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Just before our exit, we ran our company from a condo. Here are some pictures under 'Environment'[2]. One major upside for us working in residential space was the cost. Electricity, rent/condo fees, parking, and internet fees are all less expensive than commercial rates. As well owning residential space is far less expensive than owning commercial space.
[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=972838 [2] http://www.igeejo.com/blog/default/photos
We switched to a 3-days-in-office, 2 days work from home schedule and that's turned out to be a big boon to productivity.
I work at an office now, but I basically look at it as a time to socialize. For getting Real Work done, I still prefer my desk in my bedroom. (But actually, my desk in the office is quite nice too... when everyone else is working from home.)
* makes the worst case performance improve
* makes the average a little bit better by virtue of that
* and does not impact (or even worsens) the best case.
At Posterous we experienced a similar boost, but then over time it turned out that we spent enough time commuting and breaking up our days that it became a bother. It's important to have a central space where everyone can coordinate and plan, but beyond that, when you're about building product -- sometimes you just need quiet time alone to make things happen. We switched to a 3-days-in-office, 2 days work from home s…
At the moment I'm working for myself again and decided to go the co-working route and I'm loving it. Home, coffee shop or office depending on the day. I also like to work weird hours, so having 24 hr access to an office comes in handy when I want to work from 10pm to 7am on a Tuesday.