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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Dana Sullivan Kilroy · Storify]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dana Sullivan Kilroy is a writer based in Reno, Nevada. ]]></description><link>http://storify.com/dsullyk</link><generator>NodeJS RSS Module</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 02:32:35 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://storify.com/rss/dsullyk" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Home Is Where The Work Is]]></title><description><![CDATA[<html><body><div id="storify-minimal" style="font-family: Museo Sans,Helvetica Neue,sans-serif; color: #333;"><p id="description" style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; margin-bottom: 5px;">More and more companies are finding it pays to let employees work from home. </p><p id="meta" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0; color: #999; padding-bottom: 20px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #ddd; margin-bottom: 20px;">Storified by <a href="http://storify.com/dsullyk" style="color: #429ec6;">Dana Sullivan Kilroy</a> · 
<span>Tue, May 01 2012 21:27:23</span></p><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><p style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0;"><br /></p><p style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0;">Telecommuting is becoming an increasingly popular option for employees in the United States. And a growing number of employers are willing to let their employees work from home, at least part of the time. In fact, at the most recent South by Southwest conference, some 83 percent of respondents to a survey said they work at least part time from home. Even in the current job market, there are plenty of job opportunities for people who can't -- or won't -- relocate for a new job.&nbsp;</p><div><br /></div><div>In this short podcast, Sara Fell, an entrepreneur and founder of FlexJobs, a telecommuting job marketplace, talks about what inspired her to start her company. FlexJobs is Fell's second start-up venture. <br /></div></div><div class="element video" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; width: 400px;"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JHQNfV8H-tg?wmode=transparent&amp;showinfo=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" style="display: block;"></iframe><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; padding-top: 5px;"><span>Sara Fell entrepreneur</span> · 
<a href="http://youtube.com/dsullyk2012" style="color: #429ec6;">dsullyk2012</a></div></div><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Also according to FlexJobs, telecommuting has increased by 400 percent in the last three years. Telecommuting is especially popular with entrepreneurs and people between the ages of 24 and 28:</span><br /></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2011/01/26/pf/grads_work_from_home/index.htm" title="January 26, 2011: 5:18 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Each morning 26-year old Octavia Silva gets up, showers, puts on her business clothes..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/money/2011/01/26/pf/grads_work_from_home/octavia_silva.01.jpg" alt="Younger workers find work-at-home jobs as hiring picks up - Jan. 26, 2011" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2011/01/26/pf/grads_work_from_home/index.htm" title="January 26, 2011: 5:18 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Each morning 26-year old Octavia Silva gets up, showers, puts on her business clothes..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Younger workers find work-at-home jobs as hiring picks up - Jan. 26, 2011</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">January 26, 2011: 5:18 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Each morning 26-year old Octavia Silva gets up, showers, puts on her business clothes...</div></div><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Results from a recent survey, conducted at SXSW, shows that telecommuting is on the rise. Some companies are finding that their employees are more productive if they work from home. Check out this nice infographic:</span><br /></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://mashable.com/2012/03/11/telecommuting-infographic/" title="Working from home is on the rise, and more companies are trusting their employees to be more productive in their own home offices than th..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/telecommuting-thumb-600.jpg" alt="Survey: Telecommuting Becoming More Prevalent [INFOGRAPHIC]" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://mashable.com/2012/03/11/telecommuting-infographic/" title="Working from home is on the rise, and more companies are trusting their employees to be more productive in their own home offices than th..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Survey: Telecommuting Becoming More Prevalent [INFOGRAPHIC]</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Working from home is on the rise, and more companies are trusting their employees to be more productive in their own home offices than th...</div></div><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;">More than 120,000 new freelance jobs are posted on oDesk, a platform that lists telecommuting gigs. Its competitor Elance told<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><i>Mashable</i>
  it has experienced more than 100% year-over-year growth. Both companies say about 1.5
 million contractors have registered for their sites:</div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://mashable.com/2012/03/22/odesk-elance-remote-contractors/" title="As more employers embrace telecommuting, marketplaces that connect them with remote freelance workers are taking off. These sites allow b..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/remote_worker_600.jpg" alt="Networks for Remote Contractors See Massive Growth" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://mashable.com/2012/03/22/odesk-elance-remote-contractors/" title="As more employers embrace telecommuting, marketplaces that connect them with remote freelance workers are taking off. These sites allow b..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Networks for Remote Contractors See Massive Growth</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">As more employers embrace telecommuting, marketplaces that connect them with remote freelance workers are taking off. These sites allow b...</div></div><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;">Telecommuting is not only popular in western countries. According to a recent story in TechCrunch, "Over 30 percent of 
workers in India, Mexico, and Indonesia claimed to telecommute 
