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Cartoon: More productive in a coffee house?
Mekkaniak | Jan 10 2007
I have seen several references on the web on how to beat procrastination and be more productive by changing work environment, mostly by going to the nearest coffee house. Here is Scott Kurtz (PvP) take on this: 6 Comments
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 Guilty as chargedSubmitted by crystaln1 on January 12, 2007 - 11:30pm.
Gotta admit, I'm a big fan of this one myself. To the point that every coffee house in the town I work knows me by sight, if not by name... Crystal My latest find: someone sent me an email on »
 I'm one of those people...Submitted by austin.moody on January 14, 2007 - 11:29am.
I'm one of those people who feels WAY more productive in a coffee shop than at home. Mainly I just can't stand for things to be "too quiet". I need the background noise. If I'm working/studying from home I always end up futzing with the TV/Stereo/PC/Dog/Cat/etc... »
Yeah, it's way too easy...Submitted by Paul on January 19, 2007 - 4:25pm.
Yeah, it's way too easy at home for me to get up and do a little something here and there around the house, and realized I've killed my work time and finished very little work. I can do well at the coffee shop, but I'm also guilty of the cartoon character's pitfall - sometime's I'm really productive, but at the wrong stuff. One of my new duties is a weekly write up of the major events in my industry for senior management, and a coffee shop is very conducive to that. Just reading the more interesting articles and trying to come up with clever summaries. »
 That cartoon reminds me...Saturday night...Submitted by jasonechols on January 22, 2007 - 2:02pm.
That cartoon reminds me...Saturday night I took my son to the Chicago Blackhawks @ Nashville Predators game in Nashville. During the breaks in the action, they typically will play loud music and show shots of specific members of the crowd on the big screen on the scoreboard atop center ice. In the second period, 19,000 began to boo as there was a shot of this bald overweight guy in the stands with his...MACBOOK OPEN IN HIS LAP!!!! He ended up being a contestant in the "fan of the game" contest. When they threw his picture up again...the chorus of boos resumed. Some cute girl holding up a sign saying, "Don't mess with my TOOTOO" (referring to Jordin Tootoo) won it. And yes, I did catch that his jersey number is also two - two. »
Yeah, it's way too easy...Submitted by scottah on January 29, 2007 - 8:09am.
Paul;7778 wrote:
Yeah, it's way too easy at home for me to get up and do a little something here and there around the house, and realized I've killed my work time and finished very little work. So I need to head to the local coffee house when things get crazy at home? I am getting better about it after working from home almost 2 years. I guess the hardest part for me is lack of peer intervention or just having people around who understand what you are trying to do. I might just have to visit Borders tonight and try it. -Scott »
I love working out of...Submitted by Ronin1313 on March 27, 2007 - 5:19pm.
I love working out of coffee shops. I am on the road quite a bit and the average hotel room is not setup for long stints. (IMHO). »
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