Comments on: Technology and Expectations: The Laptop http://lifedev.net/2006/09/technology-and-expectations-the-laptop/ Helping Creative People Create Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:00:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Technology and Expectations: Myths About Working From Home at LifeDevhttp://lifedev.net/2006/09/technology-and-expectations-the-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-331 Technology and Expectations: Myths About Working From Home at LifeDev Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:37:02 +0000 http://lifedev.net/2006/09/technology-and-expectations-the-laptop/#comment-331 [...] The office is important because it is your personal domain. It’s where you are comfortable, and can easily find things when you need them. And there is a very big difference between a home office and a traditional office space: it’s much more needed. With email and laptops, the common misconception is that working at home means you are 100% portable. You wanna work on the porch? No problem. The bathroom? It’d be a little weird, but why not? We have a freedom that traditional workers don’t: Mobility. [...] [...] The office is important because it is your personal domain. It’s where you are comfortable, and can easily find things when you need them. And there is a very big difference between a home office and a traditional office space: it’s much more needed. With email and laptops, the common misconception is that working at home means you are 100% portable. You wanna work on the porch? No problem. The bathroom? It’d be a little weird, but why not? We have a freedom that traditional workers don’t: Mobility. [...]

]]> By: Operation Gadgethttp://lifedev.net/2006/09/technology-and-expectations-the-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-323 Operation Gadget Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:15:46 +0000 http://lifedev.net/2006/09/technology-and-expectations-the-laptop/#comment-323 <strong>SlimTimer is a Killer Time Tracking Web Application...</strong>Some Operation Gadget readers know that I do a lot of consulting work on other people's weblogs through my Weblog Improvement business. In order to succeed in this line of work, I need to keep lots of small projects organized...... SlimTimer is a Killer Time Tracking Web Application…

Some Operation Gadget readers know that I do a lot of consulting work on other people’s weblogs through my Weblog Improvement business. In order to succeed in this line of work, I need to keep lots of small projects organized……

]]> By: The laptop and the cell phone « Mouli’s bloghttp://lifedev.net/2006/09/technology-and-expectations-the-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-317 The laptop and the cell phone « Mouli’s blog Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:46:54 +0000 http://lifedev.net/2006/09/technology-and-expectations-the-laptop/#comment-317 [...] Technology and expectations : the laptop [...] [...] Technology and expectations : the laptop [...]

]]> By: Doughttp://lifedev.net/2006/09/technology-and-expectations-the-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-314 Doug Fri, 22 Sep 2006 14:47:01 +0000 http://lifedev.net/2006/09/technology-and-expectations-the-laptop/#comment-314 Good article, and I couldn't agree more about setting boundaries. I have a laptop provided by the organization I work for, and I take it with me on business trips, use it for making presentations--all the usual stuff. But as a matter of personal choice, I rarely use it to extend my work day into the evening or weekend hours. I may fire it up in the morning before heading to the office, to check my e-mail and see if anything important transpired overnight that I need to be aware of before I get there, but it's rare to find me using it for work after hours. This isn't to say I don't use it at home--our organization permits personal use of laptops, provided they are not used for for-profit activities, so I use it a lot for other things--I just don't like to think much about work when I'm not AT work. I'm guessing that on my deathbed, as I say my last goodbyes to those I love and prepare for eternity with God, I won't be wishing I had spent more time working at my career. Good article, and I couldn’t agree more about setting boundaries. I have a laptop provided by the organization I work for, and I take it with me on business trips, use it for making presentations–all the usual stuff. But as a matter of personal choice, I rarely use it to extend my work day into the evening or weekend hours. I may fire it up in the morning before heading to the office, to check my e-mail and see if anything important transpired overnight that I need to be aware of before I get there, but it’s rare to find me using it for work after hours. This isn’t to say I don’t use it at home–our organization permits personal use of laptops, provided they are not used for for-profit activities, so I use it a lot for other things–I just don’t like to think much about work when I’m not AT work. I’m guessing that on my deathbed, as I say my last goodbyes to those I love and prepare for eternity with God, I won’t be wishing I had spent more time working at my career.

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