Comments on: How to Stay Productive in Tough Situations as a Remote Employee http://gigaom.com/2010/04/23/how-to-stay-productive-in-tough-situations-as-a-remote-employee/ Sat, 25 May 2013 22:36:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Blogging Elsewhere « Fast Wonder: Online Community Management http://gigaom.com/2010/04/23/how-to-stay-productive-in-tough-situations-as-a-remote-employee/#comment-94466 Sun, 09 May 2010 15:06:05 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=31807#comment-94466 [...] How to Stay Productive in Tough Situations as a Remote Employee [...]

]]> By: Alma http://gigaom.com/2010/04/23/how-to-stay-productive-in-tough-situations-as-a-remote-employee/#comment-94465 Mon, 03 May 2010 00:00:50 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=31807#comment-94465 You are so right Dawn! I live in the Philippines and we are currently suffering from daily power outages which initially took a toll on my work. But eventually I was able to adjust my work program and now back on track.

]]> By: Sin Trenton http://gigaom.com/2010/04/23/how-to-stay-productive-in-tough-situations-as-a-remote-employee/#comment-94464 Sat, 24 Apr 2010 07:59:27 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=31807#comment-94464 Personally, if my net book would snuff it while I’m on the road, the only real issue would be to find an alternative computer, so I don’t have to work on the typepad of my (highly regular and ordinary) mobile.

My first and immediate solution if my net book would snuff it is the mobile. Apart from mail, I have Java apps handling my GTalk, Jabber, Skype, IRC, etc, so I can at least communicate with colleagues and partners. The address book and calendar are synced with cloud services.

Second back up is my 16GB USB memory, which doesn’t so much contain important files–they are stored over at Dropbox or Google Apps–as my software. Portable apps (portableapps.com) allow me to carry my Firefox browser, Open Office, Pidgin (IM), GIMP, Dia (Open Source Visio), Keepass for passwords, and pretty much everything I need, with me. And with them, my settings, my macros and bookmarks.
Of course, this means that I need another computer, either an old spare, or if I can borrow one. Point is, that I don’t need to install anything at all. Plug in the memory stick and the lion part of my office is there, immediately.

And as you mention under Think, as a last resource, there is always my Moleskine notebook and a clutch pencil. Run without batteries.

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