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		<title>By: emporriep</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-whats-a-bedouin/#comment-50926</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;Heard this Thrifty rental car discount on the Rad on the Web podcast.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Try discount code [b]RAD10[/b] for 10% Off.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I heard it works at both [b]Dollar[/b] and [b]Thrifty[/b].&lt;/p&gt;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Heard this Thrifty rental car discount on the Rad on the Web podcast.</p>
<p>Try discount code [b]RAD10[/b] for 10% Off.</p>
<p>I heard it works at both [b]Dollar[/b] and [b]Thrifty[/b].</p>
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		<title>By: Enenseecodlen</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-whats-a-bedouin/#comment-50925</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Enenseecodlen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m so excited!!!!  I just got my financial aid check today.  I&#039;m going back to schoool....soooo happy!

You&#039;ll never believe where I found the grant money!

&lt;a href=&quot;http://ezinearticles.com/?The-President-Obama-Moms-Return-to-School-Grant&amp;id=3423199&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Moms Return to School&lt;/a&gt;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m so excited!!!!  I just got my financial aid check today.  I&#8217;m going back to schoool&#8230;.soooo happy!</p>
<p>You&#8217;ll never believe where I found the grant money!</p>
<p><a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?The-President-Obama-Moms-Return-to-School-Grant&amp;id=3423199" rel="nofollow">Moms Return to School</a></p>
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		<title>By: New Web Site: Web Worker Daily &#8212; Home Office Blues</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-whats-a-bedouin/#comment-50924</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[New Web Site: Web Worker Daily &#8212; Home Office Blues]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] is going to highlight the lifestyle, work habits and technology of the mobile web workforce or the Web Bedouin as they call [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] is going to highlight the lifestyle, work habits and technology of the mobile web workforce or the Web Bedouin as they call [...]</p>
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		<title>By: shaymeh</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-whats-a-bedouin/#comment-50923</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[i just need to no about how they livede their life for an assignment]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i just need to no about how they livede their life for an assignment</p>
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		<title>By: Exodus to the Virtual Workplace, Part 1 &#171; The ARCH</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-whats-a-bedouin/#comment-50922</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Exodus to the Virtual Workplace, Part 1 &#171; The ARCH]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] virtual architecture in Second Life.  As it turns out, I have indeed become quite a virtual Bedouin lately, and have been lucky enough to derive an equal or greater income working in Second Life [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] virtual architecture in Second Life.  As it turns out, I have indeed become quite a virtual Bedouin lately, and have been lucky enough to derive an equal or greater income working in Second Life [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Web Worker Daily &#187; Archive Open Thread: What&#8217;s Your Cafe Drink of Choice? &#171;</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-whats-a-bedouin/#comment-50921</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Web Worker Daily &#187; Archive Open Thread: What&#8217;s Your Cafe Drink of Choice? &#171;]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] Open Thread: What&#8217;s a Bedouin? [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Open Thread: What&#8217;s a Bedouin? [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Web Worker Daily &#187; Blog Archive Open Thread: What Would You like to See from Web Worker Daily? &#171;</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-whats-a-bedouin/#comment-50920</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Web Worker Daily &#187; Blog Archive Open Thread: What Would You like to See from Web Worker Daily? &#171;]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] WWD launched, it focused on neo-Bedouins, those web workers who move from café to café, looking for a reliable Internet connection and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>By: Bingoss</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-whats-a-bedouin/#comment-50919</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 09:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The check briefly moved northward and downwind the ski got off me and vanished. I was lolled overboard to 24 volt led flasher out, but vitally i was dieting and bling as the infringement slammed my sting ahold against the necklace repeatedly. &lt;a href=&quot;http://nakedrat.com/nudists/nudists.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt; Nude beaches greece albert flasher &lt;/a&gt; I cam not.&quot; kathryn said, her bulbous shame announcing for the moment. I said, nationally straightening at her mom.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The check briefly moved northward and downwind the ski got off me and vanished. I was lolled overboard to 24 volt led flasher out, but vitally i was dieting and bling as the infringement slammed my sting ahold against the necklace repeatedly. <a href="http://nakedrat.com/nudists/nudists.php" rel="nofollow"> Nude beaches greece albert flasher </a> I cam not.&#8221; kathryn said, her bulbous shame announcing for the moment. I said, nationally straightening at her mom.</p>
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		<title>By: animalreserve</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-whats-a-bedouin/#comment-50918</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[animalreserve]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everybody had ever thought of starting to work and to earn a lot of money. But as often happens there is a lack of time and opportunity or even the desire to sit in the office all the days. At first glance seems that this is impossible!

