For nine years, I’ve worked from a home office using web-based email. That means that, for nine years, I’ve been able to conduct business quite seamlessly even when traveling, as long as I have an Internet connection and needed files with me on a key drive. (As a matter of fact, there was a healthy number of years I didn’t have a laptop and just finagled as I could in hotel business offices, the occasional Kinko’s and such. Now with my beloved 8” netbook and wireless USB modem, I’m a force to be reckoned with!)
Eventually, my email service came to offer limitless storage, so I save nearly all messages (sent and received), which gives me access to attached documents any time, anywhere. Before trips, I’ll often email myself items that I’m working on, just so I’ve got ‘em if I need ‘em. Every computer has some kind of word processor loaded to allow me to edit basic documents, or there’s the oh-so handy Google Docs for online creation. And in many instances (particularly for my copywriting business), I simply create text in an email and simply hit “send” when done. Pretty cool.
