Sadly, 2015 was really hot. Record hot. And it set a record for breaking the record (set last year in 2014). Ouch, ouch and double ouch!. This was a wicked El Nino year. Only an El Nino year last century competes with the hottest 14 years this century. Apparently, the follow through from El Nino starting in 2015 should leave 2016 as a rather hot year. One of the best summations on the subject came…
Mercedes or Ford, a Car Costs a Lot More Than You Think – WSJ.com: Here’s the breakdown of a car expenses is about $9,000 per year: Pretty Car Chart illustration 39% is depreciation 35% is associated with the miles driven: fuel, oil, tires, etc. That’s 3/4 of the cost of a car, if you are only driving 15,000 per year. Insurance, finance charges and tag/taxes are about 10% each. Time is not included here, but…
Why Won’t Yahoo! Let Employees Work From Home? – Businessweek: Boy Mayer is gonna cause a lot of shake here with the everyone-has-to-travel-to-work policy. Apparently (Today Show) she now as a nursery set up next door to her office for her new convenience. That helps new parents, maybe, but not the ones with kids in school or those people who live a longer way from the office. But Mayer is shaking it up. There has…
Why Won’t Yahoo! Let Employees Work From Home? – Businessweek: Oh boy, Mayer is gonna cause a lot of shake up here with her everyone-has-to-travel-to-work policy. Apparently (Today Show) she now as a nursery set up next door to her office for her new convenience. That helps new parents, maybe, but not the ones with kids in school or those people who live a longer way from the office. But Mayer is shaking it up….
How Telecommuting Lets Workers Mobilize for Sustainability: “According to Gartner, this drive to mobility will become a $1 trillion market in the next four years. T” This is a great article from March ’11, but it mentions many of the key benefits and issues with telecommuting. Included in the article is: “According to Gartner, this drive to mobility will become a $1 trillion market in the next four years.” The savings from telecommuting are too…
Starbucks Etiquette: The Mobile Workplace Violators | Fox Business: The modern method of telecommuting has its ups and downs when moving the office to Starbucks. Funny rendition of the proper etiquette.:-) ‘via Blog this’
