I saw an interesting line chart recently that showed the number of telecommuters declining. The first thought is that this seems surprising. Technology is getting better and we can do more and more all the time on our mobile phones. Why would people be doing less telecommuting? I'm lucky enough that I can work from home occasionally, and usually try to do so once a week. The conveniences are largely to my personal life: it instantly saves me at least an hour and a half of the day by cutting out my commute, I can start my work day earlier, my home computer is faster than the one I have at home, and I can get small household chores done. It's really nice, a definite advantage, and I don't feel that there's any productivity loss. But I can also say that there are definitely ways that telecommuting still doesn't match the office experience. Here's three ways: Conference calls are still lacking and are no substitute for a conversation. I've said bef...
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