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Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

No, the iPad Pro cannot replace a laptop

No, the iPad Pro cannot replace a laptop

Yesterday, I sold my iPad Pro for good. I am not going to buy another one anytime soon. From now on, I will stick to my good old MacBook Pro for everything, from coding to writing, from designing to blogging. If you follow my blog, you know I’ve been

Challenges of traveling as a gay digital nomad couple

Challenges of traveling as a gay digital nomad couple

Yesterday, my husband and I were headed to South Park in Sofia, Bulgaria, for a picnic afternoon. To get there, we always pass through the Lovers Bridge, close to the National Palace of Culture. They do frequent exhibitions on that bridge, from art to science. To our surprise, yesterday’s

Two beautiful and relatively unknown places on the coast of Bulgaria: Burgas and Nessebar

Two beautiful and relatively unknown places on the coast of Bulgaria: Burgas and Nessebar

This summer, for the first time in two years, I took two weeks off work. I needed them. Fortunately, my business is now in a better place than it was two years ago. I have a strong team in place I can rely on, so I left my laptop at

Bulgaria is headed to a coronavirus crisis. Here's why.

Bulgaria is headed to a coronavirus crisis. Here's why.

We just came back from our two-week summer holidays. First ones in two years. We visited the coast of Bulgaria, mainly the Burgas and Nessebar areas. It has been a gratifying experience I will write about soon here on Micropreneur Life. As there was nothing in the fridge, I went

The Digital Nomad Scam

The Digital Nomad Scam

I consider myself a digital nomad. I have no problem with this tag. However, much like Low did with the genre they pioneered, slowcore, most true digital nomads I know repudiate that label. Why? Because the term has been abused to the point that it’s now associated with a

Life in Sofia for digital nomads

Life in Sofia for digital nomads

We’ve spent the last three months in Sofia, Bulgaria, and we are going to be here until November at least. The city may as well be one of the best spots in Europe for digital nomads, expats, and slow travelers. In this post, I share our experience living and

How to deal with angry customers

How to deal with angry customers

I have never been good at dealing with customers. That’s a bad thing when you run a business. Traditionally, the main two reasons for this have been an humongous ego and a total lack of empathy (I am an ENTJ after all… but I don’t believe in any