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Show HN: A directory of the best free resources for remote workers and nomads

214 points by sihaelov 10y ago

jacopx 10y ago
Great idea!! Good work! ;)
woogiewonka 10y ago
Umm crew is not accepting anyone at this time... And this curated list is full of Indian sites - am I to compete with that market? I think not.
- sihaelov 10y ago
  Hmm, Are you serious?
  - rco8786 10y ago
    Why would they not be?
    - badanalogy 10y ago
      Crew was sold to Dribbble last week.
      - rco8786 10y ago
        So what?
jonandersense 10y ago
Looks like a great resource. Thanks for making it! The mobile experience could use some more polishing. Mainly the company pages are having issues on mobile. How do you pick what's featured on the site? I work for a company that helps you run your freelance business and we provide many of the tools that you need.
SCdF 10y ago
Some feedback: All of your titles are "Remote stash" instead of what they're really about, so it's hard to find tabs if you have multiple open. "Work hard anywhere" doesn't seem to have anything to do with discovering the best cafes to work from, it seems to be some kind of weird motivational iphone covers + wrist bands emporium. There is a lot of duplication. It would be better in my opinion to try to curate more: pick what you consider the best app / website to find co-working places, instead of listing 10. Ideally these links would come with a paragraph explaining why you think this is actually good, as to look a little less like a link farm, and to provide context. I realise you probably want this for analytics, but I'm not a fan of having "profile" pages for sites, because inevitably I'm just going to want to click through to the site so it wastes a click. Site note: I live in London, and the websites which show cafes you can work from are surprisingly empty, for one of the largest cities in the world. It seems no one has really cracked this yet.
- inopinatus 10y ago
  WorkHardAnywhere is primarily a mobile app, one that I've found of moderate utility in locating workspace and coffee w/wifi whilst roaming around Palo Alto this month. I'm supposing the website is just their merch store.
  - tonyhb 10y ago
    Pretty sure they took that from https://workfrom.co https://workfrom.co, which incidentally I find to have a better UI.
- johnlbevan2 10y ago
  Agree that it's good to have 1 recommended option; but think there's also value in alternatives... maybe have the recommended, but then include other options afterwards; so you get the best of both worlds; recommended option getting screenspace and justification, other options just a name & a link. You could add automation to populate those lists based on existing entries (e.g. by calling the AlternativeTo API, should that get brought back online: http://alternativeto.net/about/api/ http://alternativeto.net/about/api/, or integrating with other product recommendation sites, such as Slant (https://www.slant.co/search?query=tools%20for%20remote%20workers) https://www.slant.co/search?query=tools%20for%20remote%20wor...).
hbt 10y ago
for ref, you should use https://github.com/lukasz-madon/awesome-remote-job https://github.com/lukasz-madon/awesome-remote-job to improve your list. it's already curated and contains great content.
benguild 10y ago
https://cafewifi.com https://cafewifi.com
rajubala 10y ago
Great set of resources. Many are of interest to wider audience not just for remote workers. You may target a wider audience.
patrickbolle 10y ago
Cool site. Quick question re: these 'stash/curated/stack/list' sites that seem to be popping up everywhere (especially on Product Hunt lol). How are people making money from sites like this? I've been working on a travel oriented site similar to this and am curious on how to strategize my launch and monetization (if at all?!?). Thanks!
one87 10y ago
Just stumbled upon the following job agregator, you might want to add it to you list: https://www.reddit.com/r/digitalnomad/comments/64tqng/i_created_remotejobsio_a_tool_for_finding_remote/ https://www.reddit.com/r/digitalnomad/comments/64tqng/i_crea...
itsoggy 10y ago
A category for task management or project management would be good.
wbeckler 10y ago
I built a tool to aggregate Airbnb, Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda and some other sites you left out. It's http://AllTheRooms.com http://AllTheRooms.com, and it's the only accommodations search engine that includes everything from Airbnb plus all online hotels and hostels.
PPanda 10y ago
https://whoishiring.io https://whoishiring.io should be somewhere on that list, it does pretty good job in aggregating programming jobs. And you can easily filter just remote jobs there.
masukomi 10y ago
because no-one else has mentioned it: "AHH MY EYES!!!!" Good idea. Terrible design. It needs major UI help, but i will definitely be going through it for resources.
- RandomInteger4 10y ago
  On the plus side, it's responsive, so there's that I suppose. The thing that bothers me most is that near the top, the header title isn't aligned with the first section title. Not so much a design thing I guess, so much as it's just something that makes my eye twitch ...
- vladfr 10y ago
  Yup, the colors are jarring. The contrast is very poor. My eyes hurt! I guess the UI isn't that bad, but the blue boxes with white text need to be replaced.
dalerus 10y ago
Nomad Projects (http://nomadprojects.io http://nomadprojects.io) would be good to add as well.

