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I recently did this for my girlfriend, for about $200 and two weekends we converted an old garden tool shed into her film scoring and sound design studio. I can
by startupfounder 14y ago
I recently did this for my girlfriend, for about $200 and two weekends we converted an old garden tool shed into her film scoring and sound design studio. I can see her productivity skyrocket when she went from working in the house to working out in the studio. I really think it is about a single focus in a cozy space that has a single purpose.
- pavel_lishin 14y agoMy theory was that it's about interruptions - it's easier to work someplace where there are barriers to interruptions. If you're doing something at the dinner table, someone walking by and casually asking you a question can break you out of flow. If you're in a shed in the backyard, casual visitors are less of a problem.
- wpietri 14y agoProbably depends on the person. My current issue is self-interruptions. Even with nobody around and the phone turned off, I'll be working away and with no conscious intent I'll suddenly have spent 10 minutes checking Facebook or something. Sadly, I don't have a shed, so my project this weekend was to rehab my old laptop to be the "fun" laptop and my main one to be the "productive" laptop. I've set up LeechBlock, removed the personal mail account, and deleted a bunch of other distractions. I hope keeping the fun-capable computer physically separate (and probably switched off and in a drawer) will have some of the same context-setting power as a shed.