A fascinating history about the many of the things that led to an acceptable culture of digital nomads in tech. In my post about shutting down SuperFriendly, I mentioned that starting a distributed business in 2012 was met with a good deal of bewilderment from prospective clients. That all but disappeared nowadays, a small contributor to my “mission accomplished” feeling in closing up shop. It’s eye-opening to see a list of the advances over the last 40 years that made it possible.