Telecommuting Review: the Gordon Report articles from July 1993

Telecommuting Review: the Gordon Report archives from July 1993

Japan symposium promotes telecommuting an "tele-everything"; future telecommuting growth uncertain. (Jun 11, 1993, Telecom-Ecolife Symposium in Tokyo)
July 1, 1993... More than 150 business and government executives attended a symposium on June 11 in Tokyo to learn about the possible role of telecommuting and other tele-substitution methods to help reduce travel and thereby reduce pollution. This...

UK-based Telecottage Association is formally launched.
July 1, 1993... The Telecottage Association that was briefly mentioned in the 2/93 TR shortly after its inception recently had its formal start-up and is now actively soliciting members and planning its activities. Alan Denbigh wrote me to say that "our roots...

Document signing at a distance is latest remote-work innovation. (the TeleSignature 2000 turnkey system from SDB Systems Inc.) (Product and Service News)
July 1, 1993... NOTE TO READERS: This section includes general information on products and services that facilitate or are relevant to remote work. Any products and services mentioned by name are not being endorsed or recommended by Telecommuting Review. ...

Big-screen whiteboard for long-distance link-ups. (LiveBoard system from Xerox Group Communications) (Product and Service News) (Product Announcement)
July 1, 1993... We've seen an evolution in display and writing surfaces in offices. First we had the blackboard with chalk, then we had the flip chart pad of paper and markers, then we had the dry-erase whiteboards, then we had the electronic whiteboards that...

Washington conference on telecommuting centers draws well. (June 28-29, 1993, conference organized by the General Services Administration)
July 1, 1993... As a sign of the growing interest in telecommuting centers and satellite offices, a June 28-29 conference for Federal and local government agencies in the Washington, DC area drew more than 150 attendees. The purpose of the conference was to...

US transportation-telecommuting study is available. (the Department of Transportation's Transportation Implications of Telecommuting) (Traffic and Transportation)
July 1, 1993... The long-awaited study conducted by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on the transportation effects of telecommuting was released in early May. Sorry for not bringing it to your attention sooner, but I hadn't had the time to read it...

Study sheds new light on characteristics of home business owners and telecommuters. (Joanne H. Pratt Assoc. study conducted for the Small Business Administration) (Telecommuting by the Numbers: Research Roundup)
July 1, 1993... 1. Study sheds new light on characteristics of home business owners and telecommuters Contrary what many people believe (and the media often reports), a new study sponsored by the Small Business Administration (SBA) shows that people who...

Telecommuting trainers sought for California project. (the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California at Davis seeks trainers for a neighborhood telecenters program)
July 1, 1993... The program to establish as many as twelve residential-area-based telecenters throughout California is moving ahead [see 9/92 and 10/92 TR for background]. Dave Fleming, who directs the program from the Institute of Transportation Studies at...