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Nine hour commute

Filed under: News — Mike at 1:05 am on Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Owen Kelly commutes between Dubai where he works as a consultant and his home in Sydney.

Though, unlike Kelly, the “overseas commuter” will base themselves in one country and commute back to their native land only when necessary for work. The emergence of the trend will be firmly established by 2016.

From CNN

Taking your laptop on vacation

Filed under: News — Mike at 5:54 pm on Tuesday, July 4, 2006

More and more people cannot go on vacation without taking their laptop with them. According to a recent survey, rather than doing work on their laptops, people are using them for personal use.

The most popular uses are personal e-mail at 79%, entertainment (movies, internet, etc) at 60%, and vacation planning at 48%.