Comments on: OfficePOD: Shed Worker Daily?

By: Imran Ali

Imran Ali — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:09:54 +0000

@mikechitty @laurawelli was it one of these… http://t.co/qHUiLHLQ

By: Shedworking: Commuting Down the Garden Path

Shedworking: Commuting Down the Garden Path — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:05:14 +0000

[...] is all about. Over the past year, we’ve featured a couple of posts looking at innovative shedworking solutions, while Alex Johnson has a daily blog, Shedworking, devoted to the topic. It seems that the movement [...]

By: Ben Lord

Ben Lord — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:45:28 +0000

POD Space is a new office space for home workers. The pods provide a self -contained work unit away from the main house. POD Space have designed the pods using environmentally responsible, and low maintenance materials along with highly efficient heating and lighting. They have been designed to fit into most gardens and can be installed easily – usually craned in as a complete unit or site assembled if access is an issue. The pods are also completely customizable in terms of size and specification and In the majority of cases do not require planning permission. Visit POD Space for further information (www.pod-space.co.uk).

By: Helen South

Helen South — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:37:03 +0000

Silly and expensive…. but… kinda cute. It definitely appeals to my inner geek. I’d need a bigger one, for studio space – but it’s way funkier than your typical garden sleepout/studio/garage. Out under the trees, passive solar heating…

By: Simon Mackie

Simon Mackie — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:06:38 +0000

You’re right. It’s 2.1m x 2.1m, which is about 40 sq feet.

By: Marcus Dyson

Marcus Dyson — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:02:39 +0000

Six square feet of working space. 3ft x 2ft???

Are you sure you do not mean six feet square, or 36 square feet?

By: Jolene

Jolene — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:43:23 +0000

Heck, I wouldn’t mind one of these at work. Instead of an open air cube where you can hear everything going on around you, at least you could close up in it and talk to clients without interruption!

By: Tom Jefer's Son

Tom Jefer's Son — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:10:10 +0000

Oh, good. Now we can be locked into our cubes until management decides to let us out.

Was this inspired by a Dilbert cartoon I missed?

By: Imran Ali

Imran Ali — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:44:33 +0000

Thanks for your perspective Alex – and for introducing your blog – OfficePOD is perhaps a little pricey for what it offers.

Sure there might be some advantages – but ‘shedworking’ isn’t a panacea and just one option for working at home. I’d like to see some more creative thinking on space design and home layouts. Though, I accept ‘sheds’ are as much part of this thinking, as extensions of a home.

LOL, I’m not sure if anyone understands what adds value to their properties in the UK anymore – magic, financial sorcery and leprechaun juice seem to represent the best hopes for our economy :)

By: Simon Mackie

Simon Mackie — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:14:19 +0000

@alex – the Shedworking concept in interesting, although this take on it seems rather expensive.

By: Simon Mackie

Simon Mackie — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:11:14 +0000

@alex – WordPress was marking your comments as spam for some reason. I have approved them now.

By: alex

alex — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:56:40 +0000

Why are you not putting up my comments?

By: alex

alex — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:26:58 +0000

Moronic? You just haven’t researched the subject well enough. This is not a one-off: there’s a huge – and growing – market for garden offices, particularly in the UK but also in the US (take a look at my site Shedworking http://www.shedworking.co.uk for confirmation). There are many advantages to working in the back garden – you don’t have to double up on rooms, it adds value to your property, it’s easier to prevent family/pets invading your workspace, psychologically it marks a clear difference between where you live and where you work… I could go on and on.

By: Imran Ali

Imran Ali — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:11:39 +0000

@matthew – i have to admit, it seems like a pretty moronic idea…i’d rather effort and intellect went into better home design

By: Tarique Naseem

Tarique Naseem — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:03:28 +0000

Or, how about this… http://lifehacker.com/397216/backyard-shed-turned-home-office

If you want a Do-it-yourself solution instead. :) Personally, I prefer it.

The OfficePod is a bit too Space 1999 for me :)

By: Matthew Platte

Matthew Platte — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:09:37 +0000

As for me, totally unnecessary. But there’s this guy I often partner with on projects who would love to “go to work” in his back yard. I hesitate to show him this since he’ll no doubt whine like a baby until he gets one. ;)