Telecommuting Review: the Gordon Report articles from February 1997

Telecommuting Review: the Gordon Report archives from February 1997

Cautions against 'cyber-taxes' issued. (taxing electronic commerce over the Internet) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
February 1, 1997... Asking a tax agency if a certain economic activity is subject to taxation is like asking a hungry shark if he's interested in eating. Thus, it is perhaps no surprise that taxation authorities are being tempted to impose sales and other taxes...

California's telebusiness centers: a big letdown. (Industry Trend or Event)
February 1, 1997... [Ed. note: I really wanted this story to come out differently. While I have made no secret of my skepticism about the role and value of telecommuting centers overall and in the U.S. in particular, I was hoping I'd be proved wrong and that we'd...

Resource-reservation software available for hoteling and other purposes. (V Technologies International's 3V) (Product Information)
February 1, 1997... If your organization is implementing some kind of office-sharing as part of a telecommuting or virtual office program, you'll quickly learn that the logistics of managing shared space can be troublesome. It's probably possible to assign space,...

How much would you pay for free money? (Coinstar coin counting machines) (Company Business and Marketing)
February 1, 1997... As I was wheeling my shopping cart full of groceries out of the store recently, I spotted an unusual machine near the door. At first glance it looked like a game machine from a video arcade--it was bright green, with fancy graphics on its...

Video interviews possible tool for remote hiring. (Industry Trend or Event)
February 1, 1997... This is an article about retro-technology. I realize that real-time videoconferencing is in many ways a much better solution for the problem I'm going to describe, but there's something appealing about this less-complex, and less-costly,...