Monday April 04, 2005
Monday April 04, 2005 I just received an email in which the sender said that if we agreed to support either version then her argument about why we had to use a particular version was a mute point. I always thought that the phrase was moot point. So I looked it up and found an interesting description of how the phrase has evolved here.
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Saturday April 02, 2005 Sun's iWork program includes a Work from Home component which we continue to expand around the world. Rolling out WFH in so many
diverse countries, with cultural, legal, tax, and logistics issues worked through, is a major accomplishment. Congratulations
to the great team who made this happen. So far the program is available in the folowing countries:
Canada
United States
Belgium
Denmark
Egypt
Finland
France
Greece
Ireland
Israel
Kazakhstan
Netherlands
Norway
Saudi Arabia
Scotland
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Wales
Northern Ireland
England
Japan
Singapore
South Korea
Hong Kong
A very interesting tidbit As I finished reading this posting all I could say was that's fascinating. (2005-04-02 16:56:25.0) Permalink
Friday April 01, 2005 If you want to read a really great Sun partner blog I highly recommend Jaime Cardoso's weblog. Jaime works for the biggest Sun reseller in Portugal. I was going to comment on his great response to my posting on working from home. But Jaime is getting married soon and I just read the posting he did on weddings, women and colors. You have to read it!! and especially read the comments. I love what his brilliant fiancee Luz said comparing getting married to what it is like to move from Windows to SunRay and JDS.
When I read the comments to Jaime's post about iWork it moves Portugal to the top of my list of places I want to visit.
(2005-04-01 14:53:35.0) Permalink Comments [1]Reversing the move to the city
Stephen O'Grady of Red Monk wrote a great post Thursday titled Home is where the Work is. I'm not just saying that because he had nice things to say about my Work from Home post last Thursday. He posed what is to me a very interesting question; "what impact might widespread mobile workers have on the current population distribution patterns. Meaning, is there the possibility for a slight reversal of the the Industrial Revolution pattern of "move to the city? " "
My initial answer to his question was absolutely yes, but although I believe people will move to where they want to live I am not sure it will be away from the city. Anecdotally I can think of several people I work with who have moved out of the San Francisco Bay area. My boss moved to the central coast, (His house was in the background of one of the scenes in the movie Sideways) Another co-worker bought a house outside of Sacramento, one of the best iWork IT people I know lives outside of Washington DC, and the person who runs our work from home program lives in Atlanta. The interesting point about all these people is that although they don't choose to live in the San Francisco bay area I am not sure they have given up the city. I know my husband and I have discussed the possibility. I think I'll do an informal poll and let you know what I learn. What do other people who work from home think? Have you moved away from the city?
By the way, I really enjoy the discussion aspect of blogging. Thanks for the link Stephen.
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