DOROTHY WAS ON TO SOMETHING.

Working from home is normal.  It's natrual and most people even if they go to a physical office, still work when they are back at home.

For remote workers who work from home the enterprise is very different. I thought I would post a few items that are on my mind.

1. When you are a remote knowledge worker that is home based, You are always at work.
2. I seldom take regular showers.
3. Turning on the skype camera can be a career killer.
4. Conference calls in the nude are allowed.
5. Dogs barking while you are on a conference call IS normal in 2011, don't apologize for it.
6. Twitter becomes the extended cube visits you don’t get to be a part of.
7. Our version of lunch with coworkers is watching youtube or catching up on blogs we like.
8. If you ask me, Do you have time, and I say sure, it doesn’t mean, I have nothing to do, it means you are important enough for me to move that period of time around to meet with you.
9. When I come to the office to visit, seriously, I’m there to visit and not work.
10. When possible, call me, don’t email.  I really need to hear other people’s voices.