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In this post I described how using my computer in my home office was the first time that I'm getting a direct return on my investment. In this post I'll take a look in the other side of the coin: the investment in infrastructure. When my home computer used to be only that, i.e, my home computer, I had no hard requirements to keep it up to ...

With this post I'll stop talking about the advantages of working from home and start to discuss some of the drawbacks related to this way of work. (sorry for the subject, I just couldn't resist :) Note that some points that I first took as an advantage may appear again, but this time, with a focus on possible disadvantages; this doesn't mean ...

Hi, Have you ever needed to ask (embarrassed) your boss to let you leave early so you could go to the doctor or to address some personal issue? Well, not have to do this is another benefit of working from home :) as (usually) you are in charge of managing your own time! Of course this is not an ''all or nothing situation''. Even when I had a ...

Wow. I've always the feeling that my investment in computer hardware/software was somewhat a waste of money; you see, usually I get a pretty descent machine and stick with it for at least 3 years; so every 3 years I spend a lot of money to get a new one and I didn't get a direct return from my investment (not to mention that most of the day it ...

Hi! How many times a developer approached you to ask something he/she could have easily find by himself have he/she bothered to spend 10 minutes to do a google search? And let's be fair, how many times you feel compelled to do the same? I have to confess that even being a firm believer of ''search before asking'' principle, sometimes I do ...

In my last post I was talking about not being required to commute to work and I pointed some related benefits. Today, I'm going to talk about some more benefits (directly related to the previous one), so let's go. As I explained in the previous post I used to spend 2 hours in traffic; well, since I started working from my home this was not ...

In the previous post I just said I'd think aloud about advantages/drawbacks of working from home. Let's take the half-full approach and present the advantages first starting with not needing to commute. Well, before joining db4o I used to live in São Paulo - Brazil, so this point is pretty easy one ;) Anyone that knows just a little bit ...

As I posted here, some time ago (to be more precise, exactly one year ago) I joined db4o and started to work from my home; that was not an easy decision/move but (thanks God and some really good friends also) I took it. Since one year has passed, I think it is a good time to review this journey and rethink whenever its paying off or not. In the ...

Here are to interviews in French I gave after my talk at Microsoft’s TechDays in Paris. on Mono. on db4o. It has been the best way for me to realize that I really need an haircut. Now. My friend Patrice and his team are uploading all their interviews here.

It’s been five days since I’m back from Hong-Kong, where I was attending the db4o Developer Conference, and I had wonderful time there. After such a nice trip, it’s really hard to be excited by the idea of returning home, in Mulhouse, France. You’re welcome to visit my flickr set for this trip Now I have to catch up ...