Dell recently launched Digital Nomads in partnership with FM sites like Duct Tape Marketing, Dumb Little Man and MAKE Magazine, to name a few. Digital Nomads aims to create a home for the modern nomadic laptop warrior:

Digital Nomads is a community site for individuals that work or play without regard for their physical location. It is a place where they can come together to read about other digital nomads, share ideas, tips and tricks, and best practices, and read the latest nomad-oriented news. Digital Nomads live a lifestyle where their laptop and other electronic devices create the center of their office and/or play-space. Digital Nomads is Powered By Dell.

Man, what a weekend. The entire FM crew was busy fueling the CrowdFire at Outside Lands and is now settling into the new office overlooking the bay. The gig generated a ton of industry buzz. See below for a quick roundup:
AdAge: San Francisco Music Fest to Fuel CrowdFire Experiment
Entertainment Weekly: You cover this weekend’s Outside Lands Festival so we don’t have to!
MediaWeek: Federated, Microsoft Launch CrowdFire
MarketingVox: CrowdFire Concert Catalyzes Human Media Mashup

We realize not everyone can attend the Outside Lands festival currently going on in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, so we’re bringing a little taste of it here to you. Xeni Xardin of Boing Boing TV interviewed one of the festivals creators, Rick Farman, who gives a great background to the festival and to the creation of Crowdfire:

The Federated Media gang, when not hard at work helping folks interact with the Crowdfire experience, have been enjoying the festival firsthand. Here are a few snaps.

And of course for the best experience, visit Crowdfire online to see all of the great user-contributed content from the show.

Thousands of Graffiti artists on Facebook submitted art for the latest drawing contest supporting Crowdfire. Once again, we’re awestruck by the level of talent out there and what is possible with a small digital canvas and a mouse. Check out some of our faves here, or go to the Graffiti site to see the top 150.

Some very cool new features were added CrowdFire this week. See here for the press release. You can now Remix your videos, photos and audio into original mashups. Get in on a contest to win Outside Lands tickets and an Intel-powered laptop. You’ll also be able to keep up-to-date with mobile features, and you’ll soon be able to check it all out live on your desktop.
Join the CrowdFire!

The word has gotten out that Justin Nesci joined the FM executive team. See below for a roundup of Justin’s news:
Online Media Daily: Federated Media Appoints Nesci SVP, Sales/Marketing
paidContent: Industry Moves: Glam Media; Greenspun Media; Marchex; Federated Media
ClickZ: Execs & Accounts: AKQA, Innovyx, Double Fusion

That’s right. After two years in our beloved Sausalito office, FM’s west coast team is making the move across the bay to San Francisco.
Here’s a pic of our new digs:

We spent the day on Thursday packing up, then headed out for a last get-together at Smitty’s in Sausalito. Here’s the old office in disarray:

And here’s the crew feeling good after hours: