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By Toni Kistner
Network World Fusion, 12/15/04

When I need an historical perspective, a California perspective, or both, I often go to Jack Nilles, the father of telework, the guy who coined the term.

Jack, who's been lurking around my blog, just let me know he's posted a photo of the original telecommuting feasibility report his USC research team made to the National Science Foundation in 1974. The year I turned 10 and Six Flags opened its Wild Safari theme park in Jackson, New Jersey...

Here's the link to "Telecommunications/Transportation Tradeoffs."

http://www.jala.com/T3_report_photo.php

Just one question, though: Why does the report look like it was printed on a brown paper bag?

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