On the google roro list occasionally you get people organising a jelly session. But I think the idea there was to get people who work from home into a situation where they can interact and maybe bounce off eachother a little. So I don't know how easy it would be to seclude yourself - haven't actually done it.
http://wiki.workatjelly.com/JellyInSydney Don't know if it's still going. If you find a good get away place with all the mod cons, not too costly, be sure to let me know. Regards, Daniel 2009/10/10 Adam Kennedy <[email protected]> > Hi gang > > Lately I've been finding that between IRC, twitter spam, and all the > other communication conveniences of our modern lives, it's really hard > to force yourself to devoting a whole day to learning some new > technology or to hack on that Important Project or what have you. > > I'd like to experiment with the idea of a Personal Sprint, where you > pack up a laptop and all the downloaded material and books you need > into a backpack, go somewhere unusual or picturesk or otherwise > undistracting and spend a 5 or 10 or 15 hour day or evening or night > with absolute nothing to distract from the task. > > Only problem is, I'm stuck for places to do it. > > In the past I've had some success with shorter periods of a few hours, > by just getting on a train to Penrith, or sitting our on the foodcourt > balcony at Bondi Junction shopping centre, and so on. > > But where would people recommend as places to go for this kind of thing? > > Limitations. > > 1. Must be reasonably reachable by public transport, some use of taxis > is acceptable. > > 2. Must have electricity, buying 10 hours of extra battery time is > probably not reasonable, extension cords are allowable. > > Thoughts? > > Adam K > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Daniel Bush --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
