vitalychernobyl

Here's our Top 10 coffee shops list - http://dcfounders.com/top-10-coffee-shops-in-washington-dc/ - we're no seattle, but you work with what you have :-D

Sorry, am feeling very verbose the last few days. That's a great way to go too :-D

Hey, if you get a chance, let me know if you still have issues. Did a quick fix last night, so hopefully was enough. (May need to go back later and fix underlying issue.) Thx!

(me == author) and I completely agree. And you're just spoiled because you're from Seattle :-D. Compared to better indy coffee shops, the chains aren't great, but they are consistent (the wireless may not be great, but it doesn't go down). But you definitely want to find a place with soul if you can.

When I first got my iPad I put a timer app on it, and at some point I got really frustrated by how much time I perceived was being wasted, so for a few weeks I timed it every time I wasn't able to work when I was trying to (wifi down, no power, going to a new place, etc). It was crazy, actually, but I was losing half my working day (shortly after that we joined Affinity Lab).

Of course, now that I can't get to a co-working space, I had to get way better at planning and finding good places. Now I don't waste much time.

For that matter, I think I am more productive (for now) because I can't chit-chat and get distracted as I would when I'm around people I know. All of our work is offsite and online right now, so no productivity is wasted.

The biggest trick is, if it's a 3hr commute there and back to your office (plus settling in time) you have to weight it each time whether it's worth the trip or not. But I hit the coffee shop every morning, like it's my office, and gain 2.5hrs. You just can't slack off.

I wouldn't suggest doing it forever, but if you're going to do it, that's how.

Sorry about that, can't replicate. Maybe you're getting flagged by Cloudflare security? We'll mess with it tonight when the load goes down a bit. Again, sorry about that.

Love the powerstrip idea. Sounds like a movement :-)

Yep, that's the upgrade if you can afford it and there is one nearby. Coworking places can be great.

(Hey, I'm actually the author) We were actually working out of Affinity Lab for over a year. A great place. That's what you do when you want to upgrade.

But the trick with any coworking space is that it's gotta be convenient. We moved out of the city and it's just a bit too far out. But AL is great.

Also, you don't have to spend $1000/month - that's just what happens if you're not careful. I generally spend about $4-5/day - so it rounds out to about $150.

I don't think there is a particular trick to fix that, here's what I do - if the place is in a decent neighborhood and there are other people on laptops around, I'll ask someone to watch my things.

The trick I use is to pick someone that has line of site on my things, so they pay attention even if they don't mean to. And ideally to pick someone with a laptop, and preferably a better laptop than yours, that makes them a tad more trustworthy, because at least they probably won't take off with yours.

If the neighborhood is sketchy or there is no one around, I take it with me.

Sorry, it just takes an extra second to load. Will fix it in a bit. You should still be able to see it if you just wait for a beat.