Telecommuting Review: the Gordon Report articles from October 1998

Telecommuting Review: the Gordon Report archives from October 1998

(Tele)Commuting and Unemployment Payments: Doing Work vs. Going to Work.(Industry Trend or Event)
October 1, 1998... SUMMARY: A recent case involving a Vermont woman gives us another example of how the regulations that worked well a decade or two ago no longer make sense. After being laid off from her telecommuting job, she received unemployment benefits only...

Nortel Links Web-Based Document Sharing and Audio Conferencing in New Collaboration Product; Other Market Entries Also Noted.(Nortel Internet Conferencing, AT&T Just4Me Project service and HipBONE Software's Co-Navigator Service)(Company Business and Marketing)
October 1, 1998... SUMMARY: Slowly but surely, vendors are working to turn the Web into a true business tool and not just a one-way information source. Nortel, drawing on its broad telephony expertise, has just announced a product that enables multiple users to...

Travel Agency Says "Don't Travel--Teleconference".(Rosenbluth International, videoconferencing suite vendor TeleSuite)(Company Business and Marketing)
October 1, 1998... SUMMARY: In a remarkable example of how technology changes traditional business models, Rosenbluth International formed an alliance with TeleSuite Corporation, a provider of upscale videoconferencing suites. Rosenbluth now offers its corporate...

Wasted Recruitment Advertising (Part II).(Tiffany's classified ad for telecommuters)(Company Operations)
October 1, 1998... SUMMARY: Here's another example of how a well-known company spent a lot of money to run a telecommuting-based recruitment ad that (in my view) falls far short of its objective and thus is not likely to yield a good return on the expense. ...

Will We Now Say "Here's Your Computer, Modern, and Prozac--Start Telecommuting"?(Carnegie Mellon research project of Internet's impact on users)(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
October 1, 1998... SUMMARY: According to a recent research report, it's possible that Internet use can make us "socially isolated, lonely and depressed." What's interesting about the research is not only the findings, but the way the media treated this story....

If You Think "Telecommuting" vs. "Telework" Is Confusing ...
October 1, 1998... SUMMARY: This essay by Michael Quinion explores the evolution and many uses of the prefix "tele"--known to us, of course, in its role in telework and telecommuting. But there's much, much more involved than just working at a distance. You'll...