Telecommuting Review: the Gordon Report articles from May 1998

Telecommuting Review: the Gordon Report archives from May 1998

Do you have a license to telecommute? (software licenses) (Industry Trend or Event)
May 1, 1998... A software license is, for most people, something like the tag affixed to a mattress that carries the message, "Do not remove under penalty of law"--ignored by many, laughed at by most, and not exactly something that causes us to worry about...

Placement agency teams up with shopping malls to do 'retail' recruiting.(telecommuting centers in malls) (Industry Trend or Event)
May 1, 1998... Finding, training, and retaining sales-floor employees for retail stores in shopping malls is a big challenge for most retailers--and their customers, who must cope with staff who are sometimes untrained, uninformed, or just plain unavailable....

"Earn money at home--lend us your MIPS". (millions of instructions per second)(making spare PC power available for others to use) (Technology Information)
May 1, 1998... Though we all seem to rush out to buy bigger computers with faster chips and more memory, the fact remains that most PC users don't even come close to taking full advantage of all that processing horsepower. Even if we do, it's generally for...

Alternating officing 101: a quick course on essentials.(using office space creatively) (Industry Trend or Event)
May 1, 1998... [Ed. note: We seem to be using terms like alternative officing and hoteling and team spaces very loosely today--almost as if we all actually understand and agree on what they mean. The fact is, we really don't have a common understanding of...