How To Travel The World While Telecommuting

Most telecommuting articles assume you’ll telecommute from home.

But what about telecommuting while you travel… what are the in’s and out’s of that?

Here’s a cool article I found on just that topic and a few of the salient features by Rolf Potts…

Justin Mounts, who does contract product management, marketing consulting and simulation development for two different U.S.-based companies. Justin has mixed work with travel from many locations worldwide, and he is currently based in Rio de Janeiro, where he lives just a few blocks from the beach.

What kind of technology do you use to keep in touch with your home office and/or clients? How do you keep expenses down?

Justin Mounts: I use a lightweight Averatec laptop, a Canon iP 90 printer and a Canon flatbed scanner for most of my work. I also carry an extra 80gb laptop hard drive in an external case for data backups. I use e-mail and IM on a daily basis (I have four IM accounts) and I use Skype for VoiP. Using the service, I was able to purchase a U.S. number for 40 Euro per year. It includes a voice mailbox, so it comes in handy when I’m on the road. Having the U.S. number is key for keeping expenses down because I can IM the people I’m working with and ask them to call me, keeping my phone expenses at a minimum. As it is, the international rates using programs like Net-2-Phone or Skype make it very affordable to make international calls.

Read the whole article…