That is why when you start working from home you need to set up an "office". Whether it is an actual separate room or at least an area where you have your work stuff. I have found it to be helpful to keep that area clear of non work related stuff. There are several other key things to do when working from home... Follow the same routine that you would when you physically go to work. Get dressed. Get some coffee (or your normal morning drink and/or some breakfast). As a side note, I find that on the days I work from home I eat breakfast more often and I choose more healthy breakfast foods. Working from home takes some discipline but I find that when I do work from home I get more work done as there are not so many "walk-up". Ie, co-workers stopping to chat and/or co-workers using me as their reference guide for their current client issue.
In my current position it could be done 100% from anywhere there is a broadband link and cell phone reception. I only telework two days a week as I still like to show my face in the office. There are also some meetings that we have that I like to have a physical presence at as well. It is much more effective IMO when you are making an "angry face" in a meeting then when you do it over the phone. Granted you can learn how to voice your anger at your project possibly being under funded or whatever but it is easier to show your emotions physically then verbally.
(I prefer telework to telecommute as it puts the emphasis on "work", instead of a side benefit of not having to commute).
For more information on telework and proposing it to your boss/company check out this link. http://www.telecommute.org/telework/1999wor kshop3. htm
It was dark, but only when I turned my G2
Nitrolon off.
Seriously though...
I enjoyed the time away from the computer as we visited with neighbors and
enjoyed the cool-ness of the basement (finished) when in the house.
Interesting to hear about how people starting panicking after only 12 hours of
being without power. Looting was minimal though, which was pleasantly surprising
for the area we live in.
I think if the blackout had lasted much longer it would have gotten worse...
since the average person does not keep enough food/supplies in their house to
survive for more then a few days.
Detroit, Michigan's roads are worse then PA roads. Michigan's roads in general are okay, slightly better then PA's but Detroit's roads have potholes where the rebar is sticking out, children are sometimes lost in them and even once a SMART bus swallowed by one.
In all seriousness, I'd love a chance to really try out a tazer, even if it involved getting mugged. Really.
At least let them get the word "wallet" or "money" out before you Tazer them... would be pretty bad if they were just asking for directions or the time and since you were so excited to get your Tazer onto them you did not let them finish their request.
That is the same reason that Detroit does not have any real form of public transportation. The home of the Big 3 (Ford, GM, Diamler-Chrysler) would not have it any other way.
Although, it is ironic, out of all the places I have lived: TN, NH, PA, MI... Detroit (Motor City), Michigan roads are the worst.
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For those who haven't figured out the name by now, a bedouins are nomads who live in Israel.
What does this have to do with my comment you moron? Nothing, absolutely positively nothing. I think that the/. community by and large knows what a Bedouin is and if they didn't they would know where to look the word up.
I stuck a desk chair in a dufflebag: ooh, I'm challenging conventional assumptions about deskchairs and suggesting new architectures for office furniture based on blah blah blah... I'm subversive and confrontational!
...and a absolute moron.
Sure radio/television solved problems... were those problems the main reason they were invented?
A small part for TV and a larger part for Radio possibly but they were not the only reason they were invented.
Someone didn't say, "Gee I really think we need to be able to communicate with millions of people over vast distances using soundwaves and electricity..." They started out wondering if they could do X by creating a new technology (eg, transfer sound through the air)
The ability to create technology for its own sake is only pointless if you can't find a way to use it productively.
If people did not figure out that they could use wireless telegraphy to communicate over many miles, then the invention and/or doscovery of that technology would have been pointless.
People will find a use for the above mentioned wireless backpack just like they find a use for the Nokia N-gage.
I can see this being used extensively in the military, given a good amount of range it would allow for the exchange of real-time video (w/ added wearable cam), so in combination to the new Microdrone Spy Planes that would give you a bird's eye view you would also have a soldier's eye view... which in my opinion adds a much needed dimension to the REMF commander's decision making process.
I have always preferred the FPS to the top down RTS when killing the natives. /sarcasm
What the hell does this mean? Sounds like a bunch of buzzwords thrown together about a project nobody wants that solves a problem that doesn't exist.
I guess you could also say the same thing about the Television or the Radio... there wasn't really a problem to be solved but someone designed a "machine" that would allow for the dissemination of information to a vast number of the populace. Granted TV/Radio hardly ever disseminates true information anymore...
Point being, just because there isn't a "problem to be solved" does not mean that the new technology will not be used by millions of people one day.
We all know from previous posts on/. that "techsupport for friends and family" can get ugly especially when a friend/family member blames you for everything that goes wrong with their computer when alls you did for them was change their monitor resolution.
If you are doing this on a house-call basis, how do you let your customers know what you will and what you won't fix/be responsible for, etc?
LLC? Have your customer(s) sign a waiver?
I think that if I was to do this type of work on a full-time basis I would incorporate myself or obtain a LLC (limited license corporation) so that a litigious customer would not be able to come after all I own.
