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By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:35:24 +0000

@Ramon: Gracias Don Jack! Me alegra que te gusta el blog: la verdad es que le dedico bastante tiempo como el de Skype, y que hay muchisimo que contar y compartir acerca del hecho de ser un “Digital Nomad”. Que bueno entonces que quedó bien! Fui a ver tu blog y me encantó! Tio, tienes una muuuy buena pluma! Bueno, eso ya lo sabia, pero ademas tienes el talento de captiva a tu audiencia. Cuando empiezo a leer uno de tus posts, no me puedo parar antes del final. Me captiva mas que leer gossips! No manches, por favor sigue compartiendo tus aventuras: son buenisimas!!

Tu fidel lector
el pirata

By: Ramon

Ramon — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:23:51 +0000

Fresh! Nicolás, eres un fresco, tío.
Contenido fresco, práctico, usable.
Excelente trabajo. Que no cese.
Gracias por compartir tu visión y experiencia.

By: montcalm

montcalm — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:15:36 +0000

@ Antoine: Hey cousin! Thanks for your input I indeed think that it would be great to have you regularly comment my telecommuting experience from your HR point of view. As you probably know, one of the major issue that slows down the development of teleworking in France (and I’d extend this to most “Latin” countries like Italy and Spain) according to analysts, is the lack of faith of employers in their employees, as in France we’re unfortunately still thinking that the latest you stay at the office, the more you work (which you know is not true). The day we’ll move to a more “result oriented” approach where only achievements are evaluated whatever means you used (aka “you worked from home and did your job quicker and better than working from the office”) then I think that telecommuting will spread to the masses (well, I’m referring to the 25% of the population which could actually work from home).
However, it is true that telecommuting 100% of your time when you were early used to working from an open space or regular office, may bring some social drawbacks, like slowly being put away from the group (“you missed the joke of the day”), miss opportunities to win a promotion or get a salary raise, get bored only working from home, or have one single mistake immediately points to the fact that you’re telecommuting…
I think we have a lot to learn from our Scandinavian and US counterparts who successfully implemented this way of improving your quality of life (and not only working!). But I’ll come back in upcoming posts, to this more social aspect for telecommuting.

By: Antoine

Antoine — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:17:27 +0000

PS : I love the picture you posted

By: Antoine

Antoine — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:16:14 +0000

Dear Cousin,
Your blog is clever and well design. As an old HR Rep’s, I would love to read comments on your experience working in a virtual office and the relationship you can create with your peers, coworkers and clients.
I am convinced that in the future, we could (or should) work virtually but in the same time I strongly beleive that nothing could replace real contacts in order to stay efficient and speed up his own career. Am I wrong? I don’t know at all, I do not have enough virtual experience.
I wish you “Bon Vent” in your up coming trip around the seas. Leave us some news and pictures.
Cheers,
Tonio.

By: montcalm

montcalm — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:44:51 +0000

@ Christian: thanks for your feedback and ideas! it’s very encouraging to see that the theme of “mobile worker” echoes among other tech lovers! I will of course dedicate some posts to the technologies and tools I daily use to make this “mobile experience” really efficient and enjoyable and share my very own experience of airline companies! Stay tuned via RSS!

By: Christian

Christian — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:08:35 +0000

I think you have chosen an excellent theme – it’s original, it’s contemporary, it’s fascinating, and a lot of people can identify themselves with it.

I am very much looking forward to hear about the tools of your trade – specifically, the technology (what gadgets and services do you use to maintain a constant presence?) and the logistics of being mobile (how do you travel? What happens when clients want to meet you?).

I really like it!!