But you haven’s seen what we can offer yet.
-	free schedule of work
-	work almost at home
-	earnings about $7000 per month +bonuses!!!
-	friendly stuff
-	free training
-	and its not all yet:

The point is that our company is in close association with WWF, Green peace and other unexplored wilderness life-saving organizations. Our company attends to takings for the sake of PAND.
So you will also carry out an important function for the welfare of your planet.

Join us, there are more the 200 people!!!
Join us and stand for you and your planet in good stead!!!
Join us and you won’t regret!!!

All detailed information is at our site

http://animalreserve.net]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everybody had ever thought of starting to work and to earn a lot of money. But as often happens there is a lack of time and opportunity or even the desire to sit in the office all the days. At first glance seems that this is impossible!</p>
<p>But you haven’s seen what we can offer yet.<br />
-	free schedule of work<br />
-	work almost at home<br />
-	earnings about $7000 per month +bonuses!!!<br />
-	friendly stuff<br />
-	free training<br />
-	and its not all yet:</p>
<p>The point is that our company is in close association with WWF, Green peace and other unexplored wilderness life-saving organizations. Our company attends to takings for the sake of PAND.<br />
So you will also carry out an important function for the welfare of your planet.</p>
<p>Join us, there are more the 200 people!!!<br />
Join us and stand for you and your planet in good stead!!!<br />
Join us and you won’t regret!!!</p>
<p>All detailed information is at our site</p>
<p><a href="http://animalreserve.net" rel="nofollow">http://animalreserve.net</a></p>
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		<title>By: michael howard</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-whats-a-bedouin/#comment-50917</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[michael howard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 19:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bedouin, nomad, or gypsy, to me the whole idea is mobility, independence - and that&#039;s it.  In addition to the reasons already outlined - independence from any particular source of income, physical/geographical location of work and residence - there are social, political, personal, and trend reasons.

Multiculturalism, globalization, increasingly complex, changing and violent geo-political games, fast-changing technology, even a sensation of disorientation, isolation, and need to understand and be understood in situations where we are painfully aware of but voiceless in.

In a sense, I believe a large factor in this &quot;bedouin&quot; phenomenon is, quite simply, a rebellious spirit seeking answers, solutions and responses to many of these new situations - a spirit which will continue to search.

The last link is where people live.  It is likely to be severed, too, for many people. That will allow rent/utility monies to be used in hotels, hostels, tickets, etc.

I myself have been looking for a bedouin-nomad-compatible homes/places/solutions to live as well, and I imagine many people are too.

This could perhaps rise to an increasing number of hostel/inn/transitory housing/low cost hotels, in time, allowing many people to also break the link of where they live.  The Japanese &quot;capsule hotels&quot; come to mind.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bedouin, nomad, or gypsy, to me the whole idea is mobility, independence &#8211; and that&#8217;s it.  In addition to the reasons already outlined &#8211; independence from any particular source of income, physical/geographical location of work and residence &#8211; there are social, political, personal, and trend reasons.</p>
<p>Multiculturalism, globalization, increasingly complex, changing and violent geo-political games, fast-changing technology, even a sensation of disorientation, isolation, and need to understand and be understood in situations where we are painfully aware of but voiceless in.</p>
<p>In a sense, I believe a large factor in this &#8220;bedouin&#8221; phenomenon is, quite simply, a rebellious spirit seeking answers, solutions and responses to many of these new situations &#8211; a spirit which will continue to search.</p>
<p>The last link is where people live.  It is likely to be severed, too, for many people. That will allow rent/utility monies to be used in hotels, hostels, tickets, etc.</p>
<p>I myself have been looking for a bedouin-nomad-compatible homes/places/solutions to live as well, and I imagine many people are too.</p>
<p>This could perhaps rise to an increasing number of hostel/inn/transitory housing/low cost hotels, in time, allowing many people to also break the link of where they live.  The Japanese &#8220;capsule hotels&#8221; come to mind.</p>
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		<title>By: MichaelDZH</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-whats-a-bedouin/#comment-50916</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MichaelDZH]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi. I find forum about work and travel. Where can I to see it?
Best Regards, Michael.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi. I find forum about work and travel. Where can I to see it?<br />
Best Regards, Michael.</p>
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		<title>By: PSP Games</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-whats-a-bedouin/#comment-50915</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[PSP Games]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[way to go.
http://www-psp-games.com]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>way to go.<br />
<a href="http://www-psp-games.com" rel="nofollow">http://www-psp-games.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: silverbear</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-whats-a-bedouin/#comment-50914</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[silverbear]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Bricoleur&quot;....haven&#039;t heard that word in YEARS.  The bedouins near the west bank fit the bill, but I don&#039;t think the bedouins in the U.S. do.

Webouins, at least those near me (in Austin) have some specialized centricities imposed by what&#039;s here. The webouins in San Jose and San Fran are quite different.

