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...
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...
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...