Archive for November, 2007

There are a variety of articles on the web about the feds pushing telecommuting again.
This time they’re stressing the homeland security issues and the need to have a decentralized work force in the event of access problems due to storms, floods, fires, terror alerts, etc.
Same story, different day.

Alpine Access a leader in the home based customer service field got some press as they expand operations in the Pittsburgh area.
I find the opening line amazingly true: “There will be no politicians cutting ribbons to celebrate the region’s newest call center and the 100 jobs that it is bringing — jobs that start […]

Because Broadband Access = More Home Businesses, I like to watch trends regarding broadband accessibility. Nationwide municipalities wanted to offer “free wi-fi”. In a world where There’s No Such Thing As A Free Lunch I always wonder how they plan to do this.
Short version: the private company couldn’t see how they were going to make […]

Since I scan the news daily for topics related to home business and telecommuting, there’s alot about the environment mixed in.
Most of it involves measures that are presently untenable because they require those least likely to change behavior to do just that, i.e. your consumer who’s just trying to make ends meet. Selling “belt tightening” […]

These 2 sisters mostly work from home to create commemorative beads from rose petals. It’s amazing the jewelry they create using rose petals!
Read more at the Courier Journal on “Rose Riveters”
Their website:Remembering With Roses

I give up… Hold their breath?
How Green is Your Web Work?
Evidently swapping computers for your car just isn’t green enough. Shame!

Men cause more pollution a major new Swedish report on “Gender and the Environment” shows, so therefore before too long I’m sure someone will say that the logical outcome is to kill all the men.
One telecommuting male pleads for mercy in response and offers a tongue in cheek Mars/Venus defense.
I know we men can’t all […]

Currently residents in Sioux Falls, SD who have a small business in their home can’t - by law - even use their garage or an outside storage building for business purposes!
“Officials” say the reasons are “obvious” … at least to communist dictators and control freak bureaucrats everywhere. Supposedly it was designed to stop a […]

Wow… In addition to “Black Friday” the news services are monitoring “Cyber Monday” as well. And on “Cyber Monday” the shopping went wild causing a variety of Yahoo! Shopping outages.
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