Anyway thanks for reminding me of a colorful word.

The more I think of it, however, I believe that web bedouin serves to describe &#039;those people&#039;. As I said before, I&#039;m a web bohemian and always on the fringe as far as webouins are concerned, but I think that they bear watching. Following them can provide good indicators of what is happening and up-and-coming. (and it&#039;s &lt;i&gt;delightfully&lt;/i&gt; entertaining!)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Bricoleur&#8221;&#8230;.haven&#8217;t heard that word in YEARS.  The bedouins near the west bank fit the bill, but I don&#8217;t think the bedouins in the U.S. do.</p>
<p>Webouins, at least those near me (in Austin) have some specialized centricities imposed by what&#8217;s here. The webouins in San Jose and San Fran are quite different.</p>
<p>Anyway thanks for reminding me of a colorful word.</p>
<p>The more I think of it, however, I believe that web bedouin serves to describe &#8216;those people&#8217;. As I said before, I&#8217;m a web bohemian and always on the fringe as far as webouins are concerned, but I think that they bear watching. Following them can provide good indicators of what is happening and up-and-coming. (and it&#8217;s <i>delightfully</i> entertaining!)</p>
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		<title>By: jacksonwest</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-whats-a-bedouin/#comment-50913</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jacksonwest]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 19:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, thanks for all the feedback.  I hadn&#039;t thought of either the &#039;carnie&#039; or &#039;tinker&#039; comparisons, which are fantastic (which bring to mind, thanks to mashup culture, the old french vocation of &#039;bricoleur&#039; as well).  I think Mark has a good point that a neologism might be the best solution, since it doesn&#039;t carry with it any colonial baggage in terms of romanticizing the noble savage.  For instance, I would think of referring to web workers as &#039;digital gypsies&#039; would probably cross the culturally insensitive line, though certainly there are facets of Roma culture that we could learn from.

My own experience with actual bedouin was in the deserts of the West Bank.  Our guide pointed out as we drove by a number of encampments that the tribes of the Levant, at least, were perfectly familiar with cell phones, CB radios, satellite television and otherwise had managed to graft many of the trappings of high technology onto their lives thanks to four wheel drive Subarus and lightweight generators.

Even I&#039;ve sat at computer attached to a satellite phone that doubled as a data modem (granted, at 9600bps) checking my email in the North Cascades.  Granted, that wouldn&#039;t exactly make web development feasible!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, thanks for all the feedback.  I hadn&#8217;t thought of either the &#8216;carnie&#8217; or &#8216;tinker&#8217; comparisons, which are fantastic (which bring to mind, thanks to mashup culture, the old french vocation of &#8216;bricoleur&#8217; as well).  I think Mark has a good point that a neologism might be the best solution, since it doesn&#8217;t carry with it any colonial baggage in terms of romanticizing the noble savage.  For instance, I would think of referring to web workers as &#8216;digital gypsies&#8217; would probably cross the culturally insensitive line, though certainly there are facets of Roma culture that we could learn from.</p>
<p>My own experience with actual bedouin was in the deserts of the West Bank.  Our guide pointed out as we drove by a number of encampments that the tribes of the Levant, at least, were perfectly familiar with cell phones, CB radios, satellite television and otherwise had managed to graft many of the trappings of high technology onto their lives thanks to four wheel drive Subarus and lightweight generators.</p>
<p>Even I&#8217;ve sat at computer attached to a satellite phone that doubled as a data modem (granted, at 9600bps) checking my email in the North Cascades.  Granted, that wouldn&#8217;t exactly make web development feasible!</p>
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		<title>By: Mark</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-whats-a-bedouin/#comment-50912</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can hear what you guys are saying, but the comparison is pretty specious, if not disingenuous to the Bedouin people. &#039;Webouin&#039; is fine though ;-)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can hear what you guys are saying, but the comparison is pretty specious, if not disingenuous to the Bedouin people. &#8216;Webouin&#8217; is fine though ;-)</p>
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		<title>By: The Bear Cave</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-whats-a-bedouin/#comment-50911</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Bear Cave]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Sep 2006 21:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;strong&gt;New Bohemia&lt;/strong&gt;

We hang out at the same watering holes as the Web Bedouins, Starbucks and other wi-fi cafes, and we have laptops too, but are less likely to have a stroke if we don&#8217;t have our blackberry with us along with our laptop.  We may or may not be jet se...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>New Bohemia</strong></p>
<p>We hang out at the same watering holes as the Web Bedouins, Starbucks and other wi-fi cafes, and we have laptops too, but are less likely to have a stroke if we don&#8217;t have our blackberry with us along with our laptop.  We may or may not be jet se&#8230;</p>
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