This discussion sparked a question I've wondered about for awhile, so
I thought I'd ask the group:
How "high-touch" is the interaction design discipline?
In other words, when I build web development teams, I often find that
my back-end developers can work remotely, almost as much as they want,
as long as I have one or two local senior developers for strategy
meetings.
On the other hand, I usually need my own designer and usability folks
really close at hand, and work-at-home days for them are usually few
and far between.