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Category: Coworking

  • Artificial Intelligence Explains: Remote Work, Telecommuting, and Coworking

    Artificial Intelligence Explains: Remote Work, Telecommuting, and Coworking

    I asked Google Gemini and Adobe Firefly artificial intelligence (AI) to help me explain remote working, telecommuting, and coworking in words and pictures. The results are below….. Wow! Cool stuff and accurate! Adobe Firefly Prompt: Blonde woman working on a computer in her home office surrounded by a jungle of house plants Gemini Prompt: 150…

  • Remote Working Rocks!

    Remote Working Rocks!

    COVID forced everyone to understand the value of telecommuting, videoconferencing, and remote work. During that time……remote working / telecommuting / videoconferencing helped keep the world spinning for a few years while people worked at home. Now that the pandemic is “over”….there should no longer be ANY hesitation about continuing to remote work! After all……the benefits…

  • Coworking vs A Private Office with Doors

    Coworking vs A Private Office with Doors

    What is the first thing you do when you start a small business? Among other things…….you look for an office. Right? In 2022, you have choices to make….do you want a Private Office or do you want to join a Coworking location? Read on to help you make a decision. 🙂 Private Office Your vision…

  • Coworking = Life Balance for the Entrepreneur or Telecommuter

    Coworking = Life Balance for the Entrepreneur or Telecommuter

    In 1990, I was one of two people responsible for writing the “Telecommuting Plan” at Lawrence Livermore National Lab. Little did I know then how much “telecommuting” would change my life. In telecommuting I saw the perfect solution to many issues confronting society (and my own life).  Chief among them is what I always strove…

  • Tips for Starting a Small Business

    Tips for Starting a Small Business

    At AltamontCowork over the past 5 years, I have seen all sorts of small business owners / wannabes come and go.  Some have succeeded, most have not.  Here are a few tips for the serious small business start-up: Follow your PASSION. In a GOOD economy it takes 2 to 3 years to build your business.…

  • COWORKING: An Open Collaborative Work Environment

    COWORKING: An Open Collaborative Work Environment

    I owned a COWORKING location in Tracy, CA for 5 years and 7 months, finally selling it for economic reasons on Dec 31, 2014 (see my blog about the lessons I learned about coworking in a small town). One day a few years ago, some folks from Emergent Research came into the office to interview…

  • COWORKING in a Small Town: Lessons Learned

    COWORKING in a Small Town: Lessons Learned

    On May 1, 2009, I opened the first coworking location in San Joaquin County and Tracy, CA. A revolutionary concept in office space that I was sure everyone would instantly embrace. I was wrong….. In 2009, our country was in the middle of the worst recession in history and many people were unemployed.  I was…

  • Working at Home vs Coworking: LIFE BALANCE

    Working at Home vs Coworking: LIFE BALANCE

    In 1990, I was one of two people responsible for writing the “Telecommuting Plan” at Lawrence Livermore National Lab. Little did I know then how much “telecommuting” would change my life. In “telecommuting” I saw the perfect solution to many issues confronting society (and my own life).  Chief among them is what I always strove…

  • Coworking for Telecommuters

    Coworking for Telecommuters

    Telecommuting has been around for a very long time.  I know, I co-wrote the first (and as far I I know the only) telecommuting plan at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1990 (or so, I forget). From that effort, I gained a lifelong love of the potential of remote work.  I am shocked that it…

  • SF Bay Area Commuters: Time to Telecommute / Telework

    SF Bay Area Commuters: Time to Telecommute / Telework

    This is 2012…. There are any number of jobs that can use any number of remote access technologies (from ubiquitous high-speed Internet access to document application sharing to video conferencing to IP voice to plain old email…and everything in between) that allow employees to TELECOMMUTE / TELEWORK effectively, efficiently, and productively…….from virtually anywhere. Why is it…