
Read more Networking 101 for Location Independent People – Dragos RouaInstead of a traditional year-end recap with a long list of things I did, I’ll focus on four themes that defined 2025 for me. This was the year…
Read more 2025 Year in Review – Dragos RouaOne of the nicest perks of being location independent, is that I get to function across a lot of different cultures and, in general, my life experience is…
Read more A Day at the Jjim Jil Bang (찜질방) in Saigon, Vietnam – Dragos RouaIf you read my blog on a regular basis, you know that during the last couple of years I’ve been spending a lot of time in Asia. Among…
Read more 7 Random Facts About South Korea – Dragos RouaA while ago I wrote a mini-review for 3 digital nomad friendly debit cards. The rationale was that location independent peeps need better money tools than your usual,…
Read more 3 Digital Nomad And Crypto Friendly Debit Cards – Revisited – Dragos RouaThere are two kinds of people when it comes to AI. The first group treats it like a magic wand, something that will make them rich beyond their…
Read more Can You Really Amplify Yourself With AI? – Dragos RouaAs a location independent write and programmer, I get to spend a lot of times in different countries. Lately, I’ve been in Vietnam a lot. Needless to say,…
Read more 7 Random Facts About Vietnam – Dragos RouaFor the last 3 years, I’ve been living mostly in Asia, with bases in South Korea and Vietnam, and short visa runs in Thailand or Bali. I’m also…
Read more Asia for Digital Nomads – A Primer – Dragos RouaIn response to Japan’s newly launched Digital Nomad Visa, .andwork introduces tailored workspace solutions integrated within hotel lobbies for international digital nomads. TOKYO, April 15, 2024 (Newswire.com) –…
Read more Japan’s Popular Group Global Agents Redefines Coworking Hospitality With the Launch of .andwork’s 24/7 Digital Nomad Weekly PassOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Historically, the travel industry has been clearly segmented. People traveled for business or pleasure without a significant overlap between those…
Read more The Rise of the Bleisure Worker — 3 Ways Work-From-Anywhere is Redefining Travel | EntrepreneurDec 23, 2021 Dec 3, 2025 2021-12-23 After 5 very tumultuous months (although just by looking at the articles here you couldn’t tell) June was finally a month…
Read more 2021 Monthly Recap – June – Dragos Roua
