Jason Fried, co-founder of 37signals, makers of Basecamp and other web-based collaboration tools, has a radical theory of working: that the office isn’t a good place to do it.
At TEDxMidwest, he lays out the main problems (call them the M&Ms) and offers three suggestions to make work work.
Do you follow Lifehacker? If not, you should. This is a great list of tips for all you coworking, mobile, digital nomadic warriors. Check out the full post here.
10. Coil Your Cables Properly
9. Keep Your Bag Organized
8. Learn to Be Productive at Coffee Shops
7. Try Using an Ultra-Portable Tablet Instead of Your Laptop
6. Turn a Flash Drive into a Portable Privacy Toolkit
5. Keep Your Workflow in Sync Across Computers
4. Get the Most Out of Your Batteries
3. Anything Can Be Used as Extra Storage
2. Make Sure You’re Never Without Internet
1. Keep Your Stuff From Getting Stolen (And Know How to Get it Back if it Does)
I carry a 6 foot extension cord I bought from a Walgreen’s in San Francisco a few years ago. I cut off the little nub above the plug so my three prong cord would plug in. (You do not have to go to San Francisco to get one, although I highly recommend it.) Oh, and my Kensington cable lock so I don’t have to carry my laptop into the bathroom with me.
There are so many different kinds of workers: cube dwellers, telecommuters, coffee shoppers, work at homes and of course coworking folk.
CNN Living covered this in an article, “Working in ‘Wi-Fi’ limbo“, a few months back and we thought we would dig it up.
Which one are you? Why do you like that over something else?
And does work Purgatory exist?
Discuss.
Here’s the founder of 37Signals (and creator of Basecamp and Backpack) Jason Fried on the Big Think blog on interruptions in the workplace.
What do you think?
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