I've been workshifting for a long time. I started out with pens and paper and dimes for the payphone - long before e-mail was ordinary and mobile phones were ubiquitous.
I embraced technology at every step, and my business life is littered with the detritus of obsolete objects to prove it. DOS-only systems. Floppy disks. Zip drives. Dot matrix printer. Flat screen monitor. Thermal-paper fax machine...
At every step, mobility took a skip forward and connecting with clients and colleagues got a little easier. Faxing replaced telexes and courier services. E-mail made delivering documents near instantaneous. Laptops let you take your office with you. And today I'm looking at real-time streams of conversation and wondering what comes next.
And yet... I'm still searching for true mobility. Still learning what's possible. You see, the other day I had an epiphany that I could forward my office number to my mobile and take calls when I'm workshifting from the rooftop deck or the corner bar.
Chasing mobility is made up of skips and leaps forward, and occasional duh moments.
What are you doing to find your mobility? Any leaps or duhs to share?
Photo Credit: Philip Bitnar
