Comments on: An Amateur’s Guide to Location Independence [Part 1 of 3]

By: Overcoming 7 Major Obstacles To Traveling The World – #2: You Think It’s Too Expensive | foXnoMad

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:51:45 +0000

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Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:27:05 +0000

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By: Overcoming 7 Major Obstacles To Traveling The World – #1: You Are Comfortable At Your Job : foXnoMad

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:01:42 +0000

[...] If it’s money you’re worried about, remember once you quit your job, you don’t leave your skills and what you’ve learned behind. You can take them with you anywhere and that’s what you can use to find employment elsewhere – and anywhere in the world. For those of you with office jobs, get yourself a good laptop and load this essential software for digital nomads and check out my amateur’s guide to location independence. [...]

By: 5 Free and Useful iPhone Apps For Travelers : foXnoMad

5 Free and Useful iPhone Apps For Travelers : foXnoMad — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:01:57 +0000

[...] that you don’t need fancy hardware like an iPhone (although it doesn’t hurt) to become location independent. A cheap unlocked Nokia and a decent laptop can make for a large, but suitable iPhone [...]

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:03:42 +0000

Thanks, Anil. will check out the Alfa. Looks like it might have a smaller footprint.

By: Anil P.

Anil P. — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:11:56 +0000

Great recommendation Daniel, thanks. I use the Alfa AWUS036EH (300mW) – both are good tools for extending your wireless range. Not sure about the Hawking, but the Alfa also works well with some wi-fi detection and cracking tools. Not that I encourage that sort of thing…

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:09:28 +0000

Good tips all. If you’re looking for a good network adapter to replace your laptop’s PC card-based wireless network adapter with a USB network adapter that uses an external antenna you might want to consider the Hawking Hi-Gain Wireless USB network adapter, which adds an external, hi-gain antenna to your computer and significantly improves your range. I use it to good effect now in downtown Toronto to pick up lots of free wifi!

By: An Amateur’s Guide to Location Independence [Part 3 of 3] : foXnoMad

An Amateur’s Guide to Location Independence [Part 3 of 3] : foXnoMad — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:01:55 +0000

[...] Part 1 you got the basic hardware and software to get started working and in Part 2 took it to the next [...]

By: Anil P.

Anil P. — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:38:19 +0000

Appreciate the stumbles!