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Is the Traditional Office the Least Productive Place to Work?

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Office Nomads, a coworking facility in Seattle, discusses the same topic in their blog post Negotiating Your Coworking Membership With Your Boss.  For example, the Costs and Benefits of Telecommuting are nicely described by the smart folks over at the Telework Research Network. So let's see here.  

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The Rise of Digital Nomads

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We met a lot of people who telecommute to other cities. The oDesk blog has an interesting series of videos on digital nomads. This really hit home to us on a recent trip to Portland. They do this so they can live in Portland. Obviously, a large share of independent workers are effectively teleworkers and potential digital nomads.

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Book Review: The Fifth Age of Work

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Skype, Google Hangout), as well as the decentralization and de-localization of work characterized by distributed teams, remote work, flex work and telecommuting, contract and project-based work, and the rapid growth of the coworking movement.  Evernote, Dropbox), and communication channels (e.g., And it's only $7.99

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