Re: Writing Offsite

[Hsuan-min Chou <hchou -at- OPENPORT -dot- COM>]

i agree in part w/ suzette and julie. when i was contract (up until 1 week
ago when i became a permie at a startup) i worked offsite 1-5 days per
week. i would get up at 6, get straight to work, and work until around 1 or
2 w/ breaks in between. then i would do a little more work late at night.
afternoons, i was free as a bird happy not to have to stand in line in most
places.

however, i wouldn't be able to do it all the time. i spent Summer 97
working completely offsite, and it got terribly boring. i liked the naps,
the coffee breaks w/ good coffee, the morning croissant at my local
patisserie, and typing in my boxers... but the lack of socializing really
got to me. i ended up spending too much time emailing, talking on the
phone, or getting into virtual debates w/ sylvia pagoli, scot simon, and
the rest of the NPR crew.

now i'm happily involved w/ a young company liberal enough to see that
occasional telecommuting has its merits.

At 03:26 PM 6/22/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I'm with Suzette, only with cats instead of dogs. I have a better
>computer at home (way better) and my network connection is probably
>faster than what we have here. :-)
>
>When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information
>grows unprofitable, sleep.                       --Ursula K. Le Guin
>....................................................................
>...............................................Julie Comstock-Fisher
>.......................................Technical Writer (Consultant)
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Suzette Seveny [SMTP:sseveny -at- PETVALU -dot- COM]
>> Sent: Monday, June 22, 1998 3:11 PM
>> To:   TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>> Subject:      Re: Writing Offsite
>>
>> I used to work offsite and would gladly work offsite again.  I hate
>> driving, and I see no point in having to be here unless I need to talk
>> to
>> people (which I tend to do by email, anyway).  At home I have better
>> equipment, a larger office, a better selection of refreshments, I
>> don't
>> have to worry about dresscode or strict breaktimes, I can play music
>> as
>> loud as I want, my dog curls up under my desk to keep my feet warm, I
>> hate
>> traffic, I hate losing two hours a day commuting, etc., etc., etc.

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