It’s inspiring to see more efforts focused on building ‘virtual villages’ where nomads can feel at home, no matter where they are. It inspires me to keep been active collaborating on projects that bring global nomads together - not just to network, but to create lasting connections, share knowledge, and build a real sense of community. Seeing this type of movements grow reinforces how important it is to ensure that those who embrace a borderless lifestyle also have a family everywhere they go.
What's your best memory of feeling at home, a true sense of connection as a nomad? Is there a particular place, community, dinner party that stands out?
To be very honest, I could name specific events, communities, or initiatives, but the first thing that comes to mind is my time living in Mexico City. I was there for a couple of years, and it’s one of those places where I felt I could truly be myself - where my natural way of talking to everyone, making friends in seconds, and bringing people together felt effortless.
It wasn’t unusual for me to be walking down the street, run into someone I knew, sit down for a casual coffee in the open air, and suddenly find myself surrounded by five or six more friends who happened to pass by. That spontaneous, magnetic energy of connection is what makes a place feel like home to me. So, my mind goes to cities and neighborhoods where I can genuinely connect with people and create moments of togetherness—whether over a coffee, a dinner, or even as part of a movement, a cause, or a shared community.
I currently live in Mexico City and you captured the energy here so perfectly! Especially in areas like Condesa, I can easily run into a dozen friends at coffee shops, in Parque Mexico, walking down Amsterdam. It's a feeling I have not found in many other cities I've lived in.
Especially as a nomad, its not common to feel, "Wow, I could really stay here," and CDMX evokes that for so many people. It's such a privilege to be able to live here. Come back soon!
Loving voice notes these days too. It helps bridge the gaps of time zones, and I enjoy the asynchronous communication. We end up going deeper than any text thread, and I find I’m able to give more considered, thoughtful responses. Getting one is always a treat! Typically I save them for a quiet moment where I can sit down, listen, and be totally present.
You make voice notes sound so romantic, like a letter!
I haven't gotten into them yet, though I do like receiving them, I'm just super bad at responding. I think I have a very text-based brain, so I overthink voice and always feel like I need to find a quiet space / the perfect moment.
Eman, on the other hand, is a fan...she even prefers voice with AI tools!
You know, they feel like that to me. Not sure I realized it till you said it. The ones I’ve been trading with one busy friend are 10-15 min long, and we both wait to record them in quiet moments alone. Oh and we take notes while listening so we can respond to everything!
I’d love to hear from nomads who’ve been to Kenya and learn about their experiences there, especially in terms of infrastructure to work or move around 💡
While you're here: tell me a little about your relationship with your closest online friend and your relationship with your closest offline friend. What's the difference? And are there different pros and cons for each of them?
Hi , love your newsletter and the community, but the article you linked to in this edition about AI Travel Tools includes several unverified sources and incorrect information, including a reference to the Farecast AI flight search tool, which has not existed since 2014.
Thanks for the feedback! I'll dig into where our curation process went wonky here, and we'll permanently remove this site from our Borderless second brain. Please let us know about anything else you catch—this is how we learn and improve 🙏
We don’t edit Borderless editions once they’re published, so we won’t replace this link. Mistakes happen when you’re a team of only two people publishing weekly on top of the main part of your jobs, and we build in public on philosophical grounds, so no desire to “cover up” a bad curation. Just to learn from it and hopefully not repeat.
We’re so bad at polls! Working on getting help to improve them though, so please stay tuned (and keep the feedback coming 🤓).
What would be your edit of this one? Even if it reads a little confusing, I think you understand the message enough to know what we’re trying to ask, right? Right?? 🫠
Do your internet friends (meaning: online connections) know you like (meaning: in the same way / as well as) your IRL friends (meaning: offline connections) do?
- Yes, my internet friends (online connections) do know me as well as my IRL friends (offline connections)
- No, my internet friends (online connections) do not know me as well as my IRL friends (offline connections)
It’s inspiring to see more efforts focused on building ‘virtual villages’ where nomads can feel at home, no matter where they are. It inspires me to keep been active collaborating on projects that bring global nomads together - not just to network, but to create lasting connections, share knowledge, and build a real sense of community. Seeing this type of movements grow reinforces how important it is to ensure that those who embrace a borderless lifestyle also have a family everywhere they go.
What's your best memory of feeling at home, a true sense of connection as a nomad? Is there a particular place, community, dinner party that stands out?
