August 13, 2008 14 Comments

Dell Launches Digital Nomads

nomads Mike Gunderoy from Web Worker Daily reports that Dell has launched Digital Nomads, a site for those of us who work out of coffeeshops and airports, who drag their office around with them in a backpack, who work in our spare bedrooms, and at the beach. It’s cool to me for a few reasons.

First, it’s being written by swell folks like Lionel Menchaca, Dell’s Chief Blogger, and Dell’s Bruce Eric Anderson, but also John Jantsch and Phil Torrone, so the voices are from people we know, both inside and outside of Dell.

Second, it’s content marketing. We, as nomads can go there, participate, read things that might interest us, but we can also hear little whispers from Dell about things they’re doing that they think we can use. I like that they encourage us to take a little Digital Nomad badge with us, too. That’s a nice touch.

So, it’s a cool project to watch. I want to see where it goes over time, who contributes, who participates, and whether the project keeps up after a few months from the reader side.

And congrats to everyone involved in the launch. Good project.

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  • Anonymous

    I wonder if Dell got the idea for the name from my Twitter bio, “Digital Urban Nomad” :)

  • http://whatisnoise.com David Fisher

    I wonder if Dell got the idea for the name from my Twitter bio, “Digital Urban Nomad” :)

  • http://ruggednotebooks.com Digitalnomad

    Maybe they got it from Digital-nomads blogspot blog, Ha.
    I wish I had such resources. I am always ahead of the curve, and uncannily it is always about an 18 month curve.

    At any rate, the important thing is that the “nomad” niche is finally being acknowledged. Forgive me for noticing, but Dell is way new to the rugged portable computing space. At the same time, they are also welcome.

  • http://ruggednotebooks.com Digitalnomad

    Maybe they got it from Digital-nomads blogspot blog, Ha.
    I wish I had such resources. I am always ahead of the curve, and uncannily it is always about an 18 month curve.

    At any rate, the important thing is that the “nomad” niche is finally being acknowledged. Forgive me for noticing, but Dell is way new to the rugged portable computing space. At the same time, they are also welcome.

  • http://www.mybeautymatch.com Miss Gisele B.

    This is an excellent initiative from Dell.

    I agree with DigitalNomad … it’s time to recognize our community!

    I cannot wait to participate in thsi community!

    Miss Gisele B.

  • http://www.mybeautymatch.com Miss Gisele B.

    This is an excellent initiative from Dell.

    I agree with DigitalNomad … it’s time to recognize our community!

    I cannot wait to participate in thsi community!

    Miss Gisele B.

  • http://www.fastfwdinnovation.com Romain

    Looking at the website it’s an interesting topic being pointed. But Dell’s stil doing it such a direct marketing way with click to action and push marketing such as “Join us and have a chance to win a Dell” or “Help us define” and “Check out the latest Dell”. Can’t they push advertising as added value information instead of telling people “hey we’ve made a blog to push ads”. It’s half the way though, a nice move with following to do.

  • http://www.fastfwdinnovation.com Romain

    Looking at the website it’s an interesting topic being pointed. But Dell’s stil doing it such a direct marketing way with click to action and push marketing such as “Join us and have a chance to win a Dell” or “Help us define” and “Check out the latest Dell”. Can’t they push advertising as added value information instead of telling people “hey we’ve made a blog to push ads”. It’s half the way though, a nice move with following to do.

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  • http://www.digitalnomads.com Bruce Eric Anderson (bruceeric

    @digitalnomad and @Miss Giselle and others — stay with us. As I said in my opening post, Dell did not invent the whole concept of digital nomad so the kudos on this goes to you and others who have been embracing this approach to working. On the ‘direct marketing’ comment by @Romain, over time you’ll see a lot of that content go away and be replaced by content by others. Thanks for your comments.

  • http://www.digitalnomads.com Bruce Eric Anderson (bruceericatdell on twitter)

    @digitalnomad and @Miss Giselle and others — stay with us. As I said in my opening post, Dell did not invent the whole concept of digital nomad so the kudos on this goes to you and others who have been embracing this approach to working. On the ‘direct marketing’ comment by @Romain, over time you’ll see a lot of that content go away and be replaced by content by others. Thanks for your comments.

  • http://www.toplvstore.com/ lv

    I agree with DigitalNomad … it’s time to recognize our community!

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    I like that they encourage us to take a little Digital Nomad badge with us, too. That’s a nice touch.

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    I like that they encourage us to take a little Digital Nomad badge with us, too. That’s a nice touch.