Work experiment post 6

This is my final post for my work experiment.

I finished my work while in Costa Rica being just as effective there as I was in the office.  I was able to use the dial up connection at the house.  The only drawback with that was that Dragnet, Dells VPN, sometimes did not work, so I had to resort tot he web to communicate on email.

I was able to solve and execute on a process that was designed while down there and was able to get many people on board who needed to be updated several time a day.  Even though I was in Costa Rica, I was able to get the work done necessary to complete inovices and send them to the customer.

Some lessons learned are:

1. Find high speed access if possible.  Dialup works, but it is difficult.  Costa Rica is not the ideal place to work remote.
2. Have a back up plan incase the original plan

Work Expierement post 5

Well this is my second day to work here in Costa Rica.  Monday was as planned.  Tuesday was not.

Monday I went to my friend Kerry Dresslers house to log on to the high speed Internet.  I logged on and everything was fine.  I used the vonage phone for my conference calls and to make any additional phone calls I needed.  Email was up and down, but I was able to download at the end of the day to respond at night.  Overall a good day.

Tuesday we got on the road to go to the Dressler house and were surprised to see the work crew tearing up the road.  Therefore I had to revert to Plan B.  Glad that I had one.  I signed on to Racsa and got logged in.  Email started to appear and I got on my conference call.  It worked out better than my plan A.  I think I am going to stick with it for Thursday.

Work Expierement post 2

Today I took the necessary steps to get my laptop and calling card working for international travel. 

I also talked to my boss.  I know that this is way out of the ordinary, but so is the work that I am doing.  He needed to check with HR to make sure it was OK.  He stated that if it was in the states, it would be no problem. 

I think that it will be no problem as I am not asking Dell to pay my down there or anything.  This is looking good.

Next thing is to find a place to work down there.  Thoughts = Internet Cafe, friend with high speed connection, through Racsa at the farm.  There are pros and cons for each.