Archive for the ‘Remote Working’ Category

Oct
27/11
Cold Water
Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 January 2012 10:50
Written by Dom Reid
Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Tooting Bec Lido is situated in a South London park. It’s huge, is almost two Olympic length pools end to end (100 yards long) and the width of a normal swimming pool.

It’s also unheated.
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May
11/11
Patpong, Nana plaza, dentist chairs and The Atlanta Hotel!
Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 May 2011 08:30
Written by Dom Reid
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

On my way to the airport from Roseville (how lovely Roseville sounds and it is, a leafy flowery suburb of Sydney) I stood on the train platform in the bright, breezy Autumn sun and watched the myna birds pivot on the track-side bushes, the cockatoos flap like rags, rosellas flash and spark in noisy conversation, the world was alight colour. It was at that moment that I realised I could make Australia my home. (more…)

Dec
09/10
Refugio Cordillera
Last Updated on Tuesday, 6 March 2012 07:14
Written by Dom Reid
Thursday, December 9th, 2010

I once hitched through Europe with an old friend. We saw a lot of roadsides on our way and arrived in Cadiz dustier than a couple of dingos, so I popped on the bunny smugglers and leaped into the sea to cool off. I looked around to see that my travel chum Alex had made a few friends, (more…)

Nov
19/10
Work, hot dogs and another addiction….
Last Updated on Friday, 19 November 2010 05:04
Written by Dom Reid
Friday, November 19th, 2010

After a good while spending more than I was earning I had to shut myself away for a while and DO SOME WORK. So I moved to a lovely wee town called Villarrica and found some cheap digs. (more…)

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Oct
31/10
Colonia and Work today
Last Updated on Sunday, 31 October 2010 04:18
Written by Dom Reid
Sunday, October 31st, 2010

I have finally settled down in the chocolate box pretty little town of Colonia del Sacramento to do some work. I mean I am supposed to be working on the hoof, which apart from a (more…)

Aug
30/10
I found Google Voice
Last Updated on Saturday, 5 March 2011 08:32
Written by Dom Reid
Monday, August 30th, 2010

OK, it’s been a bit of a mission here at CyberGypsy towers to track down where Google (more…)

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Aug
29/10
Google voice uk style phone booths launched
Last Updated on Saturday, 5 March 2011 08:31
Written by Dom Reid
Sunday, August 29th, 2010

A number of years ago the powers that be in the UK telecoms business decided (more…)

Aug
25/10
Google Voice UK is here
Last Updated on Saturday, 5 March 2011 08:19
Written by Dom Reid
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Google voice UK has arrived – well, minus (more…)

Aug
23/10
Why a digital nomad?
Last Updated on Monday, 23 August 2010 11:16
Written by Dom Reid
Monday, August 23rd, 2010

I have managed to achieve my dream of earning my keep whilst on the move (more…)

Aug
18/10
Google voice UK update
Last Updated on Saturday, 5 March 2011 08:31
Written by Dom Reid
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Well this is turning out to be quite a widely anticipated tool (more…)

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Aug
18/10
WorkSnug
Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 August 2010 04:20
Written by Dom Reid
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

I remember coming across a wonderful tool (more…)

Jul
29/10
Cheap roaming mobile charges
Last Updated on Thursday, 29 July 2010 07:04
Written by Dom Reid
Thursday, July 29th, 2010

One of the more trying aspects of being a Cyber Gypsy (more…)

Jul
25/10
Social Networking
Last Updated on Monday, 16 August 2010 02:51
Written by Dom Reid
Sunday, July 25th, 2010

Most things take time to develop. (more…)

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Nov
28/09
Pokhara Lakeside
Last Updated on Sunday, 25 July 2010 02:00
Written by Dom Reid
Saturday, November 28th, 2009

I was flagging from the jetlag so decided to have a quiet meal at the Yak restaurant of veggie mo mo with a Nepali thali. After this I took a walk around to see the bright lights of Kathmandu’s bustlin nightlife then headed back for an early night in my rooftop room at the Thamel Hotel. (more…)

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Nov
01/09
Cyber YHA
Last Updated on Sunday, 25 July 2010 02:03
Written by Dom Reid
Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Not the YMCA, I never really understood what (more…)

Apr
28/09
Monopoly
Last Updated on Wednesday, 4 November 2009 12:56
Written by Dom Reid
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

I have just heard that BT has bought out many of T-Mobiles wifi hotspots with the aim of keeping the prices high. Not a very enlightened approach to giving access to mobile computing… (more…)

Mar
23/09
Remote Working
Last Updated on Sunday, 25 July 2010 02:07
Written by Dom Reid
Monday, March 23rd, 2009

Travelling and working is not a new thing, we used to have (more…)

Feb
09/09
Back to the source
Last Updated on Sunday, 25 July 2010 02:08
Written by Dom Reid
Monday, February 9th, 2009

It was around 12 years ago that I saw a Norwegian feller on the beach in Tioman with a laptop. When I asked him what he was doing, he told me he was connected to the web via a sat phone and that he was working.

I decided that if this woas work then I wanted to get involved, so I learned how to use computers and got busy.

I am now sitting on the same beach in Tioman, with my laptop connected to the internet and I’m not working too hard.

It feels like I have come full circle, back to the source.

Sep
03/06
Batteries ETC
Last Updated on Wednesday, 4 November 2009 11:16
Written by Dom Reid
Sunday, September 3rd, 2006

I have a £50 Battery in my vaio and it is working fine. A SONY original 7200 mah original is £270, so for the change I could go on a week’s holiday to Spain, eat 150 kebabs or afford a few tickets to go see Tottenham Hotspurs play at white hart lane.

Sorted!

I’ll report back if my VAIO fries in hell, which is what SONY would have you believe would happen if you use a non standard battery. I reckon the risk of data loss from not having a working battery as a backup power supply is more worrying.

I have been hearing more and more rumours of WiFi networks in London. The square mile is supposed to be switched on soon, which would expand my office somewhat. Nobody knows who will pay for it, and it does not look as if it will be a free network like in Norwich, but it’s a start.

The question is what we’ll do when we have it. In zoo’s the animals often stay put when the cage doors are open, even alerting the zoo keepers to the fact because they feel insecure, so maybe we will take time to adjust to our new found freedom.

We’ll see.

Aug
31/06
Norwich Gets Free WiFi
Last Updated on Wednesday, 4 November 2009 11:15
Written by Dom Reid
Thursday, August 31st, 2006

The city of Norwich has become Britain’s largest open network. You can login within a 4km radius of county hall, which has a a “pre WiMax” 5.8GHz connection sitting on top. Gosh.

So, is Norwich a hotbed of Gypsy activity, with little tinkers tappety tapping away in the rural east of Britain?