Microcomputer Business Applications OAKVILLE CLASSROOM â€" 235 LAKESHORE RD. E., OAKVILLE with Young Drivers of Canada acapemy or Learninc BUSINESS DIPLOMA 338â€"6600 Oakvilie‘s Business School COCOGO Learn to Drive and Survive For Tom McCormack, proprietor of Strategic Projections, working from home is the only way to go. His day begins early, getting up at 4 or 5 a.m to spend a few hours in his office den before his family rises. After the family is outâ€"ofâ€"doors, he dresses and returns to the office. (Photo by Peter McCusker) APRIL 12, MON. & WED. EVENINGS % 6:30 P.M. â€"9:38 P.M. 4 WVEEKS APRIL 24, SATURDAYS 9:00 A.M. â€" 3:45 P.M. 4 WEEKS ~_FOCUS 8145â€"7200 | THE O AKVILLE BEAVER â€" Computers, phoneâ€"faxes, and modems allow workers to go to the office without leaving home This is work? Yes, it‘s still work but the "Hypothq environment â€" has h switched. Instead of HAVC OM C a cubbyhole at the people, 1 office, it‘s the open spaces of your own reduce re home. And it‘s a 75%, In ex, sureâ€"fire hit with the § increasing number of FOWM areas people trying it and part that‘s about 30% of ofyow Canada‘s adult workâ€" â€"â€" P force or 3.8 million people. They include lawyers, doctors, accountants, architects, consultants and writers. All these "serviceâ€"type" profesâ€" sions lend themselves to the friendly home working environment. Four Oakville residents are finding that the pathway to the future is, indeed, through the office in the house. They‘ve left their city offices behind ounding the computer between sips of coffee and gazing at the view from your back window. Wearing slippers instead of highâ€"heeled shoes. Wandering into the kitchen for a swift snack from the refrigerator. Laughing at snow storms. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1993 PAGE 11 I N slippers instead To Tom McCormack, proprietor of Wandering into Strategic Projections Inc., a company snack from the providing economic and demographic t snow storms. information for marketing research purâ€" poses, it‘s the best "Hypothetically, if you Bs he’skevher (l;ack e works hard. have one office for four busy day will $ee people, then you can him getting up at "4 or 5 a.m." and reduce real estate BY neasaing for his 75%. In expensive downâ€" office in the den to t . __ do a few hours‘ town areas, thats a blg â€"work before the part ' !! _ rest of the family ofy our overhead. awaken. He waits â€"â€" Paul Heffernan unt: they‘re out the doors before he awyers, doctors, dresses and returns to his work. Twice a consultants and _ week, he drives into Toronto after the ceâ€"type" profesâ€" â€" rush hour has died down. a and found their niches in home spaces formerly used as recreation room, bedâ€" room, den or dining room. They‘ve equipped these spaces with whatever technology they need for their work and, as far as they‘re concerned, there‘s no life like it. Byâ€"passing highway tieâ€"ups is only one of the benefits of working at home. The cost of commuting can add up to bucks in the bank, as Shelly Sanders Greer discovered. (See ‘Workers gARAH McKAY SCHELL it Soee hoh horm ho hmcaedee o page 12) MILLER REAL ESTATE LTD. Salar ï¬ypkoggt#astk%