It's Been a While

For those that actually read this blog, you might be wondering why I haven't posted in a while. Truth be told, I just got lazy. Now on to the actual post!

One of the benefits of my job is that I can work from home whenever possible. Here at Microsoft, we have an informal "No Meetings Wednesday." It means that everyone tries to avoid setting up meetings (especially reoccurring ones) on Wednesdays. This allows people to get individual level work done, and for most Program Managers meeting free time is hard to come by.

I decided that I would work from home today. I have done it before, but today I tried something new. The first half I spent at home and the second half I spent at a coffee shop across the street. You might be thinking, "why? what point are you trying to make?"

Here it is: I am most productive when working at a coffee shop. It's the best of all worlds, I don't have the distractions of a television and books which exist at home. And I don't have people stopping by (which is inconvenient when trying to write a document or reply to email but a critical part of my role) or having the same old office environment that exist at work.

Oh yeah one more thing: Thanks Unified Communication and Exchange! Due to those two products/concepts I was able to have access to my phone line, email, calender, messenger, etc all day today.

Plus to top it off, I saved a bit of gas (well around gallon) by not driving into work today.

Anyone else out there have any comments about working from home?