Workspace of the Week: Portable office

This week’s Workspace of the Week is BirdDog10′s morning workspace:

Summer days in D.C. are swampy, hot, and sticky, and working outside is a miserable experience for me and my computer. So, I’ve been visiting BirdDog10′s photograph in our Flickr pool the past three months and longing for the days to get cooler. Thankfully, fall has had an early arrival and this past week I’ve spent a good chunk of my work day out on my porch. BirdDog10′s image also has served as a reminder to take advantage of the spaces afforded to you in your workplace. Since I work from home, my porch is my second office. When I was a teacher, many classes were taught at the picnic tables in the school’s garden. And, when I worked downtown, I could sometimes be found on the break patio, high above the city streets, with my laptop. Often times, switching up your work environment to a more casual location can inspire you in ways that your cubicle walls cannot. Thank you, BirdDog10, for this serene, minimalist, and blissful addition to our Flick pool.

Want to have your own workspace featured in Workspace of the Week? Submit a picture to the Unclutterer flickr pool. Check it out because we have a nice little community brewing there. Also, don’t forget that workspaces aren’t just desks. If you’re a cook, it’s a kitchen; if you’re a carpenter, it’s your workbench.

Posted by Erin on Sep 11, 2009 | Comments

5 comments posted

  1. Posted by Lori Paximadis - 09/11/2009

    “Often times, switching up your work environment to a more casual location can inspire you in ways that your cubicle walls cannot.” — So very, very true. I work at home (editor, project manager, and writer, in addition to making jewelry), and it is the best thing in the world to have options to where to plunk the laptop. If I’m feeling stuck or distracted or even just tired of the chair I’m sitting in, I can pick up and move to a place with a different view or better light or fewer distractions. It makes all the difference.

    I admit that my favorite place to work is out on the back patio on the chaise; unfortunately, it works well only when I’m doing second-pass paper edits.

    Beautiful space, BirdDog10.

  2. Posted by Eli Simpson - EpicDoo - 09/11/2009

    I love being mobile, and recently my BlackBerry has become my mobile office. I post on my WordPress blog, answer emails and handle tasks on it. What a great view and makes me miss these last lingering summer days already. This is the life!

  3. Posted by Meredith - 09/15/2009

    I LOVE this Workspace of the Week feature. I’m so glad to have found your blog!

    This particular workspace reminds me of my “afternoon” office. I work from home 4 days of an average 6 day workweek and like to split my day in half: morning at my standard desk with my large iMac desktop and then the afternoon in a big comfy chair and my laptop.

    I just got a new laptop “desk” (one that gives me a surface for the computer and mouse, rather than just my lap) which has really helped.

  4. Posted by Rachel Lim - 09/20/2009

    Thanks for this pic. I can imagine myself in the scene. Really beautiful place to work. :) Yes, this is the life.

  5. Posted by Peter - 09/21/2009

    This is what I need right now.

    Our bed is used for the study right now, the bedroom floor is also our dining room. We’re not playing ultra uncluttered and throwing all our stuff, we’ve moved into a new house and don’t have much yet.

    This certainly looks like a good idea though and I will consider doing something like it.

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