Comments on: 6 ways to stay sane while working from home http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2009/09/27/6-ways-to-stay-sane-while-working-from-home/ Stay curious! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:56:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The Ji Village News » Help if you can http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2009/09/27/6-ways-to-stay-sane-while-working-from-home/#comment-17130 The Ji Village News » Help if you can Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:36:33 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=1290#comment-17130 [...] a pulse of virtual life.) Part of this is due to my time constraints, part of it is encouraged by Baron Schwartz’s great post here. I do care deeply about about my friends though. Friends here can mean people I’ve met face [...] [...] a pulse of virtual life.) Part of this is due to my time constraints, part of it is encouraged by Baron Schwartz’s great post here. I do care deeply about about my friends though. Friends here can mean people I’ve met face [...]

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]]> By: Daniel Howard http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2009/09/27/6-ways-to-stay-sane-while-working-from-home/#comment-17060 Daniel Howard Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:00:36 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=1290#comment-17060 I transitioned to remote worker two months ago. My job is different from yours in that I basically work a regular day with my colleagues in California, and when I call it quits, I power off the work computer. This reduces my carbon impact, but it also avoids this scenario: "The computer is just there in the other room — I could stop in on my way to the kitchen and see whether that long-running job is done, couldn’t I?" Because, you know, it takes some time to boot up and ssh-add and vpnc and arrange my windows and all . . . I like the idea of setting up blocks of time and possibly breaking up the day. I tend to eat a quick little lunch but on a nice day a good long walk around the city can really hit the spot. Unlike an office full of coworkers a home office is a bit lacking in invigorating stimuli. Another trick we have is to set up a few Skype video conference kiosks in the common area. Depending on what I'm doing, I'll boot my personal machine and Skype up a full-screen session with the office, enabling folks to chat me up, and providing some sensation that I'm still around. Face Time! Thanks for sharing your perspective. I transitioned to remote worker two months ago. My job is different from yours in that I basically work a regular day with my colleagues in California, and when I call it quits, I power off the work computer. This reduces my carbon impact, but it also avoids this scenario:

“The computer is just there in the other room — I could stop in on my way to the kitchen and see whether that long-running job is done, couldn’t I?”

Because, you know, it takes some time to boot up and ssh-add and vpnc and arrange my windows and all . . .

I like the idea of setting up blocks of time and possibly breaking up the day. I tend to eat a quick little lunch but on a nice day a good long walk around the city can really hit the spot. Unlike an office full of coworkers a home office is a bit lacking in invigorating stimuli.

Another trick we have is to set up a few Skype video conference kiosks in the common area. Depending on what I’m doing, I’ll boot my personal machine and Skype up a full-screen session with the office, enabling folks to chat me up, and providing some sensation that I’m still around. Face Time!

Thanks for sharing your perspective.

]]> By: Xaprb http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2009/09/27/6-ways-to-stay-sane-while-working-from-home/#comment-17054 Xaprb Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:08:29 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=1290#comment-17054 I used to wear my <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bose-QuietComfort-Acoustic-Noise-Headphones/dp/B000AP05BO/?tag=xaprb-20" rel="nofollow">Bose noise-blocking headphones</a> a lot when I worked in a traditional office. I still have them, still like them, but rarely use them. The only noise I hear most of the time is the gentle squeaking of the dog asking me to re-tuck her blanket on cold days. I used to wear my Bose noise-blocking headphones a lot when I worked in a traditional office. I still have them, still like them, but rarely use them. The only noise I hear most of the time is the gentle squeaking of the dog asking me to re-tuck her blanket on cold days.

]]> By: Osvaldo Osorio http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2009/09/27/6-ways-to-stay-sane-while-working-from-home/#comment-17052 Osvaldo Osorio Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:06:27 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=1290#comment-17052 Thanks for sharing this excelents tips. I will make some changes rigth now. "hi, baron." hehehe, typical case. :) Thanks for sharing this excelents tips. I will make some changes rigth now. “hi, baron.” hehehe, typical case. :)

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