I've done both the home and away working thing. When I was writing the business plan to bring Expedia to Canada back in the day, I did it alone, in the house. In fact, I was up to 3 employees before I actually got office space (cost containment and the fact that it worked for everybody). We used IM constantly, and got together at Lettieri in Yorkville a couple of times a week for a facemail catch-up and human contact. Fact is, the line between work and not-work is so hazy these days that "place" and "time" are essentially irrelevant, I think. Most work means agreeing on an outcome, and working towards getting that done on the agreed to timeline -- who cares where or when you do it. For knowledge workers anyway, hours-of-feet-under-a-desk is a silly performance indicator. - Stuart