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Moving between places
Affordance
Instant sociality (continued)
Illustrative data
“They're [relationships] very easy to rekindle or to reignite once you're back in the area. We live in such fast-paced times that most people don't stay in touch.” (Sander, HR broker, #7)
“I have a lot of friends, also from the digital nomad community. The nice thing is that they are also travelling and working. So, if you feel lonely, you can immediately Skype with them or WhatsApp with them and they understand exactly what you talk about.” (Sanne, online retailer, #14)
“What usually happens [in a mastermind] is that you give an update on what you have been doing the last week, so [...] how you have grown your business. There is also the opportunity to ask feedback on certain projects [...] They can chime in with their ideas and that can usually be helpful. For me the most valuable thing [is] the accountability that it gives me. So, it actually keeps growing, having to justify what I haven’t done”. (Matt, AB tester, #8)
Digital tools
“if I'm able to go somewhere, let's say from now to a month, I map all the people on Instagram who are in that location and I'm just writing a message and say, ‘Hey, I'm coming. I would love to meet you for coffee. I would love to meet you for whatever.” (Vanessa, event planner, #9)
“I was tweeting about something [...] and then he looked at what I was doing...you are in [the city] and you are right down the street. That's how we got in touch.”. (Rachel, academic, #1)
“People can look each other up on the [CWS] app. Each member can create a brief profile about what they do and how to contact them so that people can search for certain skills, which can be posted online or offline” (Aug 4, 2015, fn#3)
When it does not work
“You need a mastermind group which has a very similar kind of person; where people are in a similar kind of bracket otherwise the value isn’t necessarily as high as it could be. And then having the commitment for everybody can be quite difficult because everyone is busy [...] I don’t think it’s necessarily as easy when you’re a nomad to have a mastermind group because time zones, changing around a lot and then cancelling appointments isn’t so good, it is mastermind group. I’ve explored it but it’s not been a viable option recently.” (Zane, writer and strategy consultant, #11)
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