The Minaal Blog
What’s The Smartest Way To Book A Flight in 2023?
What, really, is the smartest way to book a flight these days? It used to be a pretty simple task. Pick your airlin...
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On Physical Product Design
Over the last few years, we’ve been designing a carry-on bag in our heads, and on scraps of paper.
Since early Dece...
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Welcome To Minaal
by Derek S
If you’re digitally wandering, dazed, wondering why you’re here, this is your tonic. Minaal.com is a si...
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Sweating It Out In Paris, Vietnam.
by Derek S
Lesser Ury [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
HO CHI MINH CITY – The chair I’m in wasn’t made for adul...
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Snapshot: Rob Hanly
by Derek S
It’s easier and cheaper than ever to communicate, collaborate, operate,travel (and even invoice) on the ro...
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TRAVEL DRAG: Are You A Victim?
by Derek S
Header Image Crispin Semmens via Creative Commons
Travel drag. You’ve been there…
Bleary-eyed, you stu...
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Snapshot: Photographer Thu Tran
by Derek S
Thu Tran – 2TPhoto.com
About Snapshots – In this ongoing series we profile travel junkies, location-ind...
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Shelter, Water, Food, Alldaywifi
by Derek S
Even for a seasoned traveler, touching down someplace new engages a primal survival response. It’s part of...
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The Mobile ‘Meez’
Don La Vange via Creative Commons
When you travel two hundred-plus days per year like Gonzo TV presenterand Chef-at-l...
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Tokyo Landing Card
From Wheels Down to Heads Down with a Tokyo Cheapo
Time. It’s THE non-renewable resource. Chances are, if you fly car...
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Remote Worker Cafe Etiquette: A Guide for Digital Nomads
Escaping the office is positive for your sanity, creativity, and (with a few tricks to manage your environment) produ...
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Telling Stories
“Where have you guys been?!”
That’s not a question you expect from a close friend.
And it was immediately, painfully ...
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