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That is why when you start working from home you need to set up an "office". Whether it is an actual separate room or at least an area where you have your work stuff. I have found it to be helpful to keep that area clear of non work related stuff.
r kshop3. htm
There are several other key things to do when working from home...
Follow the same routine that you would when you physically go to work.
Get dressed.
Get some coffee (or your normal morning drink and/or some breakfast).
As a side note, I find that on the days I work from home I eat breakfast more often and I choose more healthy breakfast foods.
Working from home takes some discipline but I find that when I do work from home I get more work done as there are not so many "walk-up". Ie, co-workers stopping to chat and/or co-workers using me as their reference guide for their current client issue.
In my current position it could be done 100% from anywhere there is a broadband link and cell phone reception. I only telework two days a week as I still like to show my face in the office. There are also some meetings that we have that I like to have a physical presence at as well. It is much more effective IMO when you are making an "angry face" in a meeting then when you do it over the phone. Granted you can learn how to voice your anger at your project possibly being under funded or whatever but it is easier to show your emotions physically then verbally.
(I prefer telework to telecommute as it puts the emphasis on "work", instead of a side benefit of not having to commute).
For more information on telework and proposing it to your boss/company check out this link.
http://www.telecommute.org/telework/1999wo
Memories... Blackout 2003 - Detroit, Michigan.
It was dark, but only when I turned my G2 Nitrolon off.
Seriously though...
I enjoyed the time away from the computer as we visited with neighbors and enjoyed the cool-ness of the basement (finished) when in the house.
Interesting to hear about how people starting panicking after only 12 hours of being without power. Looting was minimal though, which was pleasantly surprising for the area we live in.
I think if the blackout had lasted much longer it would have gotten worse... since the average person does not keep enough food/supplies in their house to survive for more then a few days.
It was really a non-event for my family and me.
Detroit, Michigan's roads are worse then PA roads. Michigan's roads in general are okay, slightly better then PA's but Detroit's roads have potholes where the rebar is sticking out, children are sometimes lost in them and even once a SMART bus swallowed by one.
In all seriousness, I'd love a chance to really try out a tazer, even if it involved getting mugged. Really.
At least let them get the word "wallet" or "money" out before you Tazer them... would be pretty bad if they were just asking for directions or the time and since you were so excited to get your Tazer onto them you did not let them finish their request.
That is the same reason that Detroit does not have any real form of public transportation. The home of the Big 3 (Ford, GM, Diamler-Chrysler) would not have it any other way.
Although, it is ironic, out of all the places I have lived: TN, NH, PA, MI... Detroit (Motor City), Michigan roads are the worst.
For those who haven't figured out the name by now, a bedouins are nomads who live in Israel.
/. community by and large knows what a Bedouin is and if they didn't they would know where to look the word up.
What does this have to do with my comment you moron? Nothing, absolutely positively nothing.
I think that the
I stuck a desk chair in a dufflebag: ooh, I'm challenging conventional assumptions about deskchairs and suggesting new architectures for office furniture based on blah blah blah ... I'm subversive and confrontational!
...and a absolute moron.
Sure radio/television solved problems... were those problems the main reason they were invented? A small part for TV and a larger part for Radio possibly but they were not the only reason they were invented.
Someone didn't say, "Gee I really think we need to be able to communicate with millions of people over vast distances using soundwaves and electricity..." They started out wondering if they could do X by creating a new technology (eg, transfer sound through the air) The ability to create technology for its own sake is only pointless if you can't find a way to use it productively.
If people did not figure out that they could use wireless telegraphy to communicate over many miles, then the invention and/or doscovery of that technology would have been pointless.
People will find a use for the above mentioned wireless backpack just like they find a use for the Nokia N-gage.
I can see this being used extensively in the military, given a good amount of range it would allow for the exchange of real-time video (w/ added wearable cam), so in combination to the new Microdrone Spy Planes that would give you a bird's eye view you would also have a soldier's eye view... which in my opinion adds a much needed dimension to the REMF commander's decision making process.
/sarcasm
I have always preferred the FPS to the top down RTS when killing the natives.
What the hell does this mean? Sounds like a bunch of buzzwords thrown together about a project nobody wants that solves a problem that doesn't exist.
I guess you could also say the same thing about the Television or the Radio... there wasn't really a problem to be solved but someone designed a "machine" that would allow for the dissemination of information to a vast number of the populace. Granted TV/Radio hardly ever disseminates true information anymore...
Point being, just because there isn't a "problem to be solved" does not mean that the new technology will not be used by millions of people one day.
How does one protect themselves as a digitician?
/. that "techsupport for friends and family" can get ugly especially when a friend/family member blames you for everything that goes wrong with their computer when alls you did for them was change their monitor resolution.
We all know from previous posts on
If you are doing this on a house-call basis, how do you let your customers know what you will and what you won't fix/be responsible for, etc?
LLC? Have your customer(s) sign a waiver?
I think that if I was to do this type of work on a full-time basis I would incorporate myself or obtain a LLC (limited license corporation) so that a litigious customer would not be able to come after all I own.
Just a thought...