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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…
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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…
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Telecommuters / Remote Workers: Which is more valuable to you? Money or Time?
I saw an article this morning (August 10, 2021) stating in the headline that remote workers / telecommuters at Google might be working at reduced salary. I say……so what? The benefits of telecommuting / remote working…..FAR OUTSTRIP any little bit of less money you might be making versus going into the OFFICE everyday. I did…
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Remote Working After COVID 19: Guidelines
UPDATE 4/1/2021: OK, Google take note as you have banned full-time remote work to only 14 days a year and have, in my opinion, taken a step back into the dark ages. UPDATE 10/31/24: Starbucks says this: “Return to the office or get fired!” Idiots! After a bit of investigation, their “return to office” means…
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Coronavirus and Telecommuting
I’ve resisted posting about this but, it needs to be said: This is 2020, and if you are not yet telecommuting for all the benefits of productivity, work-life balance, time, money saved. You NEED to start NOW! For your safety as well as the safety of others. And when the coronavirus threat has passed….keep telecommuting…
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“The Next Communication Revolution” circa 1996
Way back in the Dark Ages (1996) I wrote about the path I thought video conferencing needed to go to become ubiquitous: Videoconferencing technology needed to be “easy-to-use”….by anyone. This is 2015, err 2021, has my vision come true? You can download the whole, very short, article here (the next revolution) but, I will…
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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…
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Zoom, Google Meet, Skype and many more video conferencing apps and companies
NOTE: I checked the links on 3/31/2020 during the coronavirus / Covid-19 pandemic. They all work! 🙂 Cloud-based video conferencing is a great way for small to medium sized businesses to get involved with multi-point video conferencing. These businesses do not need to purchase expensive infrastructure components, nor do they need the support personnel needed to run…
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Free Advice on How To Start a Telecommuting Program
See my Remote Working Guidelines after COVID OK, companies…here is the free advice on how to start a telecommuting program at your place of work. Ready? You sure? OK…. It ain’t rocket science…..do it. DUH. COMPANIES: If you are spending thousands and thousands of dollars studying telecommuting, developing rules and regulations for a program, setting…
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Telecommuting: Crossing the Threshold to Work, Part 4
Telecommute while cornavirus is still active This article was published in the Tracy Press Go here to read Part 3. Go here to read Part 2. Go here to read Part 1. READ MY 2011 UPDATE FIRST: Free Telecommuting Advice Telecommuting: Crossing the Threshold to Work, Part 4 Gas is nearly $4.00 a gallon. Traffic is horrendous. Now…
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