Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Teleworking

As a child, in the 1960s, I was told that in the 21st Century we'd all be wearing those shiny one-piece suits and that going to the Moon for a short break would be pretty routine.

It hasn't turned out quite like that, has it?

Another more recent prediction was that large numbers of us would be teleworking, but judging from the large volume of traffic I pass heading towards Newbury (I live in Newbury) on my way to Thatcham in the morning, that isn't happening either. I can think of lots of good reasons for that, but it does strike me that if we could at least use technology to shift the times of our journeys slightly we could reduce the loads on our roads and public transport systems quite a lot.

Perhaps Thatcham needs one of these - What do you think? There are lots of possible variations on this theme, try Googling telework centre to find out more.