regularly, and one in ten overall work from home every day."</div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/24/rising-telecommuter-numbers-worldwide-form-a-notable-trend/" title="A new poll of over 11,000 workers worldwide by Ipsos and Reuters shows that telecommuting is an increasingly popular choice, especially i..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/1acrzw.jpg?w=150" alt="TechCrunch | Rising Telecommuter Numbers Worldwide Form A Notable Trend" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/24/rising-telecommuter-numbers-worldwide-form-a-notable-trend/" title="A new poll of over 11,000 workers worldwide by Ipsos and Reuters shows that telecommuting is an increasingly popular choice, especially i..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">TechCrunch | Rising Telecommuter Numbers Worldwide Form A Notable Trend</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">A new poll of over 11,000 workers worldwide by Ipsos and Reuters shows that telecommuting is an increasingly popular choice, especially i...</div></div><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The good news for Nevadans, as this infographic shows, is that our proximity to California means telecommuting is more possible here than in regions such as the upper midwest. </span><br /></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">RT @commsource: Out of the Office:  Where are the Telecommuting Jobs?   http://bit.ly/Hbsxqs   #CRE</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/mikekushner" style="color: #429ec6;">Michael Kushner</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/mikekushner/status/187221278288121857" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Tue, Apr 03 2012 09:53:25</a></div></blockquote><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">This poll, conducted by Staples Advantage, found that respondents would give up some surprising things to telecommute, including a favorite TV show and an hour of sleep a night:</span><br /></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://mashable.com/2011/07/22/work-from-home/" title="You know those mornings when you would sell your soul to avoid the commute to work? Well, according to a recent survey, 40% of people wou..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/comphome.jpg" alt="What Would You Give Up To Work From Home? [POLL]" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://mashable.com/2011/07/22/work-from-home/" title="You know those mornings when you would sell your soul to avoid the commute to work? Well, according to a recent survey, 40% of people wou..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">What Would You Give Up To Work From Home? [POLL]</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">You know those mornings when you would sell your soul to avoid the commute to work? Well, according to a recent survey, 40% of people wou...</div></div><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Of course working from home isn't all bunny slippers and sweat pants.</span><br /></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/71443175@N00/2152775380" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/2152775380_f161a42fd4_z.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>bunny slippers</span> · 
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/71443175@N00" style="color: #429ec6;">hello-julie</a></div></div><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">There are some downsides for both employers and employees: </span><br /></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2011/12/19/working-from-home-pitfalls/" title="There's no denying that working remotely provides tremendous benefits, but more organizations are finding that virtual collaboration also..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/money/.element/img/1.0/sections/mag/fortune/covers/current_issue.jpg" alt="When working from home just doesn't work - Fortune Management" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2011/12/19/working-from-home-pitfalls/" title="There's no denying that working remotely provides tremendous benefits, but more organizations are finding that virtual collaboration also..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">When working from home just doesn't work - Fortune Management</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">There's no denying that working remotely provides tremendous benefits, but more organizations are finding that virtual collaboration also...</div></div><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">If you do ever decide to work from home, be sure to bone up on the latest tax laws so you don't get bitten by the IRS: </span><br /></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505143_162-57404945/beware-of-hidden-taxes-for-telecommuters/" title="(MoneyWatch) I'm a big fan of telework policies. As I've written many times before, they have been demonstrated to increase productivity ..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/03/26/nj-telework_175x131.jpg" alt="Beware of hidden taxes for telecommuters - CBS News" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505143_162-57404945/beware-of-hidden-taxes-for-telecommuters/" title="(MoneyWatch) I'm a big fan of telework policies. As I've written many times before, they have been demonstrated to increase productivity ..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Beware of hidden taxes for telecommuters - CBS News</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">(MoneyWatch) I'm a big fan of telework policies. As I've written many times before, they have been demonstrated to increase productivity ...</div></div><div class="footer"><img src="http://storify.com/public/img/logo.blue.small.png" alt="Powered by Storify" /></div></div><img src="http://stats.storify.com/record/view.gif?sid=4f733c4c91c65cea2839377e&amp;referer=%2F%2Fstorify.com%2Frss%2Fdsullyk" width="1" height="1" /></body></html>]]></description><link>http://storify.com/dsullyk/home-is-where-the-work-is</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storify.com/dsullyk/home-is-where-the-work-is</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dana Sullivan Kilroy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 04:27:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[California's new car seat law will save lives]]></title><description><![CDATA[<html><body><div id="storify-minimal" style="font-family: Museo Sans,Helvetica Neue,sans-serif; color: #333;"><p id="description" style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; margin-bottom: 5px;">Starting in January 2012, California's new car seat law goes into effect. Kids will be required to sit in a booster seat until age 8. http://www.ivillage.com/californias-new-booster-seat-law/6-a-389702</p><p id="meta" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0; color: #999; padding-bottom: 20px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #ddd; margin-bottom: 20px;">Storified by <a href="http://storify.com/dsullyk" style="color: #429ec6;">Dana Sullivan Kilroy</a> · 
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