Archive for the 'Telework' Category

With Bloomberg business news talking about $4 per gallon gasoline, telecommuting is poised to rise along with online marketing and other work at home ventures as people try to cope with the soaring cost of living and doing business.
The $4 price isn’t set in stone … one consultant quoted in the article believes it will […]

He doesn’t work from home on game day of course, but Penn State football legend works out of his home as much as possible according to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette.
His phone and fax give him the ability to communicate that he needs and most of his time is spent watching game videos to prepare the […]

If you have a Google account, you may be familiar with it’s free online spreadsheet and word processing applications. Now Google has bought a company offering a web based editor for power point presentations by acquiring TonicPoint.
Google expects the tool to be integrated into their online tools by this summer .
Google is certainly making life […]

Why may municipal WiFi flop?
For one thing, if it’s billed as “free”, it won’t really be free. In the places where it’s being implemented, the browser required is dominated by ugly advertising.
People who go to coffee shops and other WiFi hotspots can get access without the banner AND get the friendly “third place” environment of […]

Nationwide, state departments of health are planning for deadly flu pandemics.
You can go to your state government’s website, click the link to the state Department of Health and go from there.
Usually it will be listed under “communicable” diseases. If you can’t find it - call.
These plans usually request community involvement and may include discussions about […]

Are you a Wi Fi squatter?
That’s someone who works from their laptop some place with free Wi Fi, but never patronizes the business.
Who are these new cybervagrants trying to get something for nothing? According to one tech expert
“They spend the whole day there but only spend three or four dollars worth of stuff for […]

I’ve been putting this off, but I’ve finally decided to put together my own information package of little known, but easy to start business ideas to help people start working at home. Alot of them will be “offline” ideas. There’s a practical reason for that… it means the information won’t be obsolete every time search engines […]

This is something I’ve been watching unfold as AT&T swallowed up Cingular and Bell South so it could become the huge company it was before it got broken up. Ok, maybe not quite as huge, but pretty big.
It has been amazing to see AT&T which seemed to be dying a slow death burst back to […]

Telecommute Connecticut! offers free resources and assistnance to businesses to help them set up alternative workplaces. It’s designed to ease traffic congestion and it’s sponsored by the state’s Department of Transportation.
Unlike the Telework Virginia initiative, there doesn’t seem to be any money on the table to pay for the transitions, but the program does provide […]

I was just visiting with a lady who started working at home in a call center position.
The pay is an hourly base and commission for a major shopping channel. So - she can earn up to $15 per hour! Not too bad for for working at home… especially in rural areas.
This is out in the […]