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caddymanI think that I may have asked more of the office IT than it has to give.
Yesterday I worked from home; I didn’t get as much done as I should have liked, but part of the exercise was to test the remote connection and the working environment I need to create to be able to get anything done. I realised very quickly that short of sweeping either my or Furtle’s computer to the floor, there is not enough room in the study. Plus, ventilation up there is relatively poor and it was sweltering.
For yesterday at least, it was far too hot in the conservatory, though there will be days when it isn’t, so that was not a good working environment, though well ventilated and light. So: the kitchen, table, then.
The kitchen turns out to be pretty much ideal. Well lit, well ventilated, handy access to the kettle and the window behind me so I can’t gaze at the garden. Plus the kitchen table is the right height and there’s a strong wi-fi signal. So I logged on and there we are: first difficulty. Yes, I can map to the shared drives, but since the office reorganisation I am technically in a new division, so yes, I can map to the shared drives, just not the ones I need. I am breaking the system as I speak by transferring a couple of HUGE subdirectories to my personal drive.
It is taking…. Time.
I managed to get some actual work done, but I have to confess that it was not as much as I would have hoped. It didn’t take long for me to get annoyed with the small keyboard and then with the track thingy that laptops have instead of a proper mouse or trackball. Happily I was able to attach a larger keyboard wirelessly and, after finding that the wireless mouse wouldn’t work with it, was able, after a period of playing treasure hunt in the study, to find the travel mouse we have. It’s not as comfy as a normal sized mouse, but it is infinitely preferable to the pad.
I wasn’t impressed to see that the effect of having faster home wireless was compensated for by the sluggishness of the office servers and was disappointed that the daily slow down and halt around 16.00 transferred to the laptop too.
Anyway, all in all, a useful day. From Friday I hope to be able to crack on and get going properly. In the kitchen again, or if cooler, in the conservatory. Furtle will be starting a run of several consecutive night working shifts by then, so not being able to curse loudly in the study will be useful!
Yesterday I worked from home; I didn’t get as much done as I should have liked, but part of the exercise was to test the remote connection and the working environment I need to create to be able to get anything done. I realised very quickly that short of sweeping either my or Furtle’s computer to the floor, there is not enough room in the study. Plus, ventilation up there is relatively poor and it was sweltering.
For yesterday at least, it was far too hot in the conservatory, though there will be days when it isn’t, so that was not a good working environment, though well ventilated and light. So: the kitchen, table, then.
The kitchen turns out to be pretty much ideal. Well lit, well ventilated, handy access to the kettle and the window behind me so I can’t gaze at the garden. Plus the kitchen table is the right height and there’s a strong wi-fi signal. So I logged on and there we are: first difficulty. Yes, I can map to the shared drives, but since the office reorganisation I am technically in a new division, so yes, I can map to the shared drives, just not the ones I need. I am breaking the system as I speak by transferring a couple of HUGE subdirectories to my personal drive.
It is taking…. Time.
I managed to get some actual work done, but I have to confess that it was not as much as I would have hoped. It didn’t take long for me to get annoyed with the small keyboard and then with the track thingy that laptops have instead of a proper mouse or trackball. Happily I was able to attach a larger keyboard wirelessly and, after finding that the wireless mouse wouldn’t work with it, was able, after a period of playing treasure hunt in the study, to find the travel mouse we have. It’s not as comfy as a normal sized mouse, but it is infinitely preferable to the pad.
I wasn’t impressed to see that the effect of having faster home wireless was compensated for by the sluggishness of the office servers and was disappointed that the daily slow down and halt around 16.00 transferred to the laptop too.
Anyway, all in all, a useful day. From Friday I hope to be able to crack on and get going properly. In the kitchen again, or if cooler, in the conservatory. Furtle will be starting a run of several consecutive night working shifts by then, so not being able to curse loudly in the study will be useful!
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