Pen and paper can be good, too—no bootup times, no dying batteries, no software problems. Too bad, I have lousy handwriting and sometimes can’t decipher what I write myself.

But I’m all thumbs with going outdoors rather than staying at home most of the time. Since I don’t have my own laptop yet, I always bring my trusty old pen and small notebook for those sudden ‘eureka’ moments.

Go ahead shell out the dough! It will be helpful both to you and your tools-of-the-trade. My office isn’t air-conditioned right now, and the computers get hot when the weather’s warm. I’m not too keen on turning a bedroom into an office, though, since there will always be the tempation to hit the sack. And I read somewhere that you should limit use of the bedroom for sleeping and lovemaking (not that you can’t do this elsewhere, ehem, ehem). Work, reading, and all other activities should be done elsewhere.

my dad’s coaxing me to turn my room into a mini-office, complete with the aircon. problem is, i’ll be the one who’ll shell out the dough!

btw, quite a similar article from my end: How to Dance With Your Soul

In an earlier post I said, “If you asked the head of a company which employee they’d prefer: the perfect team player who doesn’t rock the boat or the one who is brave enough to stand up and fight for something rather than accept the watered-down group think that maintains the status quo (or makes things worse), who would they SAY they’d choose? Who would they REALLY choose?

I really wonder why companies restrict their creative people too much with the constant excuse of “professionalism.” Sheer irony of needing that creativity while providing restricting policies that stifle it.

Here’s an article I wrote a while back.