nomadness

Man Builds a Bicycle Camper for 0 Out of Campaign Signs

Man Builds a Bicycle Camper for $150 Out of Campaign Signs

Recycling political campaign yard signs into a micro camper/micro shelter.

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High-tech nomadness, circa the late 80s

High-tech nomadness, circa the late 80s

Steve Roberts, the “high-tech nomad,” posted this awesome image to his Facebook page. He writes: Thanks to Dan Burden for this image from the Deep Archives, taken during a 1988 photo session with him in Florida. I’m aboard the Winnebiko II, which used a hacked Radio Shack Model 100 in the console, along with a […]

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Maker Business: Advice on Reaching Escape Velocity

Maker Business: Advice on Reaching Escape Velocity

Steve Roberts is a maker OG (original gangsta). With his amazing Winnebiko and BEHEMOTH projects, and his longtime evangelizing of “high-tech nomadness,” he’s been a leading light in the maker movement for decades. I definitely count him as one of my great inspirations in pursuing artful-engineering (or is it engineered artfulness?) as a lifestyle. Steve […]

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Nomadic Standard Time

Nomadic Standard Time

Steve Roberts, the “high-tech nomad,” was one of my first hardware hacking heroes. I just started following him on Twitter, and via his feed, found this other nomadness site, Technomadia. It chronicles the technomadic lives of Cherie Ve Ard & Chris Dunphy. In this post, they talk about being on “Nomadic Standard Time,” and about […]

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