The iPad is a pretty nice mobile web working tool , especially if you don’t need to do any of your heavy lifting while on the road. But, that weight doesn’t factor in a case, stand or keyboard, all of which are pretty much required if you plan to use it to do work on the road. Let’s talk about portability. MORE >>

Last weekend, I disconnected from the web completely. wasn’t on holiday or caught up in an all-consuming weekend adventure, it was just that over the last few months I’d been working weekends as well as full-time during the week, and I’d decided to carve out a little time off. Profile of a Web Worker. Or (gasp!) MORE >>

As a web worker who can work anywhere, any time, is it possible to mark the end of the day ? “I treat my consultant/contractor work like a regular job, and set expectations when I first speak with a prospective client. Like most web workers, you may be flexible and accept occasional out-of-hours work. Zavala. MORE >>

As I start business planning, I usually find the problem is to work out specifically what I want to achieve. Whatever it is, I don’t usually expect I’ll be making it in the first month of operation — I need time to build a client base, secure contacts, sell my services, and complete some work. Option 3: Wing It. MORE >>

The web work revolution is changing the way people are employed and how employees think about employers: An increasing number of people are working as freelancers, and employees are switching jobs far more rapidly than they have in the past. How, then, do we migrate the established “rules of work” to this new scenario? MORE >>