I strongly agree with telework. I have been doing it for the past 8 years for a Fortune 100 company. Its actually because i spend about 50% time on the road, and my real office is across town, so working from home when I need to do office work makes a huge difference. There are a great many biases and prejudices around telework. Try going to a cocktail party and say "oh I work from home" people react as if you said "oh, I collect roadkill for fun and profit"

One point that was not mentioned above, is that the technology infrastructure is emerging to truly support telework, and make it more seamless with regular office work. It's called Unified Communications i.e. voice, data & video, over wireline and wireless, to laptops, handhelds & office systems. All the big vendors - Microsoft Oracle, IBM, Cisco, Avaya, HP, RIM, (even Apple) are touting it. It will take 5 years or more for this to really take hold. It's not just that people will be sitting at a desk at home, but that they will be mobile - in the car, in the airport, on the bus or subway, and still be productive.

I personally think the killer app will be video. When making a video call becomes as easy as picking up the phone, we will have arrived. We are a visual species, and we love to look at other peoples faces.