Escape to Zoom Island

When the pandemic untethered millions of workers from their offices, a new species of digital nomad was born. They set off with laptops and passports, and have made it clear they’re never coming back.

Madeira, Portugal a.k.a. Zoom Island

Last fall, I traveled to Madeira, a Portugese island off the coast of Africa, to write about digital nomads, the remote workers now calling it home. The story, “Escape to Zoom Island,” is out now in GQ. Apparently Kenneth Cole is a nomad at heart…

Kenneth Cole @kennethcolereal

Escape to Zoom Island “I want to work hard, but I also want to enjoy my life and not do the rat race.” gq.com/story/escape-t… via @davidkushner for @GQMagazine

gq.comHow Generation Zoom Transformed a Tiny Island Into a Remote Worker’s ParadiseWhen the pandemic untethered millions of workers from their offices, a new species of digital nomad was born. They set off with laptops and passports, and have made it clear they’re never coming back. Now, on a sun-dappled island in the middle of the ocean, a group of them is engaged in a novel expe…

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