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I'm a big fan of working from parks in the summer. I've spent quite a few days by the river in my local city. Finding somewhere that's both quite calm and has s

I'm a big fan of working from parks in the summer. I've spent quite a few days by the river in my local city. Finding somewhere that's both quite calm and has some form of amenities is a nice mix, albeit not possible everywhere. Battery life on your laptop is one of the more important things, as chances are your screen brightness is going to be maxed. Personally I just sit on the grass/a rock under partial shade with the laptop on my legs (and a Bluetooth keyboard over the trackpad for better ergonomics) and spend a couple of hours like that, then retire somewhere else. Haven't found somewhere new to do it where I now live, need to get out this summer and find a good spot.

nsho 6y ago
Nice sounds pretty good. Are there portable chargers available for laptops that you use and think are good? Also what do you do for an internet connection?
- robotmay 6y ago
  I've got a portable charger that will do my Nintendo Switch but not one that will do my laptop. I get about 3-4 actual hours out of my laptop (Dell Precision 5540 running Ubuntu) which is about enough for me, but I would like to explore more battery life. A small ThinkPad with a second external battery would be a pretty nice setup. I've debated the iPad, Bluetooth keyboard, remote connection setup; quite tempted to give that a real go this year. For internet I have a 20GB data plan for £15 a month on Vodafone, who have the best coverage and data rate for me around Cardiff. I went through quite a few until I found one that had both good signal and actually decent transfer speeds; I ordered a bunch of different pay-as-you-go SIM cards and tried them out in different scenarios for that. I work in Ruby and avoid any Docker or Node.js nonsense when I'm tethering so I've never run into trouble with my data limits :D
lowwave 6y ago
Thumbs up! There is something about working from nature, park, tree, grass it help concentration much better.
- campercoder 6y ago
  yep. https://www.businessinsider.com/surprising-ways-nature-improves-your-memory-and-productivity-2014-8 https://www.businessinsider.com/surprising-ways-nature-impro...

nsho 6y ago

Nice sounds pretty good. Are there portable chargers available for laptops that you use and think are good? Also what do you do for an internet connection?

robotmay 6y ago
I've got a portable charger that will do my Nintendo Switch but not one that will do my laptop. I get about 3-4 actual hours out of my laptop (Dell Precision 5540 running Ubuntu) which is about enough for me, but I would like to explore more battery life. A small ThinkPad with a second external battery would be a pretty nice setup. I've debated the iPad, Bluetooth keyboard, remote connection setup; quite tempted to give that a real go this year. For internet I have a 20GB data plan for £15 a month on Vodafone, who have the best coverage and data rate for me around Cardiff. I went through quite a few until I found one that had both good signal and actually decent transfer speeds; I ordered a bunch of different pay-as-you-go SIM cards and tried them out in different scenarios for that. I work in Ruby and avoid any Docker or Node.js nonsense when I'm tethering so I've never run into trouble with my data limits :D

lowwave 6y ago

Thumbs up! There is something about working from nature, park, tree, grass it help concentration much better.

campercoder 6y ago
yep. https://www.businessinsider.com/surprising-ways-nature-improves-your-memory-and-productivity-2014-8 https://www.businessinsider.com/surprising-ways-nature-impro...