Friday, April 18, 2008

Travelling Workplace, Part 1

I saw this article on cnn.com today:
Next phase of working at home: Leaving home 

As part of the discussion on where people are working, right now at this very moment I'm sitting in the parking lot of a restaurant in Davis, working from my motorhome. I'm using a high-speed Internet card for my laptop (getting 3G); here's what speakeasy.net  said about my current connection:
  • Download Speed: 1640 kbps (205 KB/sec transfer rate)
  • Upload Speed: 967 kbps (120.9 KB/sec transfer rate)


My work phone line is forwarded to my cell phone, and I was even able to video chat with a co-worker a little while ago.



Also, speaking of "co-working," check out this place:
Cubes and Crayons

This is where I think the growth in workplaces will happen; specialized work places where people, who can actually work from anywhere, but have certain specific "life needs," like child or elder care, or even are looking for a specialized work place, like one optimized for graphics design, writing, conference calls, etc. 

Or where "your co-workers for today" are specially picked, like for dba's, proof-readers, communications specialists, etc.

Anyway, just random Friday thoughts... have a good weekend!


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