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What Do You Hate About Telecommuting?

October 22, 2009 Office Setup

I recently posted some of the reasons why I love telecommuting, but it isn’t all easy. As easy as it is to wax poetic about working from home there are plenty of frustrations that come with living in your office. Some days I’m ready to jump out of my big comfy chair, run back to [...]

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What Do You Love About Telecommuting?

October 15, 2009 Office Setup

I get to sit in my big comfy chair and nudge baby toys aside with my toes while I write the software that runs some of the biggest companies in the world. My daughter knows me. She comes for snuggles in the middle of the day and we go out for walks in the afternoons. [...]

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Ray Ozzie: Working Remotely In The 1970′s

September 24, 2009 Good Communication

Ray Ozzie is an impressive guy. He was hand-picked by Bill Gates to lead Microsoft’s technology direction and was the creator of Lotus Notes. Ray was interviewed in Wired Magazine a little while ago and told a very interesting story. When he was in college in the late 1970′s, Ray was working part-time writing software [...]

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Zack’s Offline Checklist

September 1, 2009 Office Setup

Right now I am offline. I won’t lie, it’s causing me a little physical discomfort. The rest of my team is in a meeting deciding if our product will ship on time and my Internet and phone died five minutes before the meeting started. Being offline is frightening. I wasn’t able to contact my coworkers [...]

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Constellation Offices At Ernst & Young

August 21, 2009 Office Setup

In the late 1990′s consulting firm Ernst & Young hired a firm to help them redesign their L.A. Offices. The company was growing quickly and wanted a space that showed how powerful they were becoming. They also wanted to save money and increase productivity. Before my interest in telecommuting I was practically obsessed with office [...]

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