{"id":3560,"date":"2023-05-04T14:36:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T13:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/?p=3560"},"modified":"2023-05-04T14:37:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T13:37:48","slug":"a-few-days-of-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/?p=3560","title":{"rendered":"A Few Days Of Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The hopefully none of you who’ve been paying attention to the dates of these posts may have noticed that I’ve worked from Canterbury for five days & haven’t said a damn thing about how it went. This is for deep & compelling reasons; I wasn’t sure how to make it interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having given up on interesting, I’m instead going to go with potentially informative, and give a bit of a rundown of what worked and what didn’t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The room was huge, and had a single trundle bed in it as well as the actual bed, so I had something to sit Big Red on. What it didn’t have was a desk, or more than one chair; That last one’s a shame because there was plenty of room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a sort of workspace, where the kettle lived & 2 of the 3 power outlets were, and it was deep enough to make a pretty good impromptu desk. On the downside, it faced away from the windows. ( I’d had plans to try one of the local co-working spaces, but then things went hilariously wrong on a project in a way that made me suspect I’d be making a lot of calls, which seems kind of obnoxious for a shared space )<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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( dramatic action shot of workspace )<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It was a functional workspace, if not scenic, and the hotel WiFi was fine; Took a while to connect, and it did crap out for a bit on the second day, but that can happen anywhere. No issues with remote machines, and the giant download I had to do would have taken a while in any circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Didn’t pass the Enjoyment test though. In theory, staying in town means that the tourist\/sightseeing stuff is right there. In practice, it’s mostly closed after working hours, and after a day of work my energy levels can be pretty low, so there’s not a whole lot of advantage to being in the midst of it all unless the accommodation itself is in some way worth it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And with all due respect to the Travelodge Canterbury Chaucer Central, … , It’s just not. There’s nothing wrong with it, it’s a good hotel option, but nobody is going to recommend it as the focus of a holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On to the tech stuff. I tried to keep track of how much of what I brought I actually used, and it’s a pretty short list; Going to have to go back through that bag of connectors & ‘might need it’ items to see what on earth is in there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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( the ‘how do I fit all of that crap back in there’ shot )<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Overall, working from the hotel was a success, in that I got work done, but I’m not thinking it’s the way forward for me. That’s fine, that was part of the point of this trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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