How many telecommuters are there now?
Comments from . Those who wish to find an unimpeachable estimate of the telecommuters in the US these days have a problem. For example, my own forecast of the number of US teleworkers (mostly...
View ArticleTelecommuting circa 1985
Comments from . I recently came across one of the orientation manuals we used in the mid-1980s. Its purpose was to explain telecommuting to prospective telecommuters. It’s interesting to see what, if...
View ArticleTransit Troubles — again
Comments from Jack Nilles. In the January 27, 2016 issue of the Los Angeles Times, the front page headline was: Billions spent, but fewer people are using public transportation in Southern California...
View ArticleThe tide is rising
Comments from Jack Nilles. The telecommuting tide is rising steadily as more options become readily available. The post The tide is rising appeared first on JALA Thoughts.
View ArticleMillennials to the rescue?
Comments from Jack Nilles. When my research team first started working on telecommuting in the mid-1970s there was no such term as "millennials". Now it seems that millennials may have a large part in...
View ArticleLaila Padorr Nilles, the Mother of Telecommuting
Comments from Jack Nilles. Laila Padorr Nilles, in memoriam The post Laila Padorr Nilles, the Mother of Telecommuting appeared first on JALA Thoughts.
View ArticleWhat is the optimal amount of telecommuting?
Comments from Jack Nilles. When we first started research on telecommuting in 1973 our focus was on whether telecommuting was practical in the real world, never mind the optimal amount of...
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 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 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.
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