I love being able to work remotely -and usually do. I can spend that commuting/getting ready to go into the office time to sleep in a little bit more and be more refreshed, relaxed, and focused rather than frustrated at the traffic mess that is the 880 in the morning or concerned about my appearance. Also, with many of the people that I work with not being San Jose-based and meeting via WebEx anyways, it doesn't affect that aspect of work either.

When it comes to seeing people in office, I find that with team building events (Marie Hattar wrote a great blog on that: http://blogs.cisco.com/news/how-to-build-a-happier-and-more-efficient-team/) that need to connect is addressed, and find those more effective than going into the office everyday.

Great blog, and yes, good luck to all those that are facing commute issues with the BART strike.