Monthly Archives: January 2010
There’s like a million tweets a minute right now about the iPad. Apple has finally gone and done it. They’ve made a tablet pc. If I’m not mistaken, tablets have been around for a while. The iPad is sleek and refined, but how practical is it? I’m going to guess that this isn’t geared towardsContinue Reading
If you’re an eco-minded Twitter user, chances are you’ll run into Broadband for America’s @codiprachar. Codi is busy tweeting about the environmental benefits of broadband. The cause for broadband runs parallel with our feelings at Telesaur. I’ve also seen how telework and broadband help me maintain a greener lifestyle. I picked a few of thoseContinue Reading
Your Twitter community is waiting. You know… the group of really cool people interested in _____, just like you? Don’t believe me? Let’s do a quick, three step experiment: 1) Go to http://search.twitter.com/ 2) Type a keyword related to your interest into the search bar. 3) Hit “Search,” and peruse your results. Were the searchContinue Reading
A couple of days ago, a friend IM’d me to tell me that he might be quitting his job. “Have you found something new?” I asked him. He told me that he hadn’t. He’s single and only financially responsible for himself, but the car payments and student loan bills will keep coming. And this decisionContinue Reading
Since 1991, Michael J. Dziak has been a telework consultant, author and trainer. Michael has helped dozens of companies and thousands of knowledge workers become successful in their telework experience. He founded the Metro Atlanta Telecommuting Advisory Council, and has been featured in Computer Week Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, the USA Today, CNN andContinue Reading
Roger Courville is the author of The Virtual Presenter’s Handbook, blogger at TheVirtualPresenter.com and principal of 1080 Group, LLC, an independent consulting training firm that helps companies design and optimize online presentations and web seminars. I met Roger on Twitter. We’ve had several conversations since, and he consistently impresses me as friendly, knowledgeable, and willingContinue Reading
Have you ever considered telework’s potential to affect the US Congress? States are given seats in Congress according to their population, and the 2010 Census results are predicted to change the seat count for several states. Huge power shifts in the near future, but the subtle shift in voting control can’t go unnoticed. Utah, Arizona,Continue Reading
The good folks over at Federal News Radio made good points this morning in their post, “Giving telework a snowball’s chance.” When bad weather hit Washington, DC last month, quite a few federal managers confronted the snow day with a telework test drive. The Office of Personnel Management says that telework lets them keep workingContinue Reading