Re: On Working Remotely

2011-12-06 Thread Joe Loiacono
Beware the office with an Internet connection too: http://xkcd.com/862/ Don't forget to 'mouseover' the graphic. Joe William Herrin wrote on 12/05/2011 11:20:04 PM: > 3. Beware tracking hours. Try to select work which is goal and > deadline based. Your supervisor won't see you in your seat; h

Re: On Working Remotely

2011-12-05 Thread Landon Stewart
This thread reminded me of a The Oatmeal comic I saw not too long ago. This explains the *good* and *horrible* about working from home. http://theoatmeal.com/comics/working_home -- Landon Stewart Manager of Systems and Engineering Superb Internet Corp - 888-354-6128 x 4199 Web hosting and more

Re: On Working Remotely

2011-12-05 Thread Mark Tinka
On Tuesday, December 06, 2011 06:25:11 AM Jack Bates wrote: > Being a forced office worker, I can honestly say that I > still get more done at home at night than I do during > the day at the office. I'm most productive when I have > scheduled maintenance, as I'm permitted to sleep in, > which puts

Re: On Working Remotely

2011-12-05 Thread William Herrin
I teleworked for a few years back in the '90s. I would share a couple of thoughts: 1. You have to have the disposition for it. For a coder, you have to be the kind of person who sits down at a computer and writes code, just because. If it would "require discipline" for you to work from a home offi

Re: On Working Remotely

2011-12-05 Thread Justin M. Streiner
On Mon, 5 Dec 2011, David Radcliffe wrote: I do have to say to anyone planning to work from home, make sure you have a proper work space. I have a computer room. It contains a dozen systems, electronics gear and parts (I used to have time for that hobby), and comfortable and ergonomic work spa

Re: On Working Remotely

2011-12-05 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - > From: bmann...@vacation.karoshi.com > the problem w/ working from home is that not everyone appreciates "Those > Darned Accordians" or "Insane Clown Posse" or "Donny and Marie Osmand" at > 0330 local cranked up to 11... Nope, Manning; sorry: if you're gonna cop to D

Re: On Working Remotely

2011-12-05 Thread Jack Bates
On 12/5/2011 11:00 AM, David Radcliffe wrote: I know many people who can work as you and we all adjust to our setting. I just also know people who gravitate to their distractions and need the wall to define work. It's best for me even though I will work as effectively at midnight as in the midd

Re: On Working Remotely

2011-12-05 Thread bmanning
the problem w/ working from home is that not everyone appreciates "Those Darned Accordians" or "Insane Clown Posse" or "Donny and Marie Osmand" at 0330 local cranked up to 11... Much easier to pull off in a remote, mostly empty office building. And no one complains about my singing off key. /

Re: On Working Remotely

2011-12-05 Thread David Radcliffe
I know many people who can work as you and we all adjust to our setting. I just also know people who gravitate to their distractions and need the wall to define work. It's best for me even though I will work as effectively at midnight as in the middle of the day. I have to say I am impressed.

Re: On Working Remotely

2011-12-05 Thread David Radcliffe
Yes, it is easier (I think) if you have the space to dedicate a work room. My game system is in my computer room but I only game twice a week and only with my friends. I have no doubt I might be diagnosed with a little OCD (or something) but Q: Game? A: It's not Wednesday night. Q: But you co

Re: On Working Remotely

2011-12-05 Thread Bill Blackford
Reading this thread, is encouraging to me. My whole team are remote workers and for myself, I've asked to maintain a cube in a nearby POP. I have small ones at home who don't understand why dad can't be as available to them as they wish. For me, I can't focus well with these kind of distractions es

Re: On Working Remotely

2011-12-05 Thread Justin Wilson
I have been working from my home on a regular basis for almost 4 years now. I visit clients and routinely travel for projects. However, I work 80% out of my home office. I have instant messenger for clients who want to ask a quick question. Sometimes we just end up chewing the fat, which is a ni

Re: On Working Remotely

2011-12-05 Thread Jan Schaumann
David Radcliffe wrote: > I do have to say to anyone planning to work from home, make sure you have a > proper work space. For whatever it's worth: I have been working from home for the last 3.5 years. I live in Manhattan in a one-bedroom with a 4 year and now a 2 months old daughter, meaning

Re: On Working Remotely

2011-12-05 Thread Sean Harlow
I can not agree with this more. I have been working from home for two years now and unfortunately live in a small apartment where I do not have a dedicated space to assign for "work". My "workstation" is also my gaming machine and my servers sit right next to my game consoles. It's impossible

Re: On Working Remotely

2011-12-05 Thread Michael Thomas
What the heck... I've been working on a project for the last three years at home and mostly by myself. It has been one of the more productive times of my life codingwise precisely because I am at home and can juggle life's responsibilities as needed all without really having one. When you go into

Re: On Working Remotely

2011-12-05 Thread David Radcliffe
Same here. I like isolation just fine and work much more productively and usually for a longer time at home. I don't have kids and my wife has learned when she is home if I say I will be working, don't bother me. It actually works quite well. I like socializing but not when my mind is on wor

RE: On Working Remotely

2011-12-04 Thread Leigh Porter
This pretty much says it all, I think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co_DNpTMKXk -- Leigh > -Original Message- > From: Keegan Holley [mailto:keegan.hol...@sungard.com] > Sent: 04 December 2011 18:50 > To: Jay Ashworth > Cc: NANOG > Subject: Re: On Working Remotely &

Re: On Working Remotely

2011-12-04 Thread Keegan Holley
Maybe I have a different personality, but I find it much easier to work from home (provided home is empty). I think "networking" from home, which I do periodically during the week is different from coding from home which I do on the weekends. It does take some getting used to. I find I'm much mo