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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…
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Workers Would Take a Pay Cut to Telecommute
Here is an interesting article from the folks at CNET about IT pros willing to take pay cuts to telecommute. You know I could say a lot about the managers who are “reluctant” to allow telecommuting. But I’ll be nice….and not call them idiots in this blog entry. RETIRE! Get out of the way you…
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Future of Video Conferencing from Corning
Got this Youtube link in an email this morning….although it is a Corning glass “infomercial” it shows us (at least partly) how video conferencing might evolve in the near future…using glass. VERY COOL. We already have videoconferencing on mobile smartphones, and on large walls in conference rooms, so the vision put forth by Corning, although…
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Difference Between Coworking and a Virtual Office
(Orignally posted on TelBitConsulting.com) Coworking has been gathering momentum in the past year or two. As more and more coworking locations are established, more people learn what it is, there is more exposure, then more people learn about it…… That snowball effect is at it’s very early stages, but, in a year, or two, the…
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Bay Area to Install EV Charging Stations
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District Board recently approved $5 million for the installation of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and home chargers. According to the press release, the money will fund the installation of: 3,000 home chargers 2,000 public chargers 50 fast chargers (off of freeways) They say that transportation is responsible for…
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Solar Storm Tonight
Breaking News: I’m NOT a breaking news kind of blogger, but, I was reading National Geographic (see this link) just now and there is a solar storm that will hit the earth late tonight (August 3, 2010). Here is a video of the sun burp that will cause the storm…..VERY COOL http://www.youtube.com/v/VyaqxKkSCpU&hl=en_US&fs=1 Gee…is my new…
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TracyVirtualOffice Hosts Tracy TweetUP
Social networking meets technology. Last night, the TracyVirtualOffice coworking location (that be me…) hosted Tracy’s first TweetUP. The event was well attended and the energy was palpable. Just like coworking. 🙂 This video was taken by a Tracy Press reporter (Justin) using one of those really cool Flip cameras. The quality is excellent. Eventually this…
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Obama Wins!
At last…at long last….we have HOPE.
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Save the Environment
I am starting a new post “Label” called “Save the Environment”. Under this new label will go all the Telecommuting and some of the renewable energy articles I have posted recently. It is time to become aware that the human race is harming the environment, endangering both animals and humans alike (we are animals….). The…
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Switch to Renewable Energy
There has been some action in the news in the past week, or so, concerning the use, and switch to, renewable energy. Although this is not an area I normally cover, I am VERY interested in the environment (and very concerned about global warming). I would like to see us change the way we…
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