tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770289.post3760343972235271582..comments2024-01-20T20:11:51.589-07:00Comments on Telling Secrets: Being on Your Own: Costs/BenefitsMartihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492242951732140223noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770289.post-15359886836538226102010-08-28T20:29:30.161-06:002010-08-28T20:29:30.161-06:00Re: knitting. nah. I mean, maybe it will happen so...Re: knitting. nah. I mean, maybe it will happen someday but it's hard to see if being something I'd really enjoy or care about.Martihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04492242951732140223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770289.post-16272730200185110602010-08-28T20:28:45.953-06:002010-08-28T20:28:45.953-06:00I like that idea - core hours. If, as is likely, I...I like that idea - core hours. If, as is likely, I find myself belonging to a dispersed team of people based in several time zones, any interaction will necessarily be along those lines. <br /><br />Yeah, I do have quite a bit of church stuff going. Sometimes it has seemed like too much and I've pulled back. But this "semester" I think I'll really enjoy it.<br /><br />S. and I met for a work-together-in-a-coffee-house day last week. It was great. I think we will try to do it often. Another friend told me he thinks his church has (or had) a group of work-at-homers that organized those kind of meet-ups on a regular basis.<br /><br />My goal is two hours of people time a day, most days. People with families wouldn't need to work at getting that, but I will...<br /><br />I think I may very well count myself "fortunate" to work at home, as you say, but we will see. Working in an office all these years - well, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times!Martihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04492242951732140223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770289.post-1691796220346183312010-08-27T22:18:21.942-06:002010-08-27T22:18:21.942-06:00one hopes that the big technology companies did th...one hopes that the big technology companies did their research back in the dotcom boom days when they had money to burn, but i have noticed a lot of them have "core hours" - usually something like 11 to 3, when they preferred to have everyone present and scheduled meeting. other than that people could work around those hours. i don't know if there was some research involved or just compromise. <br /><br />one thing i noticed at work is that they used to have the mockup daily to-do meetings at 7:30am and they have changed them to 3:30 pm the previous day. i suspect that was done in response to what worked best for people.<br /><br />i have had some friend who worked from home. one of them made a regular effort to be around people by going to yoga 3x a week. you at least have interaction at church once or twice a week? well anyway there are ways to schedule "people time" even if you do work from home. if i ever was so fortunate to work from home i would need to do that.<br /><br />do you ever still think of learning to knit? i was thinking today of sending you a beginning book i have that is really good. there are knitting circles all over the country. another way to be around people. i found one in ballard but they were very spinning oriented the one time i went. i should try again, i felt out of place. there is even one in my condo but they meet during the day when i am at work.Megan Noelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11855509464903187806noreply@blogger.com