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> I wrote most of this blog post sitting at a picnic table in a park. Screen glare and brightness is not an issue. I can fit into tight spaces. This setup was i
by sneak 1y ago
> I wrote most of this blog post sitting at a picnic table in a park. Screen glare and brightness is not an issue. I can fit into tight spaces. This setup was infinitely more comfortable than a laptop when on a plane. Some coffee shops also have narrow bars that are too small for a laptop, but not for this.
The phone has a cellular connection, so I'm not tied to wifi. In other words, there's a sense of freedom that you do not get with a laptop. And I can be outdoors. One of the things I've grown tired of as software dev is feeling like I'm stuck inside all the time in front of a screen. With this I can walk to a coffee shop and work for an hour or two, then get up and walk to a park for another hour of work.
Am I the only one who wishes they could be inside in a windowless room 24/7/365? There’s climate control, HEPA filtration, good chairs, peace and quiet, precisely the light level and color and direction I like, etc, at all times. Every time I go outside, the environment is worse than being at home indoors.
Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one on the planet who doesn’t enjoy being outdoors at all.
- scotty79 1y agoNah, there are at least few of us. I still go out though to walk and cycle, sometimes eat, but anything else is more comfortable at home.
- Jtsummers 1y ago> Am I the only one who wishes they could be inside in a windowless room 24/7/365? I spent a decade in a building like that for my 9-5 job. It gets old, unless you really hate sunlight and fresh air.
- 8note 1y agoi wish i could have those bright window spots everyone hates. the glare doesnt bother me. i do just go outside on the building deck instead
- sneak 1y agoIt being an office building, you likely did not have nearly the level of environmental control I describe. I do really hate sunlight, but fresh air is essential. If you don’t have fresh air indoors, your HVAC design is bad. Air is one of the easiest things to move around.
- Jtsummers 1y agoIt wouldn't be too expensive to make what you want, you could always buy a small plot of land and build a custom home to try it out. Shouldn't be more than $200-400k, possibly less depending on the area.
- sneak 1y agoI’m doing precisely that, but I have simulated the same in the meantime by taking a normal residential house and completely blacking out and sealing the windows in the largest upstairs room. It’s excellent. When I turn off the lights it can be pitch black and 68F at noon in the middle of the summer in the Mojave. I had to cover the windows in all the adjacent rooms to make this work, but it does.
- craftkiller 1y agoDon't forget the lack of bugs landing on you and crawling on you!
- kristianp 1y agoI find that working outside or at a cafe is too distracting. I agree with what you're saying with regards to work or even reading. I enjoy outdoors for relaxation and forgetting about work though.
- tbrownaw 1y ago> Am I the only one who wishes they could be inside in a windowless room 24/7/365? Seems like the sort of thing that might later turn out to have been a bad idea regardless of how it seemed at the time.