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Best advice in this article: stop driving and take public transport. This applies to hackers as well as writers--really, anyone who can do creative / useful wor
by postfuturist 16y ago
Best advice in this article: stop driving and take public transport. This applies to hackers as well as writers--really, anyone who can do creative / useful work on a laptop. If a typical commute is 30 minutes by car or 1 hour by public transportation, you may feel like you are losing an hour a day leaving your car at home, but you are actually gaining an hour of time if you bring your laptop, assuming you want to spend at least 2 hours a day working on things on your laptop outside work. Other upsides: cheaper, less stress, safer, better for the environment.
- ilamont 16y agoSo true. I commute to school by foot, train and subway every day, just over one hour each way and during each trip I get in an extra 15 minutes of walking, 30 minutes of reading/computer work, and about 10-15 minutes reading the WSJ and NYT business and tech sections on my iPod touch, when compared with my classmates who drive. Admittedly, they're usually in their cars for 30-45 minutes each way, but it's not as productive, except maybe as a place for some solitary deep thinking.
- nostrademons 16y agoOr move closer to work. When I was in Boston, I had an hour commute, half by car and half by train. Yeah, I could read a book on the train. It was still a pain in the ass, and I could be doing much more productive things at home. When I moved out to Silicon Valley, my #1 priority for deciding where to live was "It must be within 15 minutes of work." I ended up getting a place that's 5 minutes by car or 15 minutes by bike from work. It was probably one of the best decisions I made moving out here. Now I can roll out of bed and into work, and when I leave work, I'm home and can do whatever I want.