Getting To Know The Digital Nomad That I Met In Buenos Aires – with Colin Wright
on Jan 18, 2010 - 5:47 PM PSTI met Colin Wright at a small get-together that my wife and I organized at the new apartment we’re renting in Buenos Aires. He told us how he’s growing his business while traveling. Since I’m noticing that many people in the Mixergy audience are curious about the digital nomad lifestyle, I invited him on to talk about his experiences.
The FULL program
About Colin Wright
Colin Wright is the founder of Colin Is My Name, a boutique branding studio. You can read about his experiences as a digital nomad on Exile Lifestyle.
You should say hi to him on Twitter.
Program Minutes
2:10 What he carries with him
3:10 How traveling influences his reading
4:10 What kind of work Colin does
7:30 How he decides were to travel
6:50 A crazy story from the road
12:00 Why it’s easier to sell while traveling
13:10 How being a nomad helps Colin meet more people
14:40 How geo-arbitrage can let you live richly
16:00 How Colin’s business card helps him get to know people
18:40 How Colin found a place to stay via Twitter
20:20 How social media helps him make contacts
21:31 How aSmallWorld.net helped Colin meet a connector
22:40 How a core group of friends helps you meet new people
24:30 How we got over being introverted
27:30 Advice for travelers
30:40 Andrew talking about getting over nervousness
37:30 Saying “Yes” to more things
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January 18th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
Crazy inspired by this video. I've been absent from Mixergy for a while, but this one was the perfect reentry. Keep up the good work.
January 18th, 2010 at 9:58 pm
Same, Yifei. More inspired then would be sensible to discuss in a public forum.
January 18th, 2010 at 10:03 pm
Andrew/Colin, a life-changing interview. Literally, not figuratively.
January 18th, 2010 at 10:21 pm
Thanks Andrew & Colin,
It was really cool to hear Colin's story. I would have liked to have heard more about how Colin obtain his clients and the work that he does. I'll have to dig into it in his blog.
I love the idea of being a Digital Nomad. Once I figure out my online business I would like to do extended traveling around the United States and then branch off to other countries with my motorcycle. Then, I'll have some crazy story from the road for you.
Program minutes — instead of a transcript works well. You could always have transcripts done later if they are needed.
Thanks
January 19th, 2010 at 9:12 am
i think it'd be awesome if you used speakertext in the transcript. http://speakertext.com/
January 19th, 2010 at 11:07 am
Recently discovered Mixergy – great stuff! really enjoy all the interesting videos….
January 19th, 2010 at 12:44 pm
First time on the site. Love-love-loved the interview. I thought that he had rehashed some ideas from Seth Godin in his How to Be Remarkable book UNTIL I READ IT. It's all Colin. His books are brilliantly designed, well-written, well everything you would look for in a professionally printed book.
January 19th, 2010 at 6:26 pm
One of the hardest things to do when being interviewed, or being the interviewer, is to just be yourself. Great casual style, love the program minutes and the whole concept for the video series. As someone who has said “no” too many times lately I found this to be inspiring.
January 19th, 2010 at 11:24 pm
Andrew, Colin! I'm from buenos aires.
Looking for some local info just get in touch and I'll try my best.
January 20th, 2010 at 12:18 am
Program minutes are good – have you seen how ted.com videos now have transcripts on the side, and if you click them it seeks the video to that position? That's super useful.
January 20th, 2010 at 9:58 am
What a good way to start my day; with some inspiration. I needed that.
January 22nd, 2010 at 8:19 pm
I love letterpress too!
The digital nomad lifestyle sounds great and technically I could take this sort of thing on too. Accept I am trying to break away from having clients and designing for them. It's quite draining to be honest. I just don't have the gift of the gab of telling the client “no”.
I work with designers/art directors that have the gift of the gab and I think I will leave it up to them.
Plus I rather design for myself ;)
February 6th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
Program minutes are definitely much better! Your interviews are great but they are kind of long. This way we can skip to the parts we think are most appealing. Thanks!
February 6th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
That's good to hear. I'll keep testing.
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February 7th, 2010 at 5:29 am
That's good to hear. I'll keep testing.
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