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  And if your boss is on the fence, here’s a compelling case study — from economics professor Nicholas Bloom — to show her. Quick — imagine a person working from home. If you pictured somebody in pajamas watching videos on their laptop, you’re not alone. “Many people think of working from home as shirking from home,” says Stanford University economics professor Nicholas Bloom ( TEDxStanford Talk: Go ahead, tell your boss you are working from home ). But Bloom thought there had to be more to telecommuting than binge-watching Netflix. The professor — who co-directs the Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship program at the US’s National Bureau of Economic Research — had worked from home at a previous job, and he recognized that it’s becoming more and more common around the world. In the US, the number of employees who telecommute has tripled over the past 30 years, although it’s still only 2.4 percent. “Out of the 150 million Americans who work, that means roughly...

  "From the outside, inwards" is the simplest way to remember it. Power everything off first, then start nearest the 'outside world' & work in towards your computer. Give everything 2 minutes before powering up the next item. That gives everything time to establish itself & its relationship to the devices further out, which will be supplying necessary information. Over-simplified explanation... The modem* needs to establish connectivity to your ISP. The router* needs to establish connectivity with the modem, get its IP address from your ISP etc. Any switches/hubs/WiFi* access points have somewhere to find their info for the next step. Your computer needs access to some/all the above to establish its IP address using DHCP, & discover its route to the internet. *If they are in a single box, they are designed to know which order to do these tasks in. As you say, after a power outage these things usually manage to figure it out for themsel...

https://theelementsofwriting.com/the-beginners-mind/     How can we see–really see , and not just project –what’s in front of us? That’s the writer’s ultimate job. The best writer is an observer. The best writer sees what others do not see. This writer pays attention, carefully and with an open mind, to what’s going on. Rather than falling into lazy habits and assumptions, the best writer looks to see what is not instantly apparent.   Which reminds me of a morning encounter on Election Day 2016. The Encounter: A Story I was walking down Wall Street. As I crossed Water Street, I saw a car stopped at a red light. I was intrigued enough to stand in the intersection to take a picture. I saw a Honda covered in pro-Donald Trump signs. The signs weren’t printed professionally. It looked like an amateur job. Then I wondered about who would drive such a car. I imagined a “typical” Trump voter — a blue-collar worker, white, probably stocky, maybe tattooed. ...