Re: Why the Office is the Worst Place to Work

2010-12-06 Thread Erika L. Rich
We find more and more to talk about as the days go by. In fact, we have MORE to talk about when we are out than we ever did. I think it comes down to personal compatibilities. Not everyone can be around their significant other 24/7. I'm lucky. We are each other's best friends and are at complete

Re: Why the Office is the Worst Place to Work

2010-12-06 Thread Vivec
Well I mean... Would you really want to be home everyday working? What if your significant other also had a similar job? You'd be together. at home. ALL. The. Time. What would you talk about when you decide to go 'out' ? I'm just saying...sometimes having to get up to actually GO to the of

RE: Why the Office is the Worst Place to Work

2010-12-06 Thread Eric Roberts
: Monday, December 06, 2010 14:56 To: cf-community Subject: Re: Why the Office is the Worst Place to Work Because you have those micro management types that still adhere to the "if I can't see em,they are not working" mentality. Funny though that in webland its obvious if you are not

Re: Why the Office is the Worst Place to Work

2010-12-06 Thread morgan l
Isn't that what those unmanned strike drones are for? On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > > Because you have those micro management types that still adhere to the "if > I > can't see em,they are not working" mentality. Funny though that in webland > its obvious if you are not w

Re: Why the Office is the Worst Place to Work

2010-12-06 Thread Bruce Sorge
Because you have those micro management types that still adhere to the "if I can't see em,they are not working" mentality. Funny though that in webland its obvious if you are not working. Either the code is there or its not. Now if there were a way for an infantryman to telecomute that would be ba

Re: Why the Office is the Worst Place to Work

2010-12-06 Thread Robert Munn
It made sense for people to sit at desks in offices in the 19th century when such work was done on paper and had to be shared in person. today, knowledge work is done almost exclusively electronically, shared electronically. why are we still going to offices everyday? Our 21st century work is bein

Why the Office is the Worst Place to Work

2010-12-06 Thread Cameron Childress
Good Ted Talk by Jason Fried of 37signals. Synopsis: Work is like sleep. If your sleep is interrupted alot you don't get good sleep. If your work is interrupted alot you don't do good work. http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/12/05/fried.office.work/index.html?hpt=sumo -Cameron ... ~~