Category: Remote Work Locations

  • 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…

  • Remote Working Paradise

    Remote Working Paradise

    I will be spending a lot of time in the next few months evaluating remote working locations in Tracy, CA. Thought I’d add this one to the list: Our backyard paradise as a remote working location. “Retirement” is good…..I just need a bit more time to get used to it. Probably won’t take long. Here…

  • Remote Working at Starbucks by Raley’s in Tracy, CA

    Remote Working at Starbucks by Raley’s in Tracy, CA

    I have been using the Starbucks by Raley’s for meetings since selling AltamontCowork.  Since I am familiar with that location, I chose it to be the first of many in this new series researching remote work locations in Tracy, CA. Note:  My original blog researching WiFi “hotspots” was way back in 2007.  WiFi was new…

  • Reviewing Remote Work Locations (in Tracy, CA)

    Reviewing Remote Work Locations (in Tracy, CA)

    In August 2007 (several lifetimes ago in the technology world), I went around to three locations in Tracy, CA to see how the new fangled WiFi hot spots worked, and, if they also worked with videoconferencing.  The experiment went rather well.  Fast forward 7.5 years to 2015 and videoconferencing is ubiquitous, there are remote workers EVERYWHERE, and…