Category: Telecommuting

  • Telecommuting: Remote Work is Your Future

    Telecommuting: Remote Work is Your Future

    Also published in the Tracy Press. Despite what Yahoo seems to think….remote work is a good thing. Check that…..remote work is a GREAT thing. Assuming you have a career that is conducive to remote work, imagine the day when you simply crawl out of bed and spend 10 seconds “commuting” to your office. Imagine the…

  • Yahoo Bans Telecommuting

    My Definition: OFB= An OLD FASHIONED BOSS who needs to get out of the way and let the “kids” of today take over and change the world. Who thought my reviled OFB (see all my articles on telecommuting dating back to…..hmmmm, 1990!!) would look like that? Truthfully, I had in mind old people like myself:…

  • 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…

  • Zoom, Google Meet, Skype and many more video conferencing apps and companies

    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…

  • 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…

  • The Age of Decentralized Work is Upon Us

    The Age of Decentralized Work is Upon Us

    OK, people….here is the future. If you have teens (or college age early 20’s kids) you have seen this….if you have younger kids….you WILL see it.  So hang in there…. Decentralization of work will happen.  Telecommuting / Telework will be the norm.  And, yes, mobile video conferencing WILL rule the world. Here is why…. The kids…

  • Sept 11 2001 and Video Conferencing

    Sept 11 2001 and Video Conferencing

    September 11, 2001 (Originally written for ForCarol.com) Lori’s mother’s birthday started out just like any other day.  I was just getting up, Lori was already getting Kristen ready for school, Sunny (our currently 11 year old yellow lab who now has a tumor that is scaring us) was bouncing around as only he could do.…

  • Free Advice on How To Start a Telecommuting Program

    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…

  • Telecommuting: Crossing the Threshold to Work, Part 4

    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…

  • Telecommuting: Crossing the Threshold to Work, Part 3

    Telecommuting: Crossing the Threshold to Work, Part 3

    This article originally published in the Tracy Press. Telecommute while cornavirus is still active Go here to read Part 2. Go here to read Part 1. Go here to read Part 4. READ MY 2011 UPDATE FIRST:  Free Telecommuting Advice Telecommuting: Crossing the Threshold to Work, Part 3 Save money, time, and the environment, reduce traffic, increase productivity,…