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Tag: teleworking

  • Step/ski into my office! Today I'm working from a cafe overlooking an indoor ski slope where my kids are having lessons!

    Full image of Dan sits at his laptop in a cafe; ski lifts can be seen in the background.
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    Dan sits at his laptop in a cafe; ski lifts can be seen in the background.

    • Note
    • posted 28 August, 2024
  • Power's out yet again at my house (though not for the last reason nor because of our weird wiring: this time it's for tree trimming), so here I am in my favourite coworking-friendly local cafe with The Signal And The Noise (which I've talked about before) in my ears and a whole lot of sprint planning at my fingertips.

    Full image of Dan sits at his laptop in a cafe; his phone is playing music to his earbuds.
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    Dan sits at his laptop in a cafe; his phone is playing music to his earbuds.

    • Note
    • posted 6 June, 2024
  • In an urban environment, Dan waves. Behind him, a stone fountain-statue representing Neptune, surrounded by sea creatures, can be seen.

    Found GC20GBC Neptune - The Mystic

    This checkin to GC20GBC Neptune - The Mystic reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Super quick find on lunch break during a day coworking in Cheltenham. Love the hiding spot which seems pretty much made for a cache of this shape and size! TFTC!

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    • Checkin
    • to GC20GBC
    • posted 25 October, 2022
  • Dan, in a black t-shirt, waves to the camera from a suburban street.

    Found GC9Q4JG Timms Estate

    This checkin to GC9Q4JG Timms Estate reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I've been working in Banbury this morning while my car was being serviced at the nearby garage. Once I got the call to say it had been done and I could come and collect it I walked back โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC9Q4JG
    • posted 28 June, 2022
  • Treemap showing countries of Automatticians. North America and specifically the USA dominates, the UK has the most in Europe, etc.

    Automattic International

    Off the back of a colleague's throwaway comment, Dan makes cartograms showing how his coworkers' countries proportionally dominate their world map.

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    • Article
    • 8 comments
    • posted 14 February, 2022
  • World map showing the locations of Dan, his immediate team, and its parent team. There's a cluster of nine pins Europe, a few pins further East in Russia and Indonesia, one in Cape Town, two in North America, and one in Central America.

    Automattic Privilege

    Dan's thinks about the geographic/cultural privileges he enjoys within his international workplace.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (664 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 7 February, 2022
  • Two laptops: one showing a full-screen Zoom chat with Dan and "Jackbox Games"; the second showing a windowed copy of Jackbox Party Pack 8.

    Taking a Jackbox Zoom Party to the Next Level

    Dan hosts a lot of Jackbox games over Zoom, and he's got some pro-level tips to share with you.

    Read more - about 5 minutes (1089 words)

    • Article
    • posted 16 December, 2021
  • Image representing post: Note #19700

    How did it take me years of working-from-home before I thought to install one of these in my desk? Brilliant.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (20 words)

    • Note
    • posted 18 November, 2021
  • Two women in black dresses sit in a graveyard by candlelight and hold up the Automattic logo. Edited image based on original photo by Valeria Boltneva from Pexels (used with permission) and the Automattic logo (used under the assumption that they won't mind, given the context).

    Creed Cult-ure

    Automatticians seem to really believe in their creed. Is Dan's employer a cult? Let's try to work it out...

    Read more - about 5 minutes (968 words)

    • Article
    • 6 comments
    • posted 15 June, 2021
  • The Green, our new home

    Buying Another House

    By the weekend, Dan hopes to have moved house. Again, but perhaps for the last time?

    Read more - about 4 minutes (715 words)

    • Article
    • 21 comments
    • posted 16 June, 2020
  • Man in sci-fi jumpsuit and futuristic AR goggles.

    Future Challenges for Remote Working

    As more and more companies (especially tech companies) talk about retaining a remote-work culture after the coronavirus crisis, Dan considers some of the future challenges they might face.

    Read more - about 8 minutes (1684 words)

    • Article
    • 6 comments
    • posted 22 May, 2020
  • View of 1960s buildings in front of Oxford Castle.

    Today my #distributed #remotework office is provided by @OCFI_OI, which provides me that most #Oxford of views: simultaneously containing architecture of the 1960s... and the 1160s.

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    • Note
    • posted 27 February, 2020
  • 180 Tips for Remote Working

    Dan reshares a list of remote working tips, along with links to some more tongue-in-cheek looks at the practice.

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    • Repost
    • posted 8 February, 2020
  • Dan sitting on a rock on Table Mountain, Cape Town, with a sunset in the background

    Automattic Transition (days -50 to 78)

    A nice round 256 days since he applied to Automattic, Dan reflects on the whirlwind that has been his first two months working there.

    Read more - about 10 minutes (2149 words)

    • Article
    • 17 comments
    • posted 5 January, 2020
  • Dan with a whisky.

    Automattic Recruitment (days -179 to -51)

    Dan reflects on the last 128 days since he applied to work at Automattic, and looks forward to the remaining 50 until he starts.

    Read more - about 17 minutes (3853 words)

    • Article
    • 25 comments
    • posted 30 August, 2019

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