Comments on: The Bootstrapped Office

By: Now With a “Real” Office | Adam McFarland

Now With a “Real” Office | Adam McFarland — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:48:47 +0000

[...] in ’09 I wrote The Bootstrapped Office. At that time we had the simplest, most basic work spaces at our warehouse and at home. As should [...]

By: How I Worked Last Wednesday | Adam McFarland

How I Worked Last Wednesday | Adam McFarland — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:03:07 +0000

[...] prefer to keep doing so), the only difference between working at home and on the road is having my home-made docking station. For all intents and purposes though, I’m equally as productive wherever I am. [...]

By: Adam McFarland

Adam McFarland — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:08:51 +0000

Haha the cannon. Interesting story actually. All freshman engineering students at RPI are required to take a shop class where you turn a block of aluminum into a cannon. It's considered a "tradition" and "right of passage" into their engineering school. Supposedly it's been going on for like 50 years. Alumni keep it on their desks at work so that other alumni know that they went to RPI. But that's not why I keep it pointed at myself. In a rush to finish it early (and not have to attend class the remainder of the semester) I cut the barrel an inch short. Oops! I keep it there to remind me to slow down and avoid stupid mistakes.

By: Spanish Classes

Spanish Classes — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:41:08 +0000

I am always thinking of can I do without this. I would prefer to have to be inventive to solve a problem than have too many “things” that don’t necessarily add value to the business.

By: Brian Weidner

Brian Weidner — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:26:09 +0000

Does it make you nervous to have that cannon pointing at you while you’re working at home? Productivity technique?