by Tris Hussey on December 12, 2009 · 0 comments
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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 cellphones while starting in BC starting in January I have a review of some Motorola headsets and a contest to win a headset or hands free car device–Do You Have a Headset for Your Cell Phone?.
Because the column is about helping people use technology better (and fix it when it [...]
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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 much of a surprise since Canadians (and Vancouver especially) are some of the most wired folks on the planet. We’re also one of the most spread out groups so it’s no wonder that we use social media to keep in touch with friends and relatives from sea to sea to [...]
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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 the while waiting for my favourite Twitter tool, TweetDeck to add support. This morning the wait is over and I think TweetDeck has upped the ante for all Twitter clients, and they did it by making themselves less essential, but more valuable at the same time.
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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 here, eh?
Okay … to kick things back off here, LifeHacker points to John Dvorak PC Mag article about (the lack of) telework adoption in business. Yep, I totally agree, most businesses aren’t doing enough to embrace telework, but … there are some good reasons for this. Yeah teleworkers are more [...]
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 workers aren’t expected to grow for the next couple years. I beg to differ because we still don’t know what will happen if gas prices soar or there is a major terrorist attack. Anything that might make people shift to want to avoid driving or the city itself.
Beyond that though [...]
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 to Lorraine and said, "This could be great for telecommuters.". Why? First here are some snippets from the News.com article:
Microsoft has been pushing the idea of unified communications–enabling people to integrate all their business communications applications: telephony, instant messaging, e-mail and others–into a single platform. With a central platform, people [...]
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, I didn’t. Why? Two reasons, and both apply directly to my book.
First, I was busy. I think I had meetings from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM solid. Sure all on the computer and Skype, but I did need to focus on the work at had. Working at home still means [...]
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 closed … work from home, of course. Telework is, actually, a real part in flu pandemic planning for companies. From ITNews in Australia, it sounds like Sun is well on it’s way to being ready.
So if your company isn’t getting a least a few ducks in a row (sorry, couldn’t [...]
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 home, even some of the time, this should ping up on your radar big time. Why? Because it’s high-speed Internet and the level net playing field that has helped make telework feasible in the last 5 years.
Imagine if an e-mail you send at 8 AM doesn’t [...]
Tris Hussey is a writer, teacher, blogger, and speaker on all facets of Internet life, WordPress, and social media. He is the author of Create Your Own Blog: 6 Easy Blogging Projects to Start Blogging Like a Pro and Using WordPress.
