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The best thing about being a foreign correspondent is not having to commute to the office every day, attend dreary meetings, dress soberly, and generally get distracted from the nitty-gritty of doing the job. The worse thing is being out of touch with colleagues at head office, with little say over how your stories are treated. But if you can handle the patchy feedback and total lack of control, the freedom pays dividends in productivity and sheer job satisfaction.

Via Economist.com.

Calgary dials up support for telework revolution

Calgary has an application for funding before Transport Canada to embark on an ambitious project that would promote the telework concept throughout the city and the region, the Herald has learned.

Via Calgary Herald

FlexJobs.com – The world’s largest telecommuting job site?

According to FlexJobs.com their service is the best place to find current, hand-screened, and legitimate telecommuting jobs on the web today. The site describes flextime as the ability to work hours convenient to your situation. This may mean being creative with your scheduled work hours, being able to telecommute, or changing the number of hours you work per week. Steve

Employees Use ‘Teleworking’ Centers To Cut Commutes

Rather than commute into Toronto, SuiteWorks in Barrie Ontario provides on demand workspaces, meeting rooms and business services for today’s mobile workforce. Let’s take this idea one step further and move telework jobs into Northern Ontario homes. Steve

With gas now well over four dollars a gallon, driving to work is getting expensive and many Americans are looking for cheaper ways to commute.

That’s sparked new interest in telework…working at another office that’s closer to your home.

WOAI.COM: San Antonio News.