Let me offer an illustration. One day, I and two other editors were to have a meeting with an outside vendor. The fact that I was in another state didn't stop us. While they met together at the office, I joined in the discussion over the phone and followed the presentation online by pointing my Web browser to the vendor's Internet site. E-mail kept me totally in touch with my workplace and job contacts.
Some employees go to the office a few days per week, others work solely from home.
Among the mutual rewards cited by consultants are higher worker morale and lower office operating costs. In my case, telecommuting came in handy during a personal emergency. On the Web is a weekly column on issues and topics that will help you become a better informed, more adept Web traveler. You can review an archive of previous columns. Or check out Meddis' background and how he arrived in cyberspace.