Fighting Distractions With Code

Fighting Distractions With Code

I fight a daily battle against distractions. I know I’m not the only one, either, because the web sites that distract me are full of articles about how I can be less distracted. (I don’t want to change too much about how my mind works—the same part of my brain that...

Working from Amtrak

Telecommuting often means working from home, a coffee shop, or a coworking space.  But freedom from an office can open up a broad world of possibilities.  For me, that translated into an Amtrak rail pass and a month-long perambulation of the United States, where my...

Coffee Shop-Level Productivity at Home

Those of us who’ve spent a while working from home can testify to needing a diverse bag of tricks to keep things interesting. Over the years I’ve used a few tools to coax my brain into the zone, among these the orphaned open source project Noisy. Beautiful...