Steven Roberts, the first "digital nomad," spent the eighties traveling around the US on a computerized recumbent bicycle, freelancing and consulting through early online networks. Prior to that, he designed custom industrial control systems and published an engineering textbook in 1981. After retiring the bicycle, he built an amphibian pedal/solar/sail micro-trimaran, and now lives aboard a 50-foot boat in the Pacific Northwest while running a small business that digitizes ancient media. He is writing his seventh book.