Setting Up The Web Working Day
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A piece by Chris Brogan called “Why Bookstores Are My Office” made me think about how web workers and telecommuters have an enormous amount of discretion in setting up, organizing and utilizing their time. Web working is an enormous opportunity to thrive under an ideal environment and an ideal schedule, yet it’s also a little bit scary for many to figure out how to be productive outside the walls (and cube farms!) of the traditional office workplace.
The “best way” to set up one’s web working day is greatly particular to individual tastes, strengths and needs. Brogan, for example, enjoys working at bookstores and coffee shops to be close to books full of new ideas, being near people who will serve him food so that he doesn’t have to “worry about the sustenance part,” being able to easily meet with small groups of people to chat and brainstorm in a casual environment, and because “…[b]ookstores are actually fun. How many people’s offices are fun?”
Here are some tips on how to set up the best web working day for you.
(read the rest of this piece at Web Worker Daily)
