Work from anywhere: sailboats, solar generators, and Starlink

The Vergecast

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🗓️ 3 August 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

David Pierce hosts a special "work from anywhere" episode of The Vergecast while he is on vacation. 02:33 - CEO of Rove Jonah Hanig chats about his approach work-friendly travel. Reflect's Alex MacCaw shares his experience working from a sailboat in the middle of the ocean. 17:12 - Verge deputy editor Thomas Ricker talks about his review of the Jackery Solar Generator 2000 Pro, as well as his experience of working remotely in Europe. 36:28 - Verge policy editor Russell Brandom and senior reporter Loren Grush discuss the state of using satellites like Starlink to access the internet in rural areas. Further reading: Starlink’s Dishy McFlatface internet now available for Boaty McBoatfaces — just $5,000 per month Jackery Solar Generator 2000 Pro review: letting flex-workers flex Starlink RV review: the dawn of space internet to go Ventje VW Campervan review: 'work from home' from anywhere How Starlink and other satellite services are changing the shape of the internet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Vergecast, the flagship podcast of pocketable solar panels.
0:08.8	I'm your friend David Pierce and I am currently walking by the Atlantic Ocean in Miami Beach,
0:13.3	Florida because I'm a crypto billionaire and I live here now.
0:16.5	No, I'm kidding.
0:17.5	I'm on vacation, even though I'm kind of working and also making this podcast.
0:21.6	So the occasion in air quotes, I guess.
0:24.1	That's maybe not great work-life balance, but actually work-life balance on places like
0:28.5	the Atlantic Ocean is a lot of what we're going to be talking about in this episode.
0:31.9	Today on the show, we're going to dig into how homes all over the world are being renovated
0:35.5	to make it easier for you to work from anywhere and into what work-life looks like even when
0:40.1	you're a digital nomad.
0:41.8	We're also going to talk to Lauren Grush and Russell Brandham about space internet and
0:45.4	specifically why it seems like Starlink, OneWeb and a bunch of other companies are so desperate
0:49.9	to spend billions of dollars putting satellites into space.
0:53.4	And we're going to talk to Thomas Ricker about solar panels, big batteries, van life, and
0:58.0	what it looks like to be off the grid and on the grid at the same time.
1:01.8	All of that's coming up in just a second.
1:03.5	First, I'm going to go dry off and get out of this hot sun, fun travel tip, by the way.
1:08.0	They now make sunscreen that you roll on kind of like a deodorant stick, super handy,
1:12.1	big fan.
1:13.1	It's the only reason I'm not a total lobster at this moment.
1:15.5	Anyway, this is the Verge Cast.
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