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Today I’m working from a “mobile command center.” This a a term I heard coined from coworker and all-around great fellow Brian Richards. He uses it when he’s working from the road, usually literally moving.

I love this idea; working remotely let’s us work anywhere and modern technology enables us to do it. I’m not even using my laptop. I’m on a 10″ iPad with a keyboard, tethered to my phone, using a portable battery pack.

It’s really an incredible world we live in. Just a few years ago this would have been impossible. Now it is almost standard.

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