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Re: Ask HN: Coding outdoors

#51

If my garden was big enough, I'd get a shed. Or a gazebo, but I'd still call it a shed. http://www.shedworking.co.uk/2010/07/neil-gaiman-shedworker....

I tried this for a short while until a local cat pissed on my netplug! I actually found it quite hard to get comfortable. That's the biggest barrier to being portable in my eyes.

Re: Ask HN: Coding outdoors

#52
You might be able to flip this a little. I can spend lots of time sitting in front of the screen and achieving pretty much nothing. Whereas sometimes a good walk and logical run through of the problem is all that's needed, in fact it's pretty vital for positive head space.

Re: Ask HN: Coding outdoors

#53
The most viable seem to be getting a tablet with a pixel qi display. This way the battery life will be good, it's in a good package and you won't need to rely on your own modding skills.

However, the first Adam tablet is out of production. It also got obliterating reviews. The only two devices I find is the Adam II which is only available for shipping in India and the SOL 7" android-g.

Adam II: http://www.amazon.in/Notion-Ink-Adam-Tablet-White/dp/B00HYVR... Android-g: http://www.solcomputer.com/sunlight-readable-tablet/7-androi...

The Adam II got good reviews by the Indian users but I haven't seen any western review of it.

I would so back a kickstarter campaign for something like this.

Re: Ask HN: Coding outdoors

#54
I find it very hard to work with just a laptop. At minimum I need it connected to a monitor, a keyboard and a mouse - which means I obviously need a desk at minimum as well.

As long as that setup can be carried outdoors feasibly, I would not mind working outdoors if that was an option - weather permitting of course.

Re: Ask HN: Coding outdoors

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post #47

Currently I live at rented room on roof top of a residential building. Temperature of my city(Bangalore) is around 22 degree centigrade( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore#Climate ), mostly cloudy. I have setup a table with four chair outside on the roof. I find it pleasant to work outside mostly during morning and evening. In day time if its cloudy and little wind, I feel better working outside. I use macbook an…

That's a nice setup! Really like the rocks, even if they are just holding down the table cloth.

Yeah, its very precious too :-) hand picked from west coast of India.

Re: Ask HN: Coding outdoors

#56
post #24

I do like printing code out and editing it from the hammock. You can't do it all day, and it doesn't seem very fast, but it sure is nice to plan all the edits on paper (4 color pens = colordiff!) and then type it up, test it, commit it. My hammock is about 30 paces from my laser printer, so if I wanted to go much further than that I'd need a portable printer.

Rich Hickey, is that you?
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