Recent photo of Connie Crosby by Rannie Turingan, used with permission: http://www.flickr.com/photos/photojunkie/4378782274/ Photo of Mitch Joel by Eva Blue, used under Creative Commons: http://www.flickr.com/photos/evablue/4982314424/

1. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A
DIGITAL NOMAD
by Connie Crosby
Crosby Group Consulting
@conniecrosby
for Toronto Public Library
February 10, 2011

2. Photo: Wayne MacPhail
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wmacphail/3300368742/
MY LIFE
AS A DIGITAL NOMAD

3. “Digital nomads don’t need an office.
They have many offices. In fact,
anywhere is an office as long as
there is connectivity....
photo: Eva Blue
http://www.flickr.com/photos/evablue/4982314424/

4. “... They work from
Starbucks, the local library, in front of
their televisions, in hotel lobbies,
in the backseats of cabs, and even
in some parks.”
- Mitch Joel,
Six Pixels of Separation, 2009
photo: Eva Blue
http://www.flickr.com/photos/evablue/4982314424/

5. BEFORE: LAW FIRM
LIBRARY MANAGER
18 YEARS OF BAY STREET LAW FIRM WORK!

6. I WAS TIED TO A
CRAZY DESK!

7. AND A DESKTOP COMPUTER
PC & Microsoft!

8. NOW: I’M AN INDEPENDENT
CONSULTANT

9. WHERE I WORK

10. IN MY HOME OFFICE

11. IN MY KITCHEN

12. IN COFFEE SHOPS
(YES, ESPECIALLY STARBUCKS)

13. IN TORONTO
REFERENCE LIBRARY
IF I CAN FIND A SEAT!

14. IN CO-WORKING SPACES
E.G. CENTRE FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION & CAMARADERIE

15. IN HOTEL ROOMS

16. ...BUT MOSTLY ONLINE

17. WHO I WORK WITH

18. WHO I WORK WITH
clients (of course!)
other consultants
freelancers I hire
virtual assistant

19. VIRTUAL ASSISTANT (VR)

20. MY GEAR

21. MACBOOK AIR
AND A VERY VERY OLD MACBOOK PRO

22. FREETALK EVERYMAN
HEADPHONES

23. IPAD
INCASE CASE AND APPLE BLUETOOTH KEYBOARD

24. IPHONE 4
EMAIL, CALENDAR, CAMERA,VIDEO, TELEPHONE, SMS

25. HP OFFICEJET ALL-IN-ONE
WIFI PRINTER, SCANNER, PHOTOCOPIER

26. GMAIL

27. GOOGLE DOCS

28. GOOGLE FORMS

29. GOOGLE FORMS

30. GOOGLE CALENDAR

31. GTALK

32. GTALK

33. SKYPE - VIDEO

34. SKYPE - CHAT

35. SKYPE - VOICE

36. SKYPE - CONFERENCE CALLS

37. DOODLE

38. BASECAMP

39. MOCKFLOW

40. MINDMEISTER

41. WORDPRESS

42. BLOGGER

43. TWITTER

44. TWITTER
water cooler
networking
fast answers
news
current awareness
connecting with friends, clients, business contacts

45. WIKIS

46. KEYNOTE

47. SLIDESHARE

48. PREZI

49. DROP BOX

50. DROP BOX

51. DELICIOUS

52. LINKED IN

53. FACEBOOK

54. MEETUP.COM

55. EVENTBRITE

56. USTREAM.COM

57. YOUTUBE

58. VIMEO

59. PAGES
(MACBOOK & IPAD)

60. TRIPIT

61. GOOGLE MAPS
(& IPHONE GPS)

62. FOURSQUARE

63. KOBO
IPAD & IPHONE APPS & EREADER)

64. SOME PREDICTIONS

65. 1. NUMBER OF DIGITAL
NOMADS WILL INCREASE

66. 2. NETWORKING &
COWORKING WILL
INCREASE

67. 3. RISING INTEREST IN
ENTERPRISE 2.0

68. 4. VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO

69. 5. VIRTUAL WORLDS WILL
MAKE A COMEBACK

70. WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO
REACH OUT TO
THE DIGITAL NOMAD?

71. THANK YOU!
Connie Crosby
Crosby Group Consulting
connie@crosbygroup.ca
416-919-6719
@conniecrosby
http://crosbygroup.ca
http://conniecrosby.blogspot.com
http://slaw.ca