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GeekNights 090309 - Telecommuting

AprecheApreche
edited March 2009 in GeekNights
Tonight on GeekNights we discuss telecommuting and the technology that makes it possible. In the news, Apples iPhone app developers are having a crisis, and Norway's public broadcasting is going bittorrent.

Scott's Thing - Cult of Done
Rym's Thing - Musical Mashup

Comments

  • Luke BurrageLuke Burrage
    I'm self employed and do a lot of work at home. Your description of slipping into slobbishness fits my life well. I've done a few hours work today already, but I'm still wearing slippers and a dressing gown. And I haven't had a proper shave since last week. Yesterday I had to get up at 8am and it almost killed me.

    Of course, Scott's thing of the day shows the attitude I have in place to get shit done. The one really new point is the "If you wait more than a week, abandon it." I see the reasoning behind this, but I often put things off for a month until I know I have time to work on it.
  • VinceAVinceA
    I do IT work (programming, etc) and work from home one day a week (Friday). It's great. I get to work the hours I want as long as I put in at least eight hours. Typically those are the early AM hours since I'm a morning person. It then enables me to run errands that do require my actual presence on Fridays.
  • fawpodcastfawpodcast
    I used EXACTLY the same strategy you all mentioned to get my colleges and I the ability to telecommute on Mondays 2 years ago. I'm a .NET web developer and my colleges are a web designer and a UI specialist. There's no reason NOT to do this if you primarily use a computer for your job.

    We work for at a federal government agency in Atlanta and use "Remote Desktop" via Citrix to get into our machines and work. The only thing that sucks is working on graphics in Photoshop (or similar). I recommend upgrading you connection to the internet to at LEAST 512 kbps UP, I have 1 mbps UP.

    Good show guys!
  • TheWealthyAardvarkTheWealthyAardvark
    Rym's TotD, along with many others, can be found at http://thru-you.com/
  • Luke BurrageLuke Burrage
    Rym's TotD, along with many others, can be found athttp://thru-you.com/
    I went through all the tracks last week, and I think all of them are better than the one that seems to be doing the rounds on the internet.
  • FunfetusFunfetus
    edited March 2009
    I went through all the tracks last week, and I think all of them are better than the one that seems to be doing the rounds on the internet.
    I think that's because the other tracks (or most of them at least -- I haven't listened to all of them) are more -- how can I say this without saying Electronica? Obviously these are all cut up and sequenced the same way, but the other tracks have a much more electronic techno/DnB/etc. sound. I think it's harder, or at least more unusual, to do a naturalistic funk-type song that way.
    Post edited by Funfetus on
  • Luke BurrageLuke Burrage
    I went through all the tracks last week, and I think all of them are better than the one that seems to be doing the rounds on the internet.
    I think that's because the other tracks (or most of them at least -- I haven't listened to all of them) are more -- how can I say this without saying Electronica? Obviously these are all cut up and sequenced the same way, but the other tracks have a much more electronic techno/DnB/etc. sound. I think it's harder, or at least more unusual, to do a naturalistic funk-type song that way.
    The harmonica guy is completely out of time with the rest of the music. That really, really annoyed me. Also funk also needs to be a LOT cleaner, and track 1, while it has a lot of energy, is just a mess.
  • FunfetusFunfetus
    The harmonica guy is completely out of time with the rest of the music. That really, really annoyed me. Also funk also needs to be a LOT cleaner, and track 1, while it has a lot of energy, is just a mess.
    Fair enough. Why do you think this one is getting so much more play than the rest of the album?
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    edited March 2009
    The harmonica guy is completely out of time with the rest of the music. That really, really annoyed me. Also funk also needs to be a LOT cleaner, and track 1, while it has a lot of energy, is just a mess.
    Fair enough. Why do you think this one is getting so much more play than the rest of the album?
    It's the first in the series, when people link directly to the Youtube video, you don't get cycled through to the others? Just a theory.
    Post edited by Omnutia on
  • Luke BurrageLuke Burrage
    I think the video editing is better, the whole concept is expressed better than others, but musically not so good. And yeah, being track one helps.
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    You could prboably do some audio editing to get all the beats in time. Personally, I kinda liked having it on in another tab.
  • Luke BurrageLuke Burrage
    There's nothing wrong with the beats. Listen to the music and count "one, two, three, four." Then make a note of when the harmonica guy starts playing and/or singing. It may have been done intentionally, but that kind of timing distortions need more clarity. The over-egged wall of sound behind it makes it painful for me to listen to.
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