Last year when Johan and I founded The Things Network, Johan was in Barcelona at Hacker Paradise and I was in Amsterdam during the most crucial time of it’s existence.
Hacker Paradise is a community that moves around the world and offers a good opportunity for a workcation.
You join a group of like minded developers, designers and entrepreneurs and have a good time while you do your freelance gigs or do your normal job remotely in a place where you otherwise would go on holiday. All the logistics are taking care of for you –housing, community and a workplace.
This summer they would touch down in Porto, Portugal. It was temptingly close.