Due to some recent changes in our development practices at work, all our work is online. We're working from SourceForge.net with all open-source and free tools, which basically means all I need to get my work done is an internet connection. To make it even easier, we've bundled up the entire package as a VMWare virtual machine and burned it to DVD, so it doesn't even take long to set up on a new computer. What this all boils down to is that I could work from home except for the fact that I do not have permission to do so. Everything else is in place.
It's not like I'd call up to say "I'm never coming in again, suckers!", but it's a good feeling to know that it is possible to set up a project this way. It feels liberating, and makes me think of the office IT department as more of a service provider than the Spanish Inquisition.
Mokalus of Borg
PS - However, sometimes they do still act like Mordac.
PPS - I must be regularly setting off nerd alarms these days.
2 comments:
*insert computer voice here* Good morning John.
You are setting of nerd alerts, but it's a silent nerd alert now. Kind of like a silent burgular alarm that calls the police/security company automatically and they come and suprise the burgular mid-burgle.
Now you can expect the nerd police to show up at any moment when you're in the middle of your nerd stuff.
I do find the silent nerd alert more considerate, but I can still see sometimes from your facial expression that it's going off.
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