The New York Times has a story this morning about Microsoft and their CEO's decision to move to a Work From Home (WFH) approach in their Redmond HQ and elsewhere. These stories are going to become more and more commonplace. It's not though just about having people working from home, it's what you do with … Read more
Two days ago, I wrote about the free offers coming out of telecom companies to help with the Coronavirus situation. Today, I'm seeing that longtime friend, repeat client, and leader at Dialpad, Craig Walker, has penned a nice piece on what Dialpad is doing in light of the Coronavirus with regards to his staff around … Read more
Life on the road is never as great as some who don't travel. Here are some observations from being on the road more than at home. Q. Why is it that the morning of daylight saving time (DST) hotel clocks are not updated the night before I go to bed. How hard is it to … Read more
Inc has an article on how the major service providers with tools for remote work are all jumping in around the Coronavirus situation, by offering free trials of various services. Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Hangouts and LogMeIn are all looking to gain market share with the free offers. The moves are smart marketing as "stimulating … Read more
Down in tobacco road, cities like Ashville North Carolina and Roanoke Virginia are becoming hotbeds of remote work. Today's Roanoke Times has a long article where it highlights a series of local residents who all work remotely, showcasing why the people have chosen Roanoke as their home base. Key factors are obvious. Quality of life. … Read more
Yet another tech market leader is going the Work From Home (WFH) route in California. This time, it's Salesforce. The move comes a few days after they told their Seattle workforce to begin working from home. While the move is for now, just for the month of March, it does call into question what happens … Read more
Krisp, the audio enhancing plug in for better conference calls, has a nice recap of facts and stats supporting the benefits of remote work. From a longtime remote worker and remote manager's perspective I'll share my take on their findings below. Remote Work Boosts Growth-in the hay day of Comunicano we were growing in staff … Read more
It's been about two years since I posted on this blog that was way ahead in its' early days. In that last post back then I suggested that Regus, along with WeWork needed an affiliate model. Someone at Regus was obviously reading and listening as I just read how they are doing exactly that using … Read more
It has been a while since I wrote a comparative wine review, but the other night I decided to compare two 2016 Beaumes de Venise wines from producers I've had a good fortune to taste for a few years. The two, Domaine de Durban and Saint Amant are about as different as different can be. … Read more
The Corona virus is not being contained, and each day we read of another event being shut down or companies pulling out–with SONY and Facebook being the most recent to cancel their participation in the Game Developers Conference. Make no mistake, these are not easy decisions as sales, marketing and promotion all surround conferences, but … Read more
