February 26, 2010
Meet the Father of Telecommuting
As Inc. continues its experiment in working without an office, I've had a chance to interview some fascinating people. Over the next few weeks I'm going to be posting some of these interviews, which I have been recording in my living room using Skype and a Logitech webcam.
The first is with Jack Nilles, who is known as the father of telecommuting and who coined the term back in 1973. Enjoy!
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Max Chafkin
Senior writer Max Chafkin has profiled companies such as Yelp, Zappos, Twitter, Threadless, and Tesla for the magazine. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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