Forbes:

For example, a US Census Bureau survey reveals that one-third of all American workers and half of all so-called “information workers” are able to work from home, and that 98% would like the option of working from home for the rest of their career. Nearly two-thirds of candidates say that whether a company offers alternative work locations (home or office) is a key consideration when choosing a job.

On the other side of the equation, companies are managing to save about $11,000 annually for every employee who works from home approximately half the time. For employees, the change translates into savings of between $2,500 and $4,000 annually if they work from home half the time, and even more if they decide to move to less expensive areas or if they decide to work from home most of the time.

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Pikaso:

A while ago we received a request from one of our users who was looking for a way to screenshot all Donald Trump tweets. We realized that’s a good opportunity to put Pikaso into test and see if it can perform such a task without any problems. It went smoothly and there was only an issue with one of his tweets which included a deleted image.

Today, we are releasing the resulting files to the public. This archive contains screenshots of 43,475 Donald Trump tweets from May 2009 to May 2020. Whether you are pro- or anti- Trump, this is an important part of Internet history that we believe should be preserved.

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Timothy Aveni, utvecklare på Facebook, har fått nog. Han är sannolikt inte den ende:

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Apropå Twitter, Facebook, med flera och deras beslut att låta sina anställda jobba hemma rekommenderar jag Jason Frieds klassiska föreläsning på TED om varför kontor är en nästintill skottsäker uppfinning för att se till att anställda inte får ett jota gjort på kontoret:

Jason Fried och David Heinemeier Hansson har skrivit flera böcker om den moderna arbetsplatsen. De rekommenderas varmt.

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Inte vansinnigt överraskande: den aningen tvivelaktiga videochattjänsten Zoom har köpt Keybase:

This acquisition marks a key step for Zoom as we attempt to accomplish the creation of a truly private video communications platform that can scale to hundreds of millions of participants, while also having the flexibility to support Zoom’s wide variety of uses.

Our goal is to provide the most privacy possible for every use case, while also balancing the needs of our users and our commitment to preventing harmful behavior on our platform. Keybase’s experienced team will be a critical part of this mission.

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