Tech news links 31/05/07

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Home is where the work is

Silicon.com is conducting a home working experiment tomorrow with the whole editorial team working from home for a day.

Amongst most technology companies I encounter homeworking seems to be standard practice now. Employers have realised that people are more productive when not in the office being interrupted all the time and are more than happy to invest in Blackberry's etc.

While at Skype, our whole global PR team worked from homes dotted around the UK and US. We used Skype for free calls to one another, multi-person conferences/instant messaging and a Wiki to access documents/share information via any Web connection. I have to say the whole company walked the walk.

I was talking to employees at Civica the other day and they can work from home when they want or just bob into their nearest office if they fancy a change of scenery. I think this is important as you can get a bit of cabin fever if you work from home all the time.

The other important thing is to be disciplined in your work hours so that it doesn't eat into your home life - which can be difficult if you have colleagues in different time zones! Anyone tips for homeworkers? Or views from your office (as above)?