Telemedicine: Its Future Beckons
Comments from Jack Nilles. Way back in the distant past, the early 1970s, as I was trying to focus my thoughts on telecommuting, telemedicine kept appearing as one of the options. Assessing the future...
View ArticleIBM retreats to 20th century, drops telecommuters
Comments from Jack Nilles. IBM has decided to call in all its telecommuters; not necessarily a wise move. The post IBM retreats to 20th century, drops telecommuters appeared first on JALA Thoughts.
View ArticleReverse telecommuting and Urban Centers
Comments from Jack Nilles. It may be time for dome reverse telecommuting in urban centers. The post Reverse telecommuting and Urban Centers appeared first on JALA Thoughts.
View ArticleThoughts on telework versus transportation
Comments from Jack Nilles. Telework versus transportation: for the past four decades much of my work on telework and its telecommuting subset has been on demonstrating the relative advantages and...
View ArticleTelework and telepolitics in Catalonia
Comments from Jack Nilles. Events in Catalonia are turning telework into telepolitics. The post Telework and telepolitics in Catalonia appeared first on JALA Thoughts.
View ArticleLocation independence 2.0
Telework/telecommuting has always been based on the concept of location independence: the idea that some jobs/tasks are independent of where they are performed. Our mantra has been to move the work to...
View ArticleEmployees or contractors?
In the past I have usually discussed telework in terms of employees rather than contractors who work for an organization. On 30 April 2018 the California Supreme Court made the following distinction:...
View ArticleTelecommuting: what’s in a name?
Development of Policy on the Telecommunications-Transportation Tradeoff: that’s what we called our research project at the University of Southern California, funded by the National Science Foundation...
View ArticleSome not so ancient history of telecommuting
A link to a presentation about telecommuting in the early 1990s. The post Some not so ancient history of telecommuting appeared first on JALA Thoughts.
View ArticleOnward to 2019!
After a very tumultuous year I want to wish you a very happy, satisfying and productive next year — and thereafter. Onward to 2019. Here are some things to think about for the new year. Employers If...
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