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How to Build a Fully Custom Shopify Store using the Storefront API

Chances are, if you’ve ever built a store on Shopify, you’ve used at theme.

A theme is what most merchants use to build and/or customise their storefront when using the Online Store sales channel in Shopify.

As you can see, the ‘Online Store’ sales channel is not the only sales channel available

You may not be aware that Shopify is much much more than just a place to build an online store.…

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How to Build a Shopify App - The Easy Way

How to Build a Shopify App – The Easy Way

When I first started researching how to create Shopify apps, I stumbled across many articles and YouTube videos, all of which had a completely different way of doing it.

At this point, I didn’t really understand what a Shopify even was!

I thought that a Shopify app was somehow native to the Shopify platform and written in it’s own language, similar to how it is with a desktop app or a phone app.

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Shopify Liquid - The Ultimate Guide

Shopify Liquid – The Ultimate Guide

Liquid is the templating language that Shopify uses to load dynamic content to the pages of online stores. You could consider it the programming language of Shopify themes but there are a number of restrictions and quirks within Shopify liquid that aren’t immediately clear.

While Shopify’s Liquid Reference and the famous ‘Cheat Sheet‘ are great, I feel like there is a lot of details missing and…

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My Digital Nomad Workflow: How I Stay Productive Working From Anywhere

A common question I get asked is some sort of variant on ‘How do you stay disciplined and productive while travelling and working from various locations?’.

I think for the majority of the working world, their tasks are laid out for them. They have a job description or a manager to tell them what to do and I think the majority of those people actually prefer it that way.

As one expat in Chiang Mai…

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Where to Work in Canggu, Bali (Cafes and Coworking Spaces)

Canggu is the new hottest region in Bali for digital nomads and if you check out the cafe scene here, you’ll understand why.

I started off with a small list of spaces to check out and to be honest, I was expecting much. However, after visiting over 10 work friendly cafes in Canggu, I’m still having to add more to the list.

The truth is that almost any cafe or restaurant in Canggu with wifi…

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'How I Learned to Code': Lessons from Teaching Myself Web Development and Becoming a Paid Programmer Within 3 Months

‘How I Learned to Code’: Lessons from Teaching Myself Web Development and Becoming a Paid Programmer Within 3 Months

Who this book is for…

You’ve heard that learning to code is a good idea

You want to know how you can take advantage of this incredibly in-demand skill

You want more flexibility in your work life, and

You don’t want to have to spend a bunch of money or wait a long time to get your skills to a good level

If you identified with the points above, I can confidently say that this book IS for you.

But,…

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30 Digital Nomad Destinations: The Best Cities to Live and Work Remotely in 2018

Over the last 2 years, I visited over 21 countries in the search of the best cities, towns and islands to work remotely and connect with other digital nomads.

Throughout this time, I’ve made it a point to keep my finger on the pulse, spending time in all the biggest hotspots while pushing myself to discover new destinations that cater well to the remote work lifestyle.

These two years of research…

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How to Become a Digital Nomad: 4 Simple Steps to Living the Remote Work Travel Lifestyle

Just over a year and a half ago, I recorded a video on ‘How to Be a Digital Nomad‘ where I laid out my own 4 step process to achieving a lifestyle of remote work and travel.

To this day, this simple framework remains relevant but I still receive email after email from my readers who understand the process but perhaps need more…

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The Digital Nomad's Guide to the World 2018 (PDF Version)

The Digital Nomad’s Guide to the World 2018 (PDF Version)

Discover 14 of the best destinations for digital nomads in this in-depth travel guidebook

Digital Nomads travel in a different way.

We’re not necessarily backpackers and we’re definitely not vacationers.

We usually stay longer in each destination but we’re not really expats

We may arrive on a tourist visa but chances are, we’re not going on tours every day

Instead, what defines the digital nomad…

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Playa Del Carmen Wrap-Up: One Month as Digital Nomads in Mexican Paradise

Mexico always fascinated me as a country for living the remote work lifestyle. The food was a big factor but also, the inexpensive cost of living and warm climate indicated to me that Mexico had a lot of potential.

However, when I began my research on where to go in Mexico, there was only location that stood out and that was Playa del Carmen.

For a country with so much to offer for digital…

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The Ultimate List of Digital Nomad Job Ideas (With Examples)

In December last year, I created a post on the 8 Most Common Digital Nomad Careers in which I went over the most common Digital Nomad Careers that I’d discovered across my journey.

While I do think it’s important to build a careerwhile travelling, I know that a lot of you are looking to just make at least some money online so that you can get started and so, I’ve decided to create a new post in…

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Medellin Wrap-Up: 10 days in the City of Eternal Spring

In the digital nomad community, there seems just one destination that receives more buzz than any other in South America. That is Medellin, Colombia.

Despite the hype and praise, I was almost about to skip this city. It seemed a bit rough around the edges and from a distance, the nomad community seemed a bit of a boys club.

But, after discovering an inexpensive one-way flight from Panama City, I…

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Las Palmas Wrap-Up: One Month as Digital Nomads on the Island of Gran Canaria

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria was always on my radar as one of the world’s top digital nomad destinations but truth be told, I don’t think I’d ever met anyone who’d actually been there.

From my extensive online research, Las Palmas looked to have all the trimmings of an amazing digital nomad destination but yet, there didn’t seem to be many people to talking about it.

That’s hopefully about to…

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Warsaw Wrap-Up: 2 Weeks as Digital Nomads in the Polish Capital

Despite the low cost of living, fast internet and position in EU, Warsaw seems to have failed to make it into any lists of major digital nomad destinations (currently sitting at position 115 on Nomad List) and honestly, I can see why.

One thing I’ve noticed over the past 18+ months of living the ‘digital nomad lifestyle’ is a mass migration out of Europe during winter and of course, a mass…

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Chris' Guide to Mykonos Beaches

Chris’ Guide to Mykonos Beaches

In the Summer of 2017, my partner Denise and I met up with my Mother for a 10 day tour of Athens, Mykonos and Santorini and Mykonos was by far, my favourite part of the trip.

The Beaches are ‘The Thing to Do‘ in Mykonos

Check any top 10 list on things to see and do in Mykonos and you’ll find the island’s list of many beautiful beaches.

The top 11 attractions in Mykonos according to Tripadvisor

My…

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Sofia Wrap-Up: 2 Weeks of Summer in the Bulgarian Capital

Sofia has become a well-known city in the Nomad community (currently #36 on NomadList) due to it’s low cost of living, modern infrastructure and position outside the schengen zone. Therefore, it became an obvious third destination of my Eastern European journey from Budapest to the Greek Islands.

Here are my thoughts on Sofia as a destination for digital nomads.

Cafes and Coworking

Much like…

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Belgrade Wrap-Up: One Month as a Digital Nomad in Europe's Most Under-Rated Capital

Belgrade Wrap-Up: One Month as a Digital Nomad in Europe’s Most Under-Rated Capital

Note: Photo taken in Niš in Serbia, not Belgrade. I forgot to get a good photo!

I’ll be honest. Belgrade looked a little boring from a distance. It’s list of top attractions includes various churches and temples and an old fortress, a list that you could realistically cover in a single day.

However, I now write this article shortly after leaving Serbia and feel proud to have been one of the first…

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