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Poll: Where do you work (physically)?

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Post by ydant »

justinchen wrote: post #18

I typically do a local coffee shop in the morning then finish up at the home office. The morning walk is refreshing and once I get in a groove at the coffee shop it's easy to finish strong at home. Sometimes it can be too hard to get rolling while at home in the morning -- too comfy I suppose.

That is exactly my motivation for going to the coffee shop. I find I can focus on just getting there first thing and the rest of the day goes a lot smoother. If I sit at home, I make breakfast, then eat it slowly, then surf HN, then it's 10:30am and I haven't done anything.

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Post by sixtofour »

technomancy wrote: post #71
jarek wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The laptop in the pictures is a Thinkpad X200s. The screen is matte which is a good start. In my experience for basic stuff like writing words or code, a matte screen in the shadow is fine outdoors.

That's right; it's a Thinkpad X200s. Avoiding a reflective screen should go without saying, but it's surprising how many people don't understand this. The X200s is definitely the best I've ever used for mobile purposes: 1.2kg, high-res matte display, battery is easily swappable. It's got a low-voltage chipset, so with an SSD you can get six hours or so from a 9-cell battery, though usually I won't spend more than hal…

> Avoiding a reflective screen should go without saying, but it's surprising how many people don't understand this.

Yes, it surprised me the first time I brought my shiny new Compaq outdoors. :)

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Post by rookie »

jarek wrote: post #67
pgbovine wrote: post #63

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a.) a pair of foam earplugs does wonders for noise cancellation. much cheaper than $200 noise-canceling headphones, and works just as well (assuming you don't want to listen to music)

Trying not to judge, but don't you feel like a dork and/or a jerk sitting in a coffee shop with a laptop and earplugs ?

startup idea, earplugs that look like earbuds.

diy with an old set of broken earbuds easy enough.

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Post by robflynn »

HeyLaughingBoy wrote: post #118
robflynn wrote: post #52

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Good suggestion. I used to do something similar when I had a rolling white board. I be sure to keep it away from my desk as I was planning/designing and would then wheel it back over to my work area when it was implementation time and/or I needed reminders. Though, I typically solve my most complex problems by leaving the computer and talking a walk around the block. That doesn't work out so well in these cold South…

these cold South Carolina winters, though Cold? South Carolina? Does. Not. Compute :-) I know it's all relative, but I woke up to -24F last week. Makes it real hard to think of South Carolina (of which my only memory is driving there in mid summer in a non A/C pickup truck) as "cold" ;-)

The coldest I have seen this year is about 14-18F. However, the downstairs heat was on the fritz for a bit so I regularly had 50-degree temperatures inside. That wasn't fun.

Oo, you're right. Summers here are absolutely terrible.

Strangely enough, my girlfriend is from New York and finds the cold here unbearable. She explained it as the inconsistency in temperatures as what makes it seem so bad to her. In NY, it was pretty consistently cold in the winter so she was able to expect it and adapt. Down here, you may have a 70F evening and then wake up to 30F and snowing the next day... that or you'll be followed around by tornadoes. :)

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Post by petercooper »

julian37 wrote: post #74
petercooper wrote: post #55

I have a complete, insulated, properly built outdoor office at the end of my garden. It was built because I had to give up my indoor office due to my daughter being born. End result? I now work in a tiny corner of the living room because I like being in the house and not walking up and down the garden in the cold. Oops.

Same here, good to know I'm not the only one who feels attracted to the house! Is it the lack of a kitchen that keeps you from working out there (assuming that you don't have one) or the lack of company? To me it is a bit of both.

No, just the cold and laziness. Being alone is the massive plus for me. Can't get any work done with interruptions.
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