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telecommute

&$#%ing commuting!

we all hate it and yet we all do it. we are in the habit of getting in our car and driving to work. bumper to bumper. stop and go. traffic. oh, how we hate it.

I suspect a good number of us don't have to do it. we could work from home or a local library or Starbucks or even a satellite office closer to our home.

anyone whose job entails computers, forms and meetings doesn't have to commute every day! with more and more use of the cloud, collaborative software and conferencing facilities, like gotomeeting and livemeeting , commuting becomes an unnecessary waste of time.

I'm not advocating becoming a recluse. traveling to an important face to face meeting is vital. some people will have to do this. but do we have to do it every day out of sheer habit?

try it. telecommute one day a week, then 2, then three. you'll be more productive, happier, less fatigued. you'll gain time at both ends of your work day, save money on fuel, and be greener too by reducing you personal carbon footprint!

The Friday Drive - Episode 1

Well, it's Friday and the first real episode of the Friday Drive is now available.

Over the past four weeks, MIP and I have found ourselves talking about issues from the week both from his work and my efforts at Project X.

A couple of weeks ago, just before someone rear-ended me on the highway we came up with the idea of capturing these conversations to share and hopefully get other perspectives as we were often talking about technology both personally and at work.

So here we are with the first episode.  So please jump on over and let me know what you think.  And most of all drive safetly and have a great weekend.

The Friday Drive

A long term colleague of mine and I have been finding ourselves talking on the drive home on Fridays over the last three weeks where we talk about a variety of interesting topics.  So for fun and in support of getting others viewpoints on the topic we decided to do a weekly podcast.

So stay tuned.  It will be posted at the end of the day at The Friday Drive so join us for a listen and then feel free to comment either on the post we will create at "The Friday Drive" blog.