Traveling

When I travel, I make some business preparations:

• Make sure there are online, secure copies of any documents I may need. There are many options available, including zoho.com, google docs, and various online and syncing services (e.g., getdropbox.com)
• Leave the Internet connection on, if I know I may need to access something on my home LAN. [The home LAN has to be carefully secured - future posting will discuss some How-Tos].
• Change Voicemail greeting, as appropriate. [If you're struggling with figuring out how to let people reach you on your various phones, consider Google Voice, voice.google.com. There are a lot of features here very useful for home office and small business people.]
• Power off any system that will not be needed.
• Lock up or shred any confidential paper documents
• Let business contacts know when I am traveling and how to reach me
• Clean up the work space. It's hell coming home to a messy desk.