A blog series to aggregate my mobile IT worker experiences. Mostly about the places and spaces that I have been working in during the COVID period.
WAFO 12 – Good working at Good Earth Coffee House
I landed at the Good Earth Coffee House in James Bay unexpectedly the other day. I often relocate from home to downtown in the middle of the day, and this time, I didn’t quite have the 14 minutes needed to get downtown. So, stopped at…
WAFO 11 – Steamer’s Pub lives on at Leopold’s Tavern
Just had a thought – I could make this blog even more useful by posting the WIFI network name (SSID) and password along with each post! In most cases though, it’s only my computer that has remembered the network username / password. Of interest at…
WAFO-10 beating the heat in Oaklands, remotely
Here we are on one of the hottest days of the year in YYJ, and I took up an invite from a Workmate to stop by his front-yard for a working sesh. Not one to miss a chance to try out a new remote WAFO…
WAFO-9 working close to office
I’ve spent a bunch of the last year, since 2020-June anyways, working in this space. The public atrium at 1515 Douglas Street. Workday has an office suite in this building, but as you know, it has been closed due to COVID since 2020-March. Jawl has…
WAFO-8 Upper deck at home
At home, there is a nice upper deck that is useable as office space in the summer months. It ticks all the boxes for power, Wifi, bathrooms, access to coffee, etc. In this shot, you can see that I have the Macbook set up on…
WAFO-7 1021 Fort Street
The site of Picnic Coffee, near the corner of Fort & Vancouver streets. The owners run a catering outfit out back, and a coffee shop out front. Great eats to be had here, and on the day this shot was taken, I was enjoying the…
WAFO-6 Market Square Balcony
After grabbing a pizzolo from Mosi across the street, I came over onto the 2nd floor balcony of Market Square to work. This bench is under overhead cover, so provides cover from the rain, and some glare. It is still pretty bright in this location,…
WAFO-5 Imagine Ice Cream @ Breakwater
On Thursday morning, I wound up working just outside the Imagine Ice Cream shop, which is below the Breakwater Cafe. While there may be Wifi available here, I chose to tether with my iPhone so I could get decent enough bandwidth to spend 90 minutes…
WAFO-4 Picnic Coffee
Among my favourite patio spaces in the downtown core, at 1021 Fort Street. Great eats and coffee beverages, plus much more if you check out the menu! A very creative gang is at work in the kitchen. Have you tried the charcuterie boxes? I digress….!…
WAFO-3 Home patio
All the convenience of home, in this location on the back patio! This is a fair-weather location only, as there is no overhead canopy to keep the rain off. I use the portable umbrella on the table to keep the glare off the screen. I’ve…