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New ways of working, new opportunity for cities
Posted by Kristian Buschmann on September 10, 2008 |
For telecommuters, working at home is isolating, and Starbucks isn't cutting it for doing real business. "Sometimes that's great, but if you're on a business call and the cappuccino machine goes off in the background, it can be a distraction," says Jeff Kubarych, a co-founder of Soundview Coworking. There are many business models catering to this new way of working, as one would expect, but there is a lot more that cities could do to tap into the energy of these "lonely workers." Imagine a city-wide initiative that helps telecommuters work faster and smarter, and facilitates connections between them. See the full Chicago Tribune article here.