I think the Going Solo Conference in Lausanne, Switzerland on the 16th of May is a great idea, I came across it via Techcrunch UK.

The conference is aimed at

"freelancers and small business owners working in somewhere in the internet industry"

Given the aims of this blog, this confernce is of particular interest, I wonder how much they will focus on the nature of work in an increasingly connected environment.

In my experience it takes courage and determination to be a freelancer, mainly because you don't have the security of a parmenent job.  Nonetheless freelancing can be very rewarding both financially and emotionally.  Nothing beats being your own boss and working when you want to and sometimes even only on the jobs you want to work on.