Comments on: Telecommute from the Adirondacks? Yes, please!

By: Towns and Trails, Our 10 Favorite Posts from 2009 | Towns and Trails

Towns and Trails, Our 10 Favorite Posts from 2009 | Towns and Trails — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:27:18 +0000

[...] Telecommute from the Adirondacks? Yes, Please! [...]

By: Towns and Trails is moving to the Adirondacks | Towns and Trails

Towns and Trails is moving to the Adirondacks | Towns and Trails — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:56:24 +0000

[...] also very lucky to have employers who embrace the concept of telecommuting. And with the Adirondack Initiative for Wired Work underway, all of the pieces seemed to fall into [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:45:35 +0000

Thanks for the comment Bjay, and nice blog. Telecommuting efforts do indeed share a lot of the same challenges and possibilities.

I worry though that it may be awhile before a truly remote area can build a sizable base of telecommuters. In my own experience, I am finding that companies are warming up nicely to “local” work from home situations – where the employee is still within a quick drive to the office for emergencies or short notice meetings. But that true full time telecommuting, which can take place from a distance, is more rare and takes a unique job/situation.

With the efforts of folks like you, and the Adirondack Initiative, I hope this continues to change.

By: Study: Adirondacks Need Broadband | Towns and Trails

Study: Adirondacks Need Broadband | Towns and Trails — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:45:26 +0000

[...] This story also lines up nicely with recent efforts from the Adirondack Initiative for Wired Work. [...]

By: Bjay

Bjay — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:50:23 +0000

I like it! I live in a very different area – dry desert, prickly cactus, intense heat. But the area is magical.

I recently made a suggestion to our downtown planners to try something like this: http://tucsoncitizen.com/bjays/2009/08/04/advice-to-rio-nuevo-wake-up-and-smell-the-telecommuters/

I’ll be watching this with interest!