Thailand and Paradise Business Camp

Jan 14, 2011 by Sebastian Johnsson    1 Comment     Posted under: Thailand, Travelling

Chaweng Beach

I’m right now in Thailand and I’ve been here for a little more than a week. I’m currently staying in Chaweng which is the major area/beach here on Koh Samui. It’s a little bit too much touristy for my taste (it’s quite similar to Kuta Beach on Bali where I went 2009). Fortunately I’m staying at the quieter and more relaxed southern part of Chaweng, about 15-20 minutes away from the main ‘tourist ghetto’.

The mission with this trip is not to see how many buckets of Red Bull & Vodka I can drink before I become insanely drunk (even though I will dedicate 1-2 days to empirically study this phenomenon) but rather to work remotely from here. In Sweden the weather was about -10 to -5 degrees celsius when I left, and it’s +25 to +30 degrees celsius here in Thailand. Suffice to say, it pretty much was a no-brainer going here.

I do really enjoy myself here, and I love hitting the beach for a few hours, having a swim, and just plainly relax. After my usual early stay at the beach I’ll usually head to my adopted office (the guest house’s café/restaurant) where I’ll do a few hours of work. It is a lot more comfortable working from an office back in Sweden, but adding in the weather and atmosphere here, Thailand wins hands down.

Chaweng Beach

Another major and very prominent reason for heading to Thailand is that I’ll be a part of something called Paradise Business Camp. Paradise Business Camp is very similar to Project Getaway and the idea is that a few entrepreneurs meet up at some exotic location and work remotely from there. Everyone works on their own projects, but we’ll help each other out, share ideas and generally have a super awesome and inspiring time together.

I’ll meet up with the Paradise Business Camp (PBC) guys (and girls) somewhen between the 24th to 29th of January. We’ll probably be staying in Hua Hin or Koh Chang, the final location hasn’t been set yet. I’ll mainly work on Hemmalivs (the e-commerce store selling groceries online) while occasionally working on improving RoboBlogger and launching quite a few sites/blogs using this plugin.

The return flight home is booked the 6th of March, but if I really enjoy myself here (which I’ve done so far) I’ll probably extend my visa another month, re-book my flight and have another month of awesomeness.

If you happen to be around Hua Hin or Koh Chang in February, March, or April — drop me a comment or e-mail and I’ll gladly meet up for a beer or something.

RoboBlogger is looking for additional beta testers

Jan 14, 2011 by Sebastian Johnsson    2 Comments    Posted under: RoboBlogger

For those of you that haven’t seen my project RoboBlogger yet, it’s a WordPress auto-blogging plugin that automatically posts content from Amazon, eBay, YouTube, article directories and quite a few more content sources.

RoboBlogger has been in private beta now for a few weeks, and I and a few beta testers have been testing out the new centralized platform. In these few weeks, RoboBlogger has been responsible for generating more than 103,469 blog posts (at the time of writing this blog post) on the series of blogs the plugin is running on.

I’m slowly and steadily opening up new beta slots and if you’re interested in trying out an awesome auto-blogging plugin for WordPress that will make you money while you sleep — you should pretty much sign up to the beta list now.

You can also follow RoboBlogger on Twitter for updates.