On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) < [email protected]> wrote:
> Moving to a new employment position, I'm once again faced with > purchasing some computer equipment. I'm wondering what hardware, > software and combination people like the best for working seamlessly > in the office AND home office environment. I'm not really a traveller > - so I don't have to do the 'road warrior' thing. However, I do want > to be able to work in multiple locations. > What is allowed by the employer's security rules and what they provide makes a big difference. I used to be allowed to bring my laptop onto $DayJob net, since I could be trusted to be cleaner than their systems, but no more exceptions. Using DropBox would be a firing offence, as is sshfs or any other connection to personally owned electronics. If employer's office email has secure webmail access option, on recommended work at home option is email it to yourself AT WORK ADDRESS, access it from home, upload back to office web mail when done, and clean-up. I had the good fortune to be issued the same model laptop at the office as I was using at home, so office provided dock at office and Google found me the same part number for half price for home. I am not sure if the T600 they'll probably upgrade me to will be dock compatible with either the T60 or T61 that I picked up at MIT Flea in June if I want to replicate that happy coincidence. The powered USB poorman's dock is an option that obsoletes as standards rachet up, since it has video and ethernet built in, but not useless when you switch laptop models, and that may be an option with incompatible rigs as I might be facing. -- Bill [email protected] [email protected]
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