abalashov

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1621.
by abalashov 18y ago
I wasn't saying it was the right thing to do. Just wondering.
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by abalashov 18y ago
That makes sense. But I guess those two days you'd spend in the office would have to be largely in meetings and other things that capitalise on the "social" opportunity, with the idea that you'd be focusing purely on actual implementation (
1623.
by abalashov 18y ago
Hehe. Well, I guess that's one thing they won't appreciate about me, then. Hopefully I'll find other ways to make up for the loss. :)
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by abalashov 18y ago
Yeah, but there is a qualitative difference in the ideological implications of office size/placement vs. fundamentally not having to come in and be stuck somewhere for 8 hours a day. I don't know that the difference has a name, but it's a d
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by abalashov 18y ago
I have to disagree with you on the personalised work areas. As the sibling poster pointed out, having those types of effects and environmental settings in a space that is definitively yours is highly conducive to productivity, a sense of o
1626.
by abalashov 18y ago
Yeah, but the OP asked about Google Analytics.
1627.
by abalashov 18y ago
Can you tell me more about these "remote working locations?" What is ROAM/Jelly/etc?
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by abalashov 18y ago
Have an API so I can pull the data out and use it elsewhere.
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by abalashov 18y ago
Yeah, I think regular get-togethers are pretty much a must for the reasons you mention. Can you elaborate more on the people that were good performers in an office environment and turned to sloths at home? What sort of qualities or peculiar
1630.
by abalashov 18y ago
It's not a law thing; it's just that others would start demanding it more aggressively. You can say no and keep the house of cards up, but it's just adding tension to the employer-employee relationship with all the other staff.
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by abalashov 18y ago
Not everyone may want to work from home? Really? While, admittedly, I've met some people that consciously or unconsciously value the social and possibly collaborative aspects of working in an office with others, they tend to be the kind th
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by abalashov 18y ago
Is there some particular reason a lot of you recommend Campfire over, say, running an internal Jabber server?
1633.
by abalashov 18y ago
Of course. That is presumed. I am confident I have found the right people; I really believe they "get it." What I wonder is whether this system will somehow fail to produce the results I need despite that.
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by abalashov 18y ago
It would appear that they simply don't understand how to manage someone who isn't physically at the office, so they can't just walk over to your cube every five seconds and dickishly ask for a "status update." I _am_ accounting for the abse
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by abalashov 18y ago
To overcome the lack of history together it seems like one has to substitute other forms of bonding experiences; occasional lunches together, conference calls, heavy use of messaging and email, and just making the effort to talk to the peo
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Ask HN: Is a team of work-at-home employees realistic?
33 points by abalashov 18y ago|50 comments
1637.
by abalashov 18y ago
LOL. I almost cried my eyes out laughing...
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Building your own fax-to-email gateway with HylaFAX, Asterisk, and IAXmodem.(evaristesys.com)
1 points by abalashov 18y ago|0 comments
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by abalashov 18y ago
The interesting thing is that there is probably considerable potential for the population of Zimbabwe to earn foreign hard currency by selling bank notes of this kind of denomination (for example, on eBay, if possible) simply because so man
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by abalashov 18y ago
No.
1641.
by abalashov 18y ago
I have been very pleased with Mantis.
1642.
by abalashov 18y ago
It really depends on the level of specialisation involved. I would say $125 - $150/hr is a reasonable rate, but my consulting work could not be described as IT generalism. It also depends on your overhead, firm size, whether there are subc