Internet telecommuting will become commonplace within larger businesses as groupware enables management and professional employees to achieve “virtual proximity” while working at home part-time.
Predictor: Crisci, Paul
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article he wrote for Red Herring, Paul Crisci writes:”Telecommuting is another potential business-to-consumer killer app, as anyone can (try to) sell their services to other parties over the Internet. Already a way of life for millions of independent professionals, Internet telecommuting will become commonplace within larger businesses as groupware enables management and professional employees to achieve ‘virtual proximity’ while working at home part-time.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Economic structures
Subtopic: Telecommuting
Name of publication: Red Herring
Title, headline, chapter name: The Internet Is Much More Than An Information Highway
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.redherring.com/mag/issue25/more.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Stotler, Larry