Canada and Thailand: What Expat Life Was Like Before Smartphones: S4E10

Send us Fan MailBefore Google Maps and Instagram, Greg moved from Canada to Thailand with almost no digital safety net. In this conversation, the Bangkok Podcast cohost reflects on what expat life looked like in 2001, from IRC chatrooms and internet cafés to early blogging, Napster, Friendster, and the slow rise of social media.We also explore how moving abroad changed his relationship with technology, community, and identity online. Greg shares stories about building one of his first blogs from Thailand, navigating life overseas before smartphones, and how platforms like Twitter eventually became essential for expats living far from home.Along the way, we talk about podcasting, online personas, digital overwhelm, third culture identity, and what it means to stay connected to your home culture while building a life somewhere else.Listen to hear how one expat’s online world evolved alongside the modern internet itself.Original publication date: February 12, 2019📬 Traveling abroad long-term? Traveling Mailbox gives you a permanent US mailing address you can access from anywhere: https://travelingmailbox.com/geopats/?ref=3422💰Need a global bank account: I use Wise for multiple currencies https://wise.com/invite/dic/debrad107📸 Instagram reels from my past and present life abroad: https://www.instagram.com/geopatsabroad/🎥 Daily video clips from my life abroad: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnfWdoMjmqpcbULZw-hVgew🎙️Start your own podcast. The podcast host I recommend most often is Buzzsprout. Use this link and get a bonus when you upgrade:https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2022201📬 Weekly podcast discoverability tips to help your older episodes keep getting found:  https://podcaststeph.substack.com/