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You know what makes me work even harder in a coffee shop? Leave your charger at home. You suddenly become more efficient since you know your time is limited. As

You know what makes me work even harder in a coffee shop? Leave your charger at home. You suddenly become more efficient since you know your time is limited. Assuming you're not on a thinkpad with a 9 cell battery.

l5870uoo9y 9y ago
Did this the other day and I had a productive 4-5 hours and called it a day. Was actually somewhat relived - as a freelancer - that my work day had a fixed limit after which you justifiable had to stop. Like leaving school in your childhood without the slightest concern.
3pt14159 9y ago
For me it's being on an airplane. The lack of wifi means I just stub things out as "TODO" when I don't know how to do them and move on. Then when I land I have a bunch of simple / googlable TODOs to knock off.
DerfNet 9y ago
As a T420 owner who can barely make it through a 2 hour movie on my 9 cell battery, this comment is confusing.
- post_break 9y ago
  X230 here, usually get 7 hours no problem.
spicytunacone 9y ago
This was similar to the approach I took early last year where I would go in 7 days a week but only spend 3-4 hours (conveniently the length of my charge) programming and sketching solutions. Interviewers wanted to laugh when I brought it up, but I really did find it productive. I'd leave the day stuck on some tasks, go about the rest of my day (outside the 3-4 hours) thinking about it and maybe quickly skimming docs when I wasn't doing anything else. At the start of the next day I easily banged out decent, working solutions in the first 30 minutes. I guess social pressure won out in the end when even people close to me thought I wasn't doing anything. So finding myself in a similar situation to then, I stay for a few more hours (a little over the length of a charge and recharging to full; I don't take lunch breaks myself). I probably am more productive overall, but there's lots of factors to take into account (hopefully I got more skilled) and I'd say the biggest change is the more creative processes occuring in situ rather than strewn about the day. I also check my e-mails a little more often now ;-).

l5870uoo9y 9y ago

Did this the other day and I had a productive 4-5 hours and called it a day. Was actually somewhat relived - as a freelancer - that my work day had a fixed limit after which you justifiable had to stop. Like leaving school in your childhood without the slightest concern.

3pt14159 9y ago

For me it's being on an airplane. The lack of wifi means I just stub things out as "TODO" when I don't know how to do them and move on. Then when I land I have a bunch of simple / googlable TODOs to knock off.

DerfNet 9y ago

As a T420 owner who can barely make it through a 2 hour movie on my 9 cell battery, this comment is confusing.

post_break 9y ago
X230 here, usually get 7 hours no problem.

spicytunacone 9y ago

This was similar to the approach I took early last year where I would go in 7 days a week but only spend 3-4 hours (conveniently the length of my charge) programming and sketching solutions. Interviewers wanted to laugh when I brought it up, but I really did find it productive. I'd leave the day stuck on some tasks, go about the rest of my day (outside the 3-4 hours) thinking about it and maybe quickly skimming docs when I wasn't doing anything else. At the start of the next day I easily banged out decent, working solutions in the first 30 minutes. I guess social pressure won out in the end when even people close to me thought I wasn't doing anything. So finding myself in a similar situation to then, I stay for a few more hours (a little over the length of a charge and recharging to full; I don't take lunch breaks myself). I probably am more productive overall, but there's lots of factors to take into account (hopefully I got more skilled) and I'd say the biggest change is the more creative processes occuring in situ rather than strewn about the day. I also check my e-mails a little more often now ;-).