Where do workshifters come from?  Obviously, they’re dropped off by a stork. But, are they born workshifters or do they have to become workshifters?Most workshifters were at one time or another sedentary office workers, before they took the leap to…

There has long been a great debate among workshifters.  The magnitude of this debate has people from either camp bitterly divided, fiercely loyal, and ready to do battle to defend their side.  I speak, of course, of the great workshifting…

When I first started workshifting, I believed it was the best thing since sliced bread.  It gave me freedom, and it gave me flexibility.  Overall, I loved it.  Then, a funny thing started happening. Even though my total number of…

Workshifting is about more than just working from anywhere.  It’s about a certain way to work.  Seasoned workshifters work differently than most other knowledge workers.  Many of the behaviours of workshifters are learned by necessity, but once learned, are found…

“If only I had that netbook/iPhone/Blackberry/miFi/VoIP/Macbook/digicam/other-cool-gadget, then I would be able to work from anywhere.”I used to believe that I was comfortable working from anywhere, because I grew up in an era where the tools to do so were readily…