Working Remotely

The Internet lets solo entrepreneurs do without conventional places of work and connect with clients from coffee shops and additional rooms. Minor firms, meanwhile, can rely on far-flung freelancers. Nonetheless, functioning remotely provides demanding situations, and a bunch of sites try to even out the procedure.

WorkShifting, backed through the internet based element of virtualization provider Citrix Systems Inc., provides pointers and evaluations concerning employing the Web to get work done at any time and from virtually any place. Posts cover everything from multitasking to working within airports or planes.

Wide Teams (WideTeams.com)

This web site, which bills itself as "the blog and podcast for physically dispersed businesses," gives tips for getting started with remote labor, as well as intelligence items, interviews and podcasts. Most recent posts include a rule concerning dawdling throughout breaks when collaborating remotely: keep your video camera on, and aimed at your chair, the entire period.

The web site, run by Avdi Grimm, owner of software consultancy ShipRise LLC, in Shrewsbury, Pa., focuses on software-development communities, but a good deal of the advice is useful to all varieties of remote-work setups.

GigaOM's WebWorkerDaily (GigaOM.com/collaboration)

This weblog, owned by San Francisco-based GigaOM, supplies knowledge as regards the future of work in a highly mobile and united world, providing reports, advice and how-tos on a range of issues. One current piece gives instructions for being more disciplined while not within the place of work, while another gives assistance for building client relationships when working remotely.