Twitter Updates for 2007-11-21

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  • Nope not on Amazon either. Time to pay the Swedes a visit at the Pirate Bay. Sorry RIAA - you fail again. #

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  • Quote of the day: The Internet: Where the men are men, the women are men, and the children are FBI agents. (Saw in guild chat in Eve Online) #

  • Best Mac Ad Ever: http://www.cnet.com/windows-vista.html #

  • @Ihnatko Woot! #

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  • @CalgaryGuru I'm jealous of you & your snow. #

  • @Webguy2k sssshhhhhh #

  • Smith Mountain Lake here I come! #

  • On the road for the next 4 hours driving home to the lake. #

Telecommuters Are Happier And Less Stressed, So AT&T Sends Them Back To Their Cubicles

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With gas prices on the rise, telecommuting has encountered renewed enthusiasm lately. With that enthusiasm comes, of course, continued debate as to whether or not telecommuting is more or less productive. Well, the latest study (which is actually an analysis of 46 other studies) finds that telecommuters are happier, less stressful, and have better work-family balance. The study found that telecommuters did not hamper relationships, nor did it artificially stunt career development. According to the study, the number of people who telecommute at least once a month has increased 60 percent in the last few years. These findings really should not be much of a surprise. As more and more employers adapt to the growing numbers of telecommuters, the disadvantages once attributed to the rogue road warriors fade away. So, coupled with the time savings and environmental benefits, it seems that telecommuting is a win-win situation that is here to stay, especially as more and more homes add broadband. That said, it's slightly ironic that as a result of the SBC, AT&T and BellSouth mergers, as many as 12,000 AT&T telecommuters are being recalled to their home offices. If telecommuting increases morale, then it makes sense that the converse is true, and AT&T is about to find that out the hard way. d=20071121/002335&op=sharethis">Email This Story

(Via Techdirt.)