Interesting history of work from the nineties to the end of the aughts. Share some anecdotes with specifics? Aside from writing gigs, what else was working remotely for you? I’ll bet your publishers were doing remote work plans for their most significant creators: the authors.
When you say “Being able to walk down the hall and check on someone’s progress requires less planning and forethought than developing a communication and feedback framework upon which everyone agrees,” how did that manifest for you by the aughts?
I’ve worked from a home office since the early nineties. We needed to be better writers (email!) and communicators (phone) to pull off the work. My dog barking, whenever the FedEx guy rang the bell, always gave me away during a call. What glory, for a meeting-free day. Now, just calls (a la Zoom) instead of hoping the Timberfall Room was open for a meeting. Or that our co-workers could be interrupted by us, instead of them finishing that report.
Our ability to schedule flexibly now is more important than download speeds. Well, maybe not, considering how essential Zoom is. Keep us up to date with your specifics.
Interesting history of work from the nineties to the end of the aughts. Share some anecdotes with specifics? Aside from writing gigs, what else was working remotely for you? I’ll bet your publishers were doing remote work plans for their most significant creators: the authors.
When you say “Being able to walk down the hall and check on someone’s progress requires less planning and forethought than developing a communication and feedback framework upon which everyone agrees,” how did that manifest for you by the aughts?
I’ve worked from a home office since the early nineties. We needed to be better writers (email!) and communicators (phone) to pull off the work. My dog barking, whenever the FedEx guy rang the bell, always gave me away during a call. What glory, for a meeting-free day. Now, just calls (a la Zoom) instead of hoping the Timberfall Room was open for a meeting. Or that our co-workers could be interrupted by us, instead of them finishing that report.
Our ability to schedule flexibly now is more important than download speeds. Well, maybe not, considering how essential Zoom is. Keep us up to date with your specifics.
Great ideas Ron! I'll plan to include them in future posts. I was at the right place in my life to take advantage of it all coming together.