{"id":40282,"date":"2022-09-22T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=40282"},"modified":"2022-09-20T14:55:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T21:55:11","slug":"no-love-for-offices-packable-backpacks-nomad-conferences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/no-love-for-offices-packable-backpacks-nomad-conferences\/","title":{"rendered":"No Love for Offices\/Packable Backpacks\/Nomad Conferences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A weekly newsletter with four quick bites, edited by Tim Leffel, author of\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/cbjyU?utm_campaign=Nomadico&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\"><em>A Better Life for Half the Price<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The World\u2019s Cheapest Destinations<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.getrevue.co\/profile\/nomadico\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up here<\/a>\u00a0to get Nomadico a week early in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Almost Nobody Misses Office Cubicles<\/strong><br>The majority of people can put up with a hybrid work situation, but almost nobody wants to work full-time in an office they drive to it seems, according to\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gallup.com\/workplace\/397751\/returning-office-current-preferred-future-state-remote-work.aspx?utm_campaign=Nomadico&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">a new Gallup poll<\/a>. \u201cA mere 6% want to work entirely on-site going forward. Doesn\u2019t it seem that traditional management and workplace practices are broken if more than 90% of 70 million employees say they don\u2019t want to come back to the office full time?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Packable Backpacks in Stuff Sacks<\/strong><br>One item that I almost never leave home without when traveling is a small backpack that squeezes down into a little pouch. These items take up very little room and are lightweight, but they expand on the other end to be a great daypack or eco-friendly shopping bag. There are options from Eagle Creek, Sea to Summit, Matador, ChicoBag, and others. The ideal versions have at least one water bottle pocket, making them useful on a hike.\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cheapestdestinationsblog.com\/2021\/10\/11\/packable-backpacks-daypacks\/?utm_campaign=Nomadico&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">See some options and video demos here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pack-flat Toiletry Bottles<\/strong><br>Travel-sized toiletry bottles are a necessity for traveling with a carry-on, but that\u2019s a lot of throw-away plastic going (usually) into a landfill. If you use normal refillable ones, they keep taking up space when they\u2019re empty. Mark found these collapsible\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/matadorup.com\/collections\/ultralight-toiletries\/products\/flatpak-toiletry-bottle?utm_campaign=Nomadico&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">FlatPak ones from Matador<\/a>\u00a0that lie flat when empty and are easy to clean and reuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Digital Nomad Conferences<\/strong><br>Working at home, wherever that may be, can get a bit lonely sometimes. It can be stimulating to learn from and meet up with others leading a location-independent lifestyle. Nora Dunn, The Professional Hobo, has a great rundown here of\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/top-digital-nomad-conferences\/?utm_campaign=Nomadico&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">digital nomad conferences<\/a>\u00a0around the world.<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nomadico issue #18<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2385],"tags":[2386],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40282"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40282"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40283,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40282\/revisions\/40283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}