Ideas on International tele-commuting

This is my first post from Fukuoka, Japan. I used to work in Japan and I still return 2 or 3 times a year for business and to catch up with friends.

As more than one blogger has no doubt commented, it’s great to be able to keep in touch seamlessly no matter where I go, providing I have an Internet connection.

In fact, the time difference between Australia and Japan is only an hour. If I wanted to, with a few minor adjustments I could work up here periodically and switch easily between Australia and Japan.

All it would require is…

• A laptop (I’m working on a Toshiba T6/518CME right now)
• An Internet connection. In most countries this isn’t a problem, but in some places (e.g. Vietnam), it may mean making do with an old skool dialup connection – not fast enough for anything much more than email.
• A phone (I rely on Skype for inter-office communication, and use a Brastel phonecard for client communication).

That’s about it. The only thing that I’d like to have right now is a phone number in Australia that goes straight through to my Japanese mobile – certainly no challenge technically, but I haven’t got around to setting that up yet. .

Will
From Japan