Thirty Day Challenge intro.

Hello Everyone

I am posting Ed's ustream video as an intro to the Thirty Day Challenge this year. (2009)

If you are interested in learning about the powerful technology tools that the internet is making available to the masses then the Thirty Day Challenge is for you.

Enjoy the video



Click Here to sign up for FREE if you are not already signed up.

This is a great way to get up to speed with the tools that will allow you to have location independent living now... You may even start your own internet business and make a sale.

Why not join us for thirty days.

Till next post,

Gary

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Digital Nomad....Rural Nomad!!!

Hello Everyone

I know that it's been awhile since my last post but I was waiting for the right story to post.

And, here it is

Brightflocks story as told by Laura - Jane on the Digital Nomad site. Way to go L-J!

Here is how she started the piece.

Becoming Rural Nomads: Country Lifestyle Meets High Technology

by Laura-Jane / Mar 3

"Bruce Eric Anderson recently mentioned that he’s no longer a jet-set nomad who circumnavigates the world in first class. Bruce Eric has happily become a zip-code nomad who stays pretty close to home.

But if there are jet-setters, zip-coders, and fraggers, then what kind of nomad am I? I’m a rural nomad.

My husband and I live on a small Canadian island. We run our Web consulting company from our century-old farm-house, which is surrounded by acres of agricultural land. But we haven’t always been rural nomads who live in farm-country."

Since Laura - Jane and her husband Cam happen to be neighbours of mine I am rightly proud of the fact that their story has been featured on the Digital Nomad blog.

Click here to read the entire story.

Laura - Jane and Brightflock are both on my Net Friends list and you can become one of my Net Friends too. Just click here to sign up.

I hope that you liked Laura - Jean's story on Digital Nomad. If you would like to read more adventures of Laura -Jane and Cam then check out their regular blog. http://www.whimfield.com

Till next post,

Smiles :o)

Gary

Cardboard Laptop Stand

Hello Everyone

Here is something very cool and inexpensive too.

Get your laptop off the table and stop hunching over to see the screen with this DIY cardboard laptop stand. It’s small, light, free & green and it will help you cut down on the trips to the chiropractor. Did I mention it’s super easy to make? I originally found this idea at Thingiverse.com, where Erik Skiff whipped up a pretty cool acrylic stand. I didn’t have any acrylic and more importantly I didn’t have a lazer cutter make the cuts, so I did it on cardboard. I modified the design a little so the pattern would fit on a regular letter sized sheet of paper. Check out our tutorial…

Click Here to go to the complete site. (step by step instructions and templates)

Just add cardboard.

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Till next post.

Smiles :o)

Gary

Cloud Computing and You

Welcome

Do you communicate with your peers? Are you still using email? Well just maybe if you read this article by Mike Phillips in the February issue of "Website Magazine" your email account may get a bit lonely.

Here is just part of what Mike's article has to say.

"Cloud computing might be one of the more poorly-defined technologies of recent years. But one way to describe it is by looking at the battle shaping up between Microsoft and Google.

Microsoft Office provides email, word processing and spreadsheets to help businesses communicate. A user can write a document then save it on a hard drive. The file can then be attached to an email and sent to colleagues who all separately view the document, make notes and revisions, save it on their hard drive then attach it to another email for another round of views. Sound cumbersome?

Google Apps also has a complete set of business communication utilities, also including email, word processing and spreadsheets. But with Google’s software as a service (SaaS) applications a user can write a document then invite others to view and edit the document, in real-time, all within a browser and accessible from anywhere on the Web, at any time. The key differences are immediate collaboration, and no need for storage.

Working in the cloud lets users access any number of utilities and applications, collaborate instantly, store files and manage infrastructure, without a single server on site. But cloud computing does so much more."

Sound good ? Then just click here to read the entire article. Oh and while you are there you might want to sign up for the FREE quarterly issues of the magazine.

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There are no fees (totally free), we never share your info, we don't spam you and you can unsubscribe a any time that you wish.

Till next post.

Smiles :o)

Gary

Virtual Asistant Information

Welcome Everyone

So you have the desire to work at home. That Location Independent Living Now lifestyle.

Have you considered work as a virtual assistant?

Hold on one ding dang minute!... Do you know what a Virtual Assistant does, or how one becomes such a person, or even what the compensation rates are?

Well "The Anywhere Office" (one of my personal favorite resource sites) has posted a blog post on the subject. Here is a snippet of what they say.

" We got a comment on one of our Podcasts from a visitor named Collette Schultz. Her question about the Virtual Assistant industry is one we get pretty frequently, so I thought I’d include my reply here as a post."

Collette Schultz on October 26th, 2008 11:21 pm

"As a new virtual assistant subcontractor I’m getting into researching the VA industry through podcasts. I listened to this one last week and am bound to hear more. What I find most frustrating is knowing where to start. Do you offer a beginners series to help getting started?

While we have never blogged or done a segment specifically on Virtual Assisting, I do not believe it differs greatly from other types of internet based businesses: that is to say that it relies mostly on abilities and training, networking, and marketing.

There are several places people can obtain training to become a virtual assistant or, as in Collette’s case, improve their existing skill base; some of them offer certification:"

Click here to read the entire post and follow the numerous links to tons of information on the topic.

You just may find that it is just the cup of tea that you have been looking for.

The economy is in a down turn. Well yes, but wouldn't you agree that the real cause is because we are in the midst of monumental change right now.

The old jobs are going away, but the new jobs that are coming with the tide of change are easier, better paying and allow the freedom of location independent living now.

So when opportunity knocks. Answer the gosh darn door!

Go ahead and click, check it out then decide if you are ready to ride the wave of change and make your life easier to boot.

If you like this topic and/or others topics that I research and write about why not join my Net Friends. We are a network of internet friends who I share useful free products and information with that I turn up in my research .

Just enter your first name and email address in the form over on the Right and click the submit buton. I look forward to seing you on my Net Friends List.

Till next post,

Smiles :o)

Gary

Lisa's Lessons to Making Goals That Work

Hello Everyone

Well here it is! New Year's Eve and we are about to embark on our journey through 2009.

Oops,"you gotta be kidding me!" you say. Where did the last eight years go? It seems like only yesterday that we were welcoming the New Millennium.

Did I set any real goals? Why am I still where I was then? I've just gotten another eight years older. My dreams are no closer now than they were then...How come? Every year I said that this is the year that I'm gonna do it, but it didn't happen, Why?

Well lets peek in on Lisa of SWBN as she makes "Goal's That Work" one of the better blog posts that I have read on the subject. She explains why setting goals is NOT the same as setting New Year's Resolutions.

K, Let's give a read to what Lisa has to say. Click Here to Read Lisa's Blog Post.

Welcome back, so now you know how to set your goals and change your life in one year.

Let's all make 2009 the year that we changed our lives for the better...Big Time!

Then keep making.....Goals That Work.

Til next post,

Smiles :o)

Gary

Finance Your Freedom...The Clay Collins Story

Hi Everyone

It turns out that Clay's dream is to enjoy Location Independent Living and he is working hard at attaining that goal.

Clay does this blog "Finance Your Freedom" and seeks out people that have been successful in getting the freedom to enjoy a Location Independent Life.

These people come from all walks of life and money is not the only determining factor in their success.

Click Here to read the rest of Clay's story and also read, watch and listen to his blog.

Also Click Here to catch Clay's other blog "The Growing Life"

Till next post,

Smiles :o)

Gary