Working in the great outdoors…
By Nicole Kobie in Editorial
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For our working from home experiment, our lovely editor tasked each of us with working somewhere else… I had the pleasure of checking out the great outdoors.
When it’s dreary, grey and windy — like today at my end of London — I’d just as soon be in the office. But when it’s sunny and nice, working outside has obvious benefits.
And obvious difficulties, too. Even with clouds, computer screens are harder to see, and most parks don’t have power sockets (though how cool would that be?) There’s no nice comfy seating, or adjustable temperatures. And, if you’re out of range of your home wireless, you’re gonna need a mobile dongle or some other web-on-the-go system.
Because of this, it’s kind of a pain to work in the wild. Which is why I’d advise you ditch the laptop, bring an email-enabled phone, and work in very specific ways in the park.
If it’s sunny out and you have a lot of network-unfriendly paperwork, why not go get some sun? If you have a team planning meeting that doesn’t need powerpoint — and let’s face it, when is powerpoint every necessary — why not head to the park? Your team members will be more relaxed, and it will feel like a prize and not a chore. We don’t need to sit in front of computers all day, especially not when it’s nice out… There’s nothing worse than spending the whole day under flourescent lighting when the sun is high in the sky.
Aside from my rather-unproductive park excursion, things are looking up for my end of the home working experiement. The horrible buzzing noise has stopped (saving my efficiency and my sanity) and my electrician just popped his head in to say he was off for the day… on the downside, I’m off work in less than an hour, so I don’t have much quiet time left. But at least I got my laundry done.
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