On a stage, with an orchestra. (I'm a professional singer.)
Poll: Where do you work (physically)?
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#32I used to have a home office, but we moved into an (allegedly) temporary place and my desk is just in a corner of the living room now. It's not anything approaching ideal and we're hoping to buy a house soon so I can have my office back.
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#33After 4 steady years of working out of coffee shops, I'm currently opening a coworking space in Evanston, IL.
http://desktimeapp.com/spaces/92-coworking-evanston
We "officially" open on Monday, but we are already functionally open and a group of us have been working out of the space for about a month. The picture above only shows one small section. It has open shared spaces, a small lounge, a collection of private offices and meeting space. If you are a north Chicagoan, stop by!
Coffee shops are great, I really love working out of them and we have some awesome ones in the area, but I needed a change. IMO, coworking spaces can do a good job of having the positive atmosphere of a coffee shop while also being conducive to actually getting work done and they make it easier to connect with people working on similar things. It's also a great way to crowdsource an awesome office for people who otherwise would be working in more isolated environments.
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#34A home office. A large room over the garage, that looks into the bowl of Diamond Head from 1100' up on the hill. Expansive ocean views... kinda distracting.
I would love to see some pictures of what you're describing.
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#35Like I mentioned in my other post, I like to alternate my locations every couple months because otherwise I lose my creativity. Currently, working from a hipster coffee shop. Makes for interesting scenery. Previously, I worked at a tea cafe whose website I built, so I got all my drinks for free. And before that I worked at a local coworking facility.
I like your idea of moving around every so often, keeps things fresh. I'm going to try this out more.
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#36Believe it or not I do much of my work walking along the street. When I'm doing office hours at YC (and the weather's good and we don't need to look at screens) I usually suggest going for a walk.
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#37In the lab, at school, for the ~30 hours immediately before a project is due. I know my time management skills are non-existent, but I actually quite enjoy coding non-stop for over a day. I usually bring my coffee maker and a bunch of fruit and have at 'er.
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#38Home office desk overlooking Stockton Street, Alcatraz, and Coit Tower (night view) http://www.flickr.com/photos/dustyrecords/5391404983/
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#39Believe it or not I do much of my work walking along the street. When I'm doing office hours at YC (and the weather's good and we don't need to look at screens) I usually suggest going for a walk.
I'm assuming this is "meet with/talk to hopefuls" kind of work?
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#40I split my time between a local coffee shop and at home. I simply can't sit at the house all day so on days that I don't go to the gym around lunch I instead hit the coffee shop.
There's a small group of older guys who work from the coffee shop and it's nice to have a little chit chat with them during the day. Found out today one of the guys is retired and worked at Bell Labs back in the hey day. Turns out he knows Kernighan and Ritchie and was around when those guys were hacking away to make C and working on Unix. Amazing the people that one can randomly meet.