Category Archives: News and Info

Lately on Techplanations: Headset Contest, Gifts for Geeks, Basic computer fixes, and Telelympics Part 1

Things have been pretty active over on my Vancouver Observer column, Techplanations. WIth the holidays coming up I had to cover gift ideas for geeks: Getting Great Gifts for Geeks and since we all need to stop talking on our … Continue reading

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Are Marketers Ready to Give Good Advice to Canadian Business on Social Media?

Earlier this week Forrester released data that showed that Canadians top the world in embracing social networking (Gillian Shaw & Groundswell) with a whopping 57% of Canadians using social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. This shouldn’t be too … Continue reading

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TweetDeck ups the Twitter List ante for all Twitter apps

When Twitter added lists not only was there a race to build (and get on) lists, but Twitter clients to add support for them. Over the past few weeks I’ve watched Hootsuite, Nambu, and others add Twitter Lists support all … Continue reading

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Just why are companies still stuck in the “butt in chair” mentality

Hey!  Anybody still out there?  Yeah, it’s been a busy summer (and fall) and the book and this blog have been on a bit o’ hiatus.  Fall is in the air, winter is coming, so let’s get revved back up … Continue reading

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Telework, it’s not just all fun and games

Today eMarketer covers the report I covered earlier this week on how many people could work at home versus how many do.  There is some interesting comparative data that suggests more people are working at home, but also that remote … Continue reading

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Nortel and Microsoft forge an alliance … good news for telecommuters?

Couple bits from C|Net News.com this morning on the Microsoft—Nortel alliance announced today.  I first heard this on the news this morning (yes, I do watch TV news, generally when I’m eating my Cheerios circular oat-based cereal) and I turned … Continue reading

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A belated welcome to Andy’s readers!

Yesterday my buddy Andy Wibbels gave me a plug on his site.  Now, it’s traditional in blogging circles that when you get a link from a high-profile blogger like Andy, you make sure you do some posts that day.  Well, … Continue reading

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Telework to keep the economy going during a flu pandemic?

What is going to keep the global economy going if there is a global flu pandemic (which is not and "if" but a "when")?  How are people going to work if they can’t get to work?  Offices shut down, transit … Continue reading

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Net Neutrality this is really important to teleworkers

I’ve written a couple of posts about Net Neutrality over the past couple weeks (this week, last week). While you might think this is just a music and video aficionado’s issue, it isn’t, far from it. If you work from … Continue reading

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