Office nomads
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Visit any coffee shop and you'll see folks sitting around tapping on laptops and chatting on cell phones. More and more of those people are gainfully employed--and working full time ala latte and muffin. It's the new trend: nomadic working. Wireless technology makes it possible for people to communicate and work anywhere in the world, from coffee shops, to poolside. Is there an economic impact? Surely. But what is it? And what does it mean to the social dynamic of the "workplace"?
Carsten Sorenson, Professor, London School of Economics
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