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Working whenever, wherever

By Nicole Kobie in Editorial

Posted in flexible working on May 18, 2007 at 4:19 pm

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I’m not at home, but I am working. I’m writing this in the visitor centre of Microsoft’s Redmond campus, where I’m attending a press conference.

After all the travel I’ve done this week, I wish I were at home. Waking up in a hotel every day isn’t actually all that great — even when the hotel room is three times the size of my room in London.

If I were working from home, I’d probably check my email from my bedroom (in my pyjamas, of course), get dressed and then move my laptop down to the kitchen, from where I’d write and make calls (rather than rushing to get dressed so I’m not late for work).

If it were nice out, I’d maybe go work on some stories in the back garden — thank you, wireless — while I work on my tan (rather than let the flourescent lighting in the office continue to make me look ill).

I’m not big on working at coffee shops, but I may walk over to the local one for lunch, or just make my own in the kitchen (rather than take my daily walk to Tescos for a crappy sandwich.)

Not that I mind the office — I’d rather go in most days of the week than stay at home alone all the time. I think, for me at least, the benefit comes in breaking things up a bit. I’m happiest if I can be in the office a few days, be at events now and then, and work from home from time to time — hey, look, flexible working.

That’s a few paragraphs to get me to my question: Are any of you working from home today? And if so, what’s your daily routine like?

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Working whenever, wherever

By Nicole Kobie in Editorial

Posted in flexible working on May 17, 2007 at 4:20 pm

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Location, they say, is everything. But the whole point of mobile, flexible working is that location no longer matters, right?

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Working whenever, wherever

By Nicole Kobie in Editorial

Posted in flexible working on May 16, 2007 at 4:23 pm

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The first hurdle with mobile working is trying to figure out how to connect. The hotel I

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