Working in the Cloud More Literally than Usual
I’m writing this somewhere over Indonesia on a flight from Bangkok to Sydney. I find that I am always particularly productive on long flights – I guess it’s something to do with knowing I’m sitting here for nine hours whatever I do.
So far I’ve replied to all my emails (really liking offline gmail), written a reference for a former colleague and written some text for the Fixed Price SharePoint website (I got the rest of the copy done on the Sydney to Bangkok flight and haven’t gotten around to working on it since).
In the past I’ve gotten a lot of code written on planes – mostly when that was the only thing my job required. I find it works best for stuff that has been getting delayed for a while – the stuff you would otherwise have to force yourself to sit down and do.
In terms of tools, I find that the Mac I’m using now is much better than the Windows machines I’ve used in the past – mainly due to how quickly it starts up. A seat with a power outlet is definitely worth paying a bit extra for – I have in the past used spare batteries to keep my computer running the whole flight, but it only works when the batteries are new, and not having to worry about running out of power makes a big difference.
