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The main limitation office workers face when working in sunlit environments is the reflective glare on most, if not all, computer displays. I conjecture if/whe

The main limitation office workers face when working in sunlit environments is the reflective glare on most, if not all, computer displays. I conjecture if/when e-ink displays match conventional LCDs in response time and resolution there will be a movement towards “outdoor offices”. Imagine being able to work productively in a garden, atrium, sun room, or any other natural outdoor environment. Many of the pitfalls of indoor, fluorescent lighting would be diminished. The Bay Area and its relatively fantastic weather would be fully realized as a perk to tech workers.

eggie 7y ago
> I conjecture if/when e-ink displays match conventional LCDs in response time and resolution there will be a movement towards “outdoor offices”. I think you're right. Working outdoors with a laptop is already better than indoors. It'd be easier with e-ink.
buzzkillington 7y ago
> The Bay Area and its relatively fantastic weather would be fully realized as a perk to tech workers. I built a Linux box with an rpi3 I had lying around and a boox max3 I got. So far working out doors: + Insects: you have no idea how many seem to come out of no where just to annoy you. + Sun: you need sun screen even on overcast days. I look like an overripe tomato. + Rain: when you least expect it one tiny cloud will go past and drop enough rain to soak you and any exposed electronics. + Children: loud and obnoxious, seem to be everywhere at any time. + Homeless: turns out they really like parks and assume you're one of them if you're there for more than 30 minutes. There's probably more but those are the things I had to deal with yesterday. Today I just sat on my balcony instead. Sunlight is nice, but there's a reason why people have been building shelters for millennia.
keenmaster 7y ago
Another limitation is battery technology, but that's changing. I have a 20K mAh USB C power bank and it's made me more mobile. It can almost fully recharge my laptop or recharge my phone 6 times before needing to be recharged.

eggie 7y ago

> I conjecture if/when e-ink displays match conventional LCDs in response time and resolution there will be a movement towards “outdoor offices”. I think you're right. Working outdoors with a laptop is already better than indoors. It'd be easier with e-ink.

buzzkillington 7y ago

> The Bay Area and its relatively fantastic weather would be fully realized as a perk to tech workers. I built a Linux box with an rpi3 I had lying around and a boox max3 I got. So far working out doors: + Insects: you have no idea how many seem to come out of no where just to annoy you. + Sun: you need sun screen even on overcast days. I look like an overripe tomato. + Rain: when you least expect it one tiny cloud will go past and drop enough rain to soak you and any exposed electronics. + Children: loud and obnoxious, seem to be everywhere at any time. + Homeless: turns out they really like parks and assume you're one of them if you're there for more than 30 minutes. There's probably more but those are the things I had to deal with yesterday. Today I just sat on my balcony instead. Sunlight is nice, but there's a reason why people have been building shelters for millennia.

keenmaster 7y ago

Another limitation is battery technology, but that's changing. I have a 20K mAh USB C power bank and it's made me more mobile. It can almost fully recharge my laptop or recharge my phone 6 times before needing to be recharged.