Comment on Jason Fried: Why Work Doesn’t Happen at Work by DavyMac

I agree with the sentiments in some ways, long periods with no distractions are needed for certain types of work, but these can be achieved in the office as easily as working from home. On the flip side of this, it's easy to have as many, if not more distractions at home. It's all about self control and management of your own tasks - I wouldn't advocate a 'no talk day' - isn't that just an excuse to avoid communicating? As someone who works from home a reasonable amount and keeps fairly irregular hours generally, going to the office is like touching base, feeling like part of a team, communicating and sharing ideas face-to-face. If we all want to only deal with each other by email or IM - I'm out - maybe if everyone in business is introverted and 23 year old nerds that would be better, but we aren't!

Comment on Jason Fried: Why Work Doesn’t Happen at Work by DavyMac

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