To be very honest, I could name specific events, communities, or initiatives, but the first thing that comes to mind is my time living in Mexico City. I was there for a couple of years, and it’s one of those places where I felt I could truly be myself - where my natural way of talking to everyone, making friends in seconds, and bringing people together felt effortless.
It wasn’t unusual for me to be walking down the street, run into someone I knew, sit down for a casual coffee in the open air, and suddenly find myself surrounded by five or six more friends who happened to pass by. That spontaneous, magnetic energy of connection is what makes a place feel like home to me. So, my mind goes to cities and neighborhoods where I can genuinely connect with people and create moments of togetherness—whether over a coffee, a dinner, or even as part of a movement, a cause, or a shared community.
I currently live in Mexico City and you captured the energy here so perfectly! Especially in areas like Condesa, I can easily run into a dozen friends at coffee shops, in Parque Mexico, walking down Amsterdam. It's a feeling I have not found in many other cities I've lived in.
Especially as a nomad, its not common to feel, "Wow, I could really stay here," and CDMX evokes that for so many people. It's such a privilege to be able to live here. Come back soon!
Loving voice notes these days too. It helps bridge the gaps of time zones, and I enjoy the asynchronous communication. We end up going deeper than any text thread, and I find I’m able to give more considered, thoughtful responses. Getting one is always a treat! Typically I save them for a quiet moment where I can sit down, listen, and be totally present.
I'm also such a fan of the new 'Transcribe' feature on WhatsApp! Really handy when I want to search voice notes for something specific
Didn’t know about this!
You make voice notes sound so romantic, like a letter!
I haven't gotten into them yet, though I do like receiving them, I'm just super bad at responding. I think I have a very text-based brain, so I overthink voice and always feel like I need to find a quiet space / the perfect moment.
Eman, on the other hand, is a fan...she even prefers voice with AI tools!
Oh, yeah, very much so. I'm using voice-to-type right now 🤣 It's easier to get thoughts out of my head when I'm speaking out loud!
You know, they feel like that to me. Not sure I realized it till you said it. The ones I’ve been trading with one busy friend are 10-15 min long, and we both wait to record them in quiet moments alone. Oh and we take notes while listening so we can respond to everything!
I’d love to hear from nomads who’ve been to Kenya and learn about their experiences there, especially in terms of infrastructure to work or move around 💡
Wait…i think your comments are AI generated as well…nice what sdk did you use for that? I didn’t think substack has published an api publicly…
Do you mean you think me and Eman’s comment replies here are AI-generated?? Nah, this is just how we read as humans in text form, I’m afraid.
Farecast is no longer around, might want to edit that part of the article 🙏
Got a note about this same tool from another reader, thanks for pointing it out!
Thx….. no
While you're here: tell me a little about your relationship with your closest online friend and your relationship with your closest offline friend. What's the difference? And are there different pros and cons for each of them?
Hi , love your newsletter and the community, but the article you linked to in this edition about AI Travel Tools includes several unverified sources and incorrect information, including a reference to the Farecast AI flight search tool, which has not existed since 2014.
Thanks for the feedback! I'll dig into where our curation process went wonky here, and we'll permanently remove this site from our Borderless second brain. Please let us know about anything else you catch—this is how we learn and improve 🙏
The site is still mentioned in the article…hazards of AI content generation haha
We don’t edit Borderless editions once they’re published, so we won’t replace this link. Mistakes happen when you’re a team of only two people publishing weekly on top of the main part of your jobs, and we build in public on philosophical grounds, so no desire to “cover up” a bad curation. Just to learn from it and hopefully not repeat.
Your question:
Do your internet friends know you like your IRL friends do?
doesn’t even make grammatical sense…😵💫
We’re so bad at polls! Working on getting help to improve them though, so please stay tuned (and keep the feedback coming 🤓).
What would be your edit of this one? Even if it reads a little confusing, I think you understand the message enough to know what we’re trying to ask, right? Right?? 🫠
I still don’t know the meaning of your question. Can you clarify what you’re asking please?
Do your internet friends (meaning: online connections) know you like (meaning: in the same way / as well as) your IRL friends (meaning: offline connections) do?
- Yes, my internet friends (online connections) do know me as well as my IRL friends (offline connections)
- No, my internet friends (online connections) do not know me as well as my IRL friends (offline connections)