Comments on: Welcome to the heat of summer http://www.tmarkiewicz.com/welcome-to-the-heat-of-summer/ Thoughts on technology, marketing and entrepreneurship. Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daniel Markham http://www.tmarkiewicz.com/welcome-to-the-heat-of-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-13506 Daniel Markham Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:21:36 +0000 http://www.tmarkiewicz.com/welcome-to-the-heat-of-summer/#comment-13506 Tom, There's been a lot of speculation that fast internet and low cost of living is going to move a lot of knowledge workers into the country. When the country was first founded, most folks lived as farmers in rural areas and only came to cities to sell, vote, and attend church. We may see this making a comeback. Tom,

There’s been a lot of speculation that fast internet and low cost of living is going to move a lot of knowledge workers into the country. When the country was first founded, most folks lived as farmers in rural areas and only came to cities to sell, vote, and attend church. We may see this making a comeback.

]]> By: Tom Markiewicz » 150 Cheap Places to Live http://www.tmarkiewicz.com/welcome-to-the-heat-of-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-13180 Tom Markiewicz » 150 Cheap Places to Live Tue, 18 Jul 2006 03:58:48 +0000 http://www.tmarkiewicz.com/welcome-to-the-heat-of-summer/#comment-13180 [...] As a convenient follow-up to my post earlier today, I spotted a Forbes article on Digg entitled 150 Cheap Places to Live. Rich Karlgaard writes about how knowledge workers don’t need to live in big cities anymore due to computers, broadband, mobile phones, etc. The report’s methodology includes a variety of factors and the picks are broken down into the following categories: Porch-Swing Communities (best family-friendly cities), Happy Hootervilles (best small towns), IQ Campuses (emerging centers of biotech and infotech), Steroid Cities (fast-growing, business-friendly metro areas), Bohemian Bargains (lively inner cities), and Telecommuting Heavens (where to work in your underwear). [...] [...] As a convenient follow-up to my post earlier today, I spotted a Forbes article on Digg entitled 150 Cheap Places to Live. Rich Karlgaard writes about how knowledge workers don’t need to live in big cities anymore due to computers, broadband, mobile phones, etc. The report’s methodology includes a variety of factors and the picks are broken down into the following categories: Porch-Swing Communities (best family-friendly cities), Happy Hootervilles (best small towns), IQ Campuses (emerging centers of biotech and infotech), Steroid Cities (fast-growing, business-friendly metro areas), Bohemian Bargains (lively inner cities), and Telecommuting Heavens (where to work in your underwear). [...]

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