UNPOPULAR OPINION: The best part of nomading isn’t the tourist attractions. It’s the random café you worked from just because they played great tunes. Or the helpful stranger who lend you charger when your phone was dying. Such moments you could never plan for.

The more you nomading, the more you realize how many more cool destinations there are.

What I love about Kuala Lumpur, pt. 245: How easy it is to order Grab food and work remotely.

Nomads, what food do you crave from the destinations you've visited? I can't stop thinking about Indonesia's gado-gado.

Digital nomads: trip planning isn't a vacation. Systemize visa runs, tax residency, banking, & flights. Learned this getting Portuguese residency, running UK LTD, & hopping Asia. Now I map routes around deadlines, not bucket lists. Track days, book flexible stays, & have a backup!

Wise and Revolut finally send monthly statements. Makes tracking spending ridiculously easy. If these fintech apps suddenly collapse, I've got my financial backup. Never thought I'd salute bank paperwork, but responsible money management requires it.

Revolut got MiCA license. Crypto on the app now has EU protection. Direct transactions, clearer fees & better safeguards. Plus, exchange up to 500 000 EUR in stablecoins monthly without fees. As a digital nomad, this transparency matters. Changes roll out Nov 25. Less to worry about.

New blog post: Walking with Piotrek is up at nerdontour dot net! Platforms get blocked, accounts vanish. Ghost Pro hosting means my vlogs stay accessible & backed up. My content, my rules.

Best nomad projects: the ones locals need. Nomads paint walls for stays or build websites for cafes they love. Project specifics don't matter. Leave a place better than you found it. Stop being a tourist, build real connections abroad.

Nomad impact isn't about stamps, it's about connections. Every chat plants seeds, every supported local creates ripples. We're weaving trust across borders. The bartender who remembers you, the nomad you inspired, the charity you backed—that's your legacy.

Avoid the lonely nomad trap. Volunteer at a coliving or coworking space—best way to build real relationships with nomads & locals. Trade work for housing & community. Solo travelers become core members in weeks. You're contributing value & forming lasting connections.

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Icod de los Vinos: Drago Millenario, a 1,000-year-old Dragon Tree. Magical botanical garden with herbs & Atlantic views. Tenerife's microclimates from sea level to Mount Teide. Brunch at Casa del Drago = bliss.

Never heard of Honor of Kings till Malaysia. It's the top mobile game with 100M daily players. Played DOTA as a Warcraft 3 mod 20 years ago. Now this Chinese MOBA makes $2.6B yearly & dominates Asia. Living here opens my eyes! Thrilled by these discoveries!

Love Apple's design, but I'm not trapped! My freedom stack: 1Password, Pocket Casts, Commander One, Storytel, Backblaze, DeepL, Ente, Brave, Spotify, Beeper, Perplexity, Hey. Each beats Apple's defaults. What apps do you use?

Booking security issue: Owners can request your FULL card details (CVC included). My friend & I got hit; cards ended up on the dark web. Use virtual cards! Create one just for Booking. If compromised, delete & generate a new one instantly.

Booking security flaw: Owners can request your FULL card details (CVC included). My friend & I were hit; cards ended up on the dark web. Virtual cards are the fix! Create one just for Booking. If compromised, delete & generate a new one instantly.

Forget designer chairs. As a tall guy, I measure cafés by one thing: can I sit for 10+ minutes without back pain? That's it. Your trendy furniture means nothing if I'm squirming after one coffee. Great espresso won't bring me back if your chairs are torture devices.

Love Apple's design, but I'm not trapped! My digital freedom stack: 1Password, Pocket Cast, Commander One, Storytel, Backblaze, DeepL, Ente, Brave, Spotify, Beeper, Perplexity, Hey. Each outperforms Apple's defaults. What are your apps?

Remember when Grab plastered Google Maps across KL in 2019? Metro for heavy traffic, then Grab for the last mile. They've disappeared from Maps, but that last-mile strategy still works! Metro beats gridlock. Grab closes the gap. The best travel hacks outlive marketing.

Verne wrote about the Nautilus 150 years ago. I boarded a real electric submarine in Tenerife. For 60 EUR, no diving course is needed. We descended 30 meters. Watched seabream, trumpet fish, and garden eels. Crew divers played with rays on their heads. Fiction became reality.

AWS having a bad day took Buffer, Canva, Perplexity, Zapier, & Help Scout down. Wild how many tools rely on the same backbone. Wish more companies built real backups instead of trusting one cloud. The internet shouldn’t freeze when one provider sneezes.

AWS having a bad day took down Buffer, Canva, Perplexity, Zapier, & Help Scout. Wild how many tools rely on the same backbone. Wish companies built real backups instead of trusting one cloud. The internet shouldn’t freeze when one provider sneezes.

Using Beeper for a year; it works! WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, X - all in one app via Matrix. Remember XMPP? Let’s go further. If Telegram builds a WhatsApp bridge, others will follow. Imagine messaging like email: send/read anywhere. That's the future!

6 yrs testing Malaysian telcos taught me what matters. Hotlink's RM12/month plan is excellent: eSIM, 5G, Maxis coverage, 22GB + hotspot ($2.85 USD). Regular #, free SMS/calls. Zero minutes? No problem, WhatsApp rules. Stop chasing premium, find needs. Budget beats all sometimes.

Instagram just added Live Activities support for Dynamic Island on iPhone! No more failed story uploads when switching apps. Now I can record a gym session, hit post, and return to my workout app while the upload continues in the background. Proper multitasking for creators!

