digital nomad

plural digital nomads

1. Someone who earns a living from telecommunication technology while living in a nomadic manner, typically working remotely from various locations such as coworking spaces, cafés, and public libraries.

   Spain plans to issue “digital nomad” visas giving Britons and other non-EU citizens the chance to work in the sun and enjoy a lower cost of living with tax breaks thrown in for good measure.

   2022 September 25, Stephen Burgen, “Spain plans ‘digital nomad’ visa scheme to attract remote workers”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2022

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   Their logic was as enviable as it was unattainable for everyone else: If you’re going to work from home indefinitely, why not make a new home in an exotic place? This tiny cohort gathered their MacBooks, passports and N95 masks and became digital nomads.

   2020 November 8, Erin Griffith, “The Digital Nomads Did Not Prepare for This”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2020