When Carrie Burns-Solitar invited her colleagues to apply for 20 available spots in a telecommuting pilot, 66 wanted the chance to work while wearing a bathrobe and flannel pants. It was a high-interest
John Berry, who as head of U.S. Office of Personnel Management is responsible for the needs of 1.9 million federal workers, wants to improve the working conditions of government employees by increasing telecommuting
Published on: September 28th, 2009 Patrick Thibodeau and Tam Harbert @itbusinessca
The U.S. federal government is worried about the Swine Flu (official name: 2009 H1N1 influenza virus). There have been predictions by experts of two or three times the normal number of flu related
Published on: September 2nd, 2009 Scott Bradner @itbusinessca
"No man is an island," John Donne famously wrote--but Donne predated the era of telecommuting by almost four centuries. As someone who lives on the other side of the country from most of
Published on: September 1st, 2009 Dan Moren @itbusinessca
Technology is supposed to make life easier, but it doesn't seem that way when you're struggling to wrangle 289 new e-mail messages, dealing with a hard-drive crash, or suddenly realizing that you left
Published on: August 3rd, 2009 Gina Trapani @itbusinessca
Rogers Communications Inc.'s practice of re-directing faulty DNS requests to a server hosting advertising-laden Web pages is irksome and potentially unethical, but there's a way for telecommuters to get around it, says an
Whether your boss finally gave you the green light to telecommute or you're setting out to do business on your own, congratulations--and welcome to the wonderful world of working at home. Good-bye, rush-hour
I love my morning commute. Sometimes, there are delays, though, thanks to a pile-up or a clean-up effort. The pile-up, however, is generally just laundry that needs to go into the wash. The
Not many people can claim to have been telecommuting for as long as Jack Nilles has been untethered from office life. In 1973, Nilles coined the terms "telework" and "telecommuting," and he's been
Published on: March 9th, 2009 Thomas Wailgum @itbusinessca
What do I miss about working in the office? Let's start with the way to any man's heart: his stomach. See related stories: Sharp rise in telecommuting as Canadian firms strive to cut
Published on: February 27th, 2009 Thomas Wailgum @itbusinessca
When I woke up on Friday, Dec. 12, our house in southeastern New Hampshire was dark. The previous evening an ice storm coated trees, roads and power lines with a layer of ice
Published on: January 13th, 2009 Robert Lemos @itbusinessca
Whether your business has just two people or two hundred, these tips can help you cut costs, save money, and let you focus on what's really important: the bottom line.1. Use Open Source
Published on: November 2nd, 2008 Alexandra Krasne @itbusinessca
Telecommuting is back on workers' radars in a big way these days, thanks to gas prices that are a whopping 30% higher this summer than last.Wannabe telecommuters are lining up outside their bosses'
Published on: August 22nd, 2008 Tam Harbert @itbusinessca
Though high fuel prices have dipped in recent days, airlines are preparing for tough days ahead by cutting routes to certain cities, adding fees for luggage, food and pillows, and warning of fare
Published on: August 13th, 2008 C.G. Lynch @itbusinessca
