Posts Tagged ‘mobile office’

Over the past two weeks, I’ve spent about four hours in my home office. A big reason for that is that I’ve been very busy: I’m directing a community theater musical in Port Huron (High School Musical for Port Huron Civic Theatre), as well as seeing an increase in interest in Kephart + Associates and its services, which has meant more road time to visit clients and prospects.

But another reason is that I have the tools to let me easily head out the door and do most, if not all, of my communication and computing wherever I am. Between my laptop and wide availability of wifi connections and my iPhone, which keeps me connected everywhere else, wherever I’m sitting is now my office.

This has some nice side effects. I’m finding regular places to sit for a few hours and get some work done (shout out to Sue’s Coffee House in St. Clair!), which in turn become pseudo-offices in each of the towns in my area. It lets me create a physical presence in each community without the overhead of rent and utilities.

Chris Brogan and Justin Levy of New Marketing Labs have launched a new website, workshifting.com, aimed at what they’re calling “workshifters,” mobile workers who use technology to make wherever they are their workspace. It’s interesting and thought-provoking; check it out.