214 points by sihaelov 10y ago

Great idea!! Good work! ;)

Umm crew is not accepting anyone at this time... And this curated list is full of Indian sites - am I to compete with that market? I think not.

sihaelov 10y ago
Hmm, Are you serious?
- rco8786 10y ago
  Why would they not be?
  - badanalogy 10y ago
    Crew was sold to Dribbble last week.
    - rco8786 10y ago
      So what?

jonandersense 10y ago

Looks like a great resource. Thanks for making it! The mobile experience could use some more polishing. Mainly the company pages are having issues on mobile. How do you pick what's featured on the site? I work for a company that helps you run your freelance business and we provide many of the tools that you need.

SCdF 10y ago

Some feedback: All of your titles are "Remote stash" instead of what they're really about, so it's hard to find tabs if you have multiple open. "Work hard anywhere" doesn't seem to have anything to do with discovering the best cafes to work from, it seems to be some kind of weird motivational iphone covers + wrist bands emporium. There is a lot of duplication. It would be better in my opinion to try to curate more: pick what you consider the best app / website to find co-working places, instead of listing 10. Ideally these links would come with a paragraph explaining why you think this is actually good, as to look a little less like a link farm, and to provide context. I realise you probably want this for analytics, but I'm not a fan of having "profile" pages for sites, because inevitably I'm just going to want to click through to the site so it wastes a click. Site note: I live in London, and the websites which show cafes you can work from are surprisingly empty, for one of the largest cities in the world. It seems no one has really cracked this yet.

inopinatus 10y ago
WorkHardAnywhere is primarily a mobile app, one that I've found of moderate utility in locating workspace and coffee w/wifi whilst roaming around Palo Alto this month. I'm supposing the website is just their merch store.
- tonyhb 10y ago
  Pretty sure they took that from https://workfrom.co https://workfrom.co, which incidentally I find to have a better UI.
johnlbevan2 10y ago
Agree that it's good to have 1 recommended option; but think there's also value in alternatives... maybe have the recommended, but then include other options afterwards; so you get the best of both worlds; recommended option getting screenspace and justification, other options just a name & a link. You could add automation to populate those lists based on existing entries (e.g. by calling the AlternativeTo API, should that get brought back online: http://alternativeto.net/about/api/ http://alternativeto.net/about/api/, or integrating with other product recommendation sites, such as Slant (https://www.slant.co/search?query=tools%20for%20remote%20workers) https://www.slant.co/search?query=tools%20for%20remote%20wor...).

hbt 10y ago

for ref, you should use https://github.com/lukasz-madon/awesome-remote-job https://github.com/lukasz-madon/awesome-remote-job to improve your list. it's already curated and contains great content.

benguild 10y ago

https://cafewifi.com https://cafewifi.com

rajubala 10y ago

Great set of resources. Many are of interest to wider audience not just for remote workers. You may target a wider audience.

patrickbolle 10y ago

Cool site. Quick question re: these 'stash/curated/stack/list' sites that seem to be popping up everywhere (especially on Product Hunt lol). How are people making money from sites like this? I've been working on a travel oriented site similar to this and am curious on how to strategize my launch and monetization (if at all?!?). Thanks!

one87 10y ago

Just stumbled upon the following job agregator, you might want to add it to you list: https://www.reddit.com/r/digitalnomad/comments/64tqng/i_created_remotejobsio_a_tool_for_finding_remote/ https://www.reddit.com/r/digitalnomad/comments/64tqng/i_crea...

itsoggy 10y ago

A category for task management or project management would be good.

wbeckler 10y ago

I built a tool to aggregate Airbnb, Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda and some other sites you left out. It's http://AllTheRooms.com http://AllTheRooms.com, and it's the only accommodations search engine that includes everything from Airbnb plus all online hotels and hostels.

PPanda 10y ago

https://whoishiring.io https://whoishiring.io should be somewhere on that list, it does pretty good job in aggregating programming jobs. And you can easily filter just remote jobs there.

masukomi 10y ago

because no-one else has mentioned it: "AHH MY EYES!!!!" Good idea. Terrible design. It needs major UI help, but i will definitely be going through it for resources.

RandomInteger4 10y ago
On the plus side, it's responsive, so there's that I suppose. The thing that bothers me most is that near the top, the header title isn't aligned with the first section title. Not so much a design thing I guess, so much as it's just something that makes my eye twitch ...
vladfr 10y ago
Yup, the colors are jarring. The contrast is very poor. My eyes hurt! I guess the UI isn't that bad, but the blue boxes with white text need to be replaced.

dalerus 10y ago

Nomad Projects (http://nomadprojects.io http://nomadprojects.io) would be good to add as well.