Revolut has finally cracked Portugal's banking network! 🇵🇹 Portuguese IBAN and MB Way are live for all residents. Meanwhile, local banks like ActivoBank struggle with basic tasks. Revolut is fast, mobile-first, and globally oriented, now perfectly integrated with Social Security, IRS, and MB Way.

Masca is the most impressive spot in Tenerife. I first visited in 2020 and keep returning. The winding road descends between miradors to a small village. The V-shaped valley is spectacular! Start early to avoid crowds. Check my favorite lunch place below ⬇️

That should be an easy paid option in Booking and Airbnb. Especially considering landing in a new destination in the morning and needing to wait hours to check in.

A quality time convo call with nomad friend made my day today. Thanks Eirik!

Apple's logistics game is wild (reading 'Apple in China' by Patrick McGee). Watch SE 3 just dropped with always-on display, tougher glass, water resistance, and Vitals app. A Whoop-price contender, and I'm hyped! Can't find it at Machines or Apple Store in KL, but it's online. Worth the hunt!

After 20 years wrestling with WordPress complexity, I finally found a solid alternative: Webflow. It’s a paradigm shift! While I design and write, Webflow handles CDN, hosting, and security updates. No more plugin conflicts or hosting migrations—just pure creativity. Time for a full switch?

Wild tech paradox: Perplexity uses Brave's Search API for their search while directly competing with Brave. Now they launched Comet, an AI browser rivaling Brave Browser. These tech underdogs are both partners and rivals. Bring me popcorn!

WhatsApp blocked me by mistake thanks to Meta’s algorithm. Luckily, I’ve got all contacts and backups. I can still call anyone via Yolla, Telegram, Signal, or FaceTime. Never rely on one platform—especially when automation decides your access.

Nomading through dozens of countries taught me one thing: Apple Pay is the MVP of payment methods. Weak network? No problem. Rushing for metro tickets? Face ID saves the day. While other apps freeze or demand complex 2FA, Apple Pay just works. It deserves to be accepted everywhere.

Beeper now supports LinkedIn messaging with full end-to-end encryption using on-device connections. Just like I did with WhatsApp, Instagram, Telegram, and Signal. Zero middlemen accessing my messages. My professional conversations deserve the same privacy as my personal chats.

Web hosts are charging extra for 'PHP Legacy' support—basically, you're paying more to run outdated software on your WordPress site. Many owners don’t even know if their PHP is outdated. What used to be straightforward is now a maze of add-ons and unnecessary fees.

iPhones finally let us ditch the “phone” part. As a digital nomad bouncing between countries, I default to WhatsApp and FaceTime Audio instead of traditional calls. VoIP isn't just convenient. It's essential when all of my contacts are international numbers.

Back in Tenerife after five epic weeks across Europe—reunions, hikes, ocean swims, guachinche feasts, and catching up with nomad friends. This island’s still the ultimate home base. Could it become permanent? Check the details ⬇️

Nomading means more than moving. I recycle locally, donate clothes, eat plant-based, reuse plastic bags, and sell old tech. Minimalism lightens my pack and my mind. Every conscious habit makes nomad life meaningful and leaves a better mark wherever I stay.

Boomer cafés with bad brews in Rouen ☕🚬, centuries-old timber façades straight out of Townscaper 🎮🏠 and a Paris veggie feast featuring mushroom tonkatsu 🍄. Jump into my French chapter — culture clashes, quiche surprises, friendship reunions #NomadTuesday ⬇️

Boomer cafés with bad brews in Rouen ☕🚬, centuries-old timber façades straight out of Townscaper 🎮🏠 and a Paris veggie feast featuring mushroom tonkatsu 🍄. Jump into my French chapter — culture clashes, quiche surprises, friendship reunions #NomadTuesday ⬇️

Hot take: the Liquid Glass redesign rocks. Just updated my Mac, iPad and iPhone and the UI now flies with silky animations and razor-sharp buttons. Screenshots look hazy, but in motion everything is clearer and faster than the last iOS.

After 18 years of a fixed nine minute snooze, the iPhone alarm finally lets you choose 1 to 15 minutes. Mornings just became tunable instead of tolerable. Better late than never.

Hot take: Apple Watch SE 3 just put Whoop 5 on notice. Always on display turns the tracker into a real watch. Vitals app delivers an at a glance strain style view. Similar price, no subscription. Seamless iPhone sync instead of pairing headaches. Switch time?

Stop chasing the next timezone. Journal the triumphs and turbulence. Shoot photos for your eyes first. Publish only if it feeds you. Celebration isn’t a finish line. It’s routine upkeep for a life in perpetual motion.

Apple blocked iPhone mirroring on Mac for the entire EU, blaming the Digital Services Act. Live Translation is axed next. Feels like a slap to European users while everyone else enjoys the shiny features. What gets cut next? Will iOS 27 even show up in the EU?

For Boomers, a café is a city-square watering hole: weak coffee, strong booze, and cake for days. For Millennials, it’s a cozy corner lab: alt-milk lattes, zero-alcohol sips, and protein-rich treats. Same word, two realities.

Copenhagen builds highways for bikes, not cars. We rolled from City Hall to the Little Mermaid, glided over cycle bridges, then zipped beneath Øresund for Swedish cinammon roll. Then Reffen’s container food court sealed the day. #NomadTuesday Read the newest newsletter here ⬇️