Issue #295 / Jun 2025

Just a couple years ago, it felt like everything was going to the cloud. Not just our computers, but also our people. Branch offices were closing. Long-distance teleconferencing was all the rage. The world was getting centralized. Virtual business culture reached a heyday during the Covid era, but the fact is, things have been growing remote for years.

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