Comments on: Will the future of work involve any travel at all? http://www.theappgap.com/will-the-future-of-work-involve-any-travel-at-all.html Apps, Strategies, and Best Practices for Web-based work Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:56:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Library clips :: A review on Teleworking / Telecommuting / Distributed Work :: June :: 2009 http://www.theappgap.com/will-the-future-of-work-involve-any-travel-at-all.html/comment-page-1#comment-37001 Library clips :: A review on Teleworking / Telecommuting / Distributed Work :: June :: 2009 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:38:27 +0000 http://www.theappgap.com/will-the-future-of-work-involve-any-travel-at-all.html#comment-37001 [...] of personal cost and time for [...] [...] of personal cost and time for [...]

]]> By: SM http://www.theappgap.com/will-the-future-of-work-involve-any-travel-at-all.html/comment-page-1#comment-18591 SM Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:18:37 +0000 http://www.theappgap.com/will-the-future-of-work-involve-any-travel-at-all.html#comment-18591 Working from home is ideal. You most likely save at least an hour a day that would be used for commuting, you are comfortable, more productive and clearly save money on lunch. I do agree that it is very isolating and lonely depending on who you are and what you do. If you are on the phone a lot during the day, not much changes, but if you constantly converse with your coworkers about work issues, then a lot will change. I strongly believe though, that if you do work from home, you need to have a social outlet during the day. Whether that's meeting people for lunch, exercise or whatever. That is where I completely agree with co-working sites like citizen space. It allows you to choose where you want to work, but still have a social environment. <a href="http://www.rofo.com" rel="nofollow">Sean Murphy, Rofo - San Francisco Office Space</a> Working from home is ideal. You most likely save at least an hour a day that would be used for commuting, you are comfortable, more productive and clearly save money on lunch. I do agree that it is very isolating and lonely depending on who you are and what you do. If you are on the phone a lot during the day, not much changes, but if you constantly converse with your coworkers about work issues, then a lot will change. I strongly believe though, that if you do work from home, you need to have a social outlet during the day. Whether that’s meeting people for lunch, exercise or whatever. That is where I completely agree with co-working sites like citizen space. It allows you to choose where you want to work, but still have a social environment.

Sean Murphy, Rofo – San Francisco Office Space

]]> By: Jim Ware http://www.theappgap.com/will-the-future-of-work-involve-any-travel-at-all.html/comment-page-1#comment-3623 Jim Ware Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:18:23 +0000 http://www.theappgap.com/will-the-future-of-work-involve-any-travel-at-all.html#comment-3623 Meryn: Thanks for your comment. My experience completely parallels yours. And I wholeheartedly endorse the idea of "co-working" facilities. There are many more of them like citizenspace springing up not only in the Bay Area but around the country. I am convinced we're seeing the very early stages of a wholesale revolution in the "landscape" of office facilities. Someday the idea of commuting to a downtown skyscraper will be as obsolete as the buggy whip. For more on that concept, see our article from a couple of years ago, "Business Community Centers," http://www.thefutureofwork.net/assets/Business_Community_Centers.pdf Thanks again. Meryn:

Thanks for your comment. My experience completely parallels yours. And I wholeheartedly endorse the idea of “co-working” facilities. There are many more of them like citizenspace springing up not only in the Bay Area but around the country. I am convinced we’re seeing the very early stages of a wholesale revolution in the “landscape” of office facilities. Someday the idea of commuting to a downtown skyscraper will be as obsolete as the buggy whip.

For more on that concept, see our article from a couple of years ago, “Business Community Centers,”

http://www.thefutureofwork.net/assets/Business_Community_Centers.pdf

Thanks again.

]]> By: Meryn Stol http://www.theappgap.com/will-the-future-of-work-involve-any-travel-at-all.html/comment-page-1#comment-3619 Meryn Stol Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:50:43 +0000 http://www.theappgap.com/will-the-future-of-work-involve-any-travel-at-all.html#comment-3619 I'm self-employed, and working from home, and I wouldn't ever consider a car commute. That said, I think traditional "telecommuting" is not the future, because it results in social isolation. I fully believe in co-working, which means you working together with others in the same room or building, but not necessarily with colleagues. That would be more of a coincidence. If there were co-working facilities in every neighborhood, it would remove the need for driving, yet keep the social aspect of the workplace. In fact, I think it would result in an enormous boom in creativity and exchange of ideas, because people from different companies will naturally engage in conversation with each other there. http://citizenspace.us/ is the prime example of a coworking space. I’m self-employed, and working from home, and I wouldn’t ever consider a car commute.
That said, I think traditional “telecommuting” is not the future, because it results in social isolation. I fully believe in co-working, which means you working together with others in the same room or building, but not necessarily with colleagues. That would be more of a coincidence. If there were co-working facilities in every neighborhood, it would remove the need for driving, yet keep the social aspect of the workplace. In fact, I think it would result in an enormous boom in creativity and exchange of ideas, because people from different companies will naturally engage in conversation with each other there.

http://citizenspace.us/ is the prime example of a coworking space.

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