Comments on: Living a Virtual Office Kinda Life

By: PsypeDype

PsypeDype — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:04:06 +0000

hmm… cognitively )

By: Dave Tenen

Dave Tenen — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:22:49 +0000

Jade -

It depends on your current business model. Just as Saverio said, there can be a lot of distractions at home.

Office space can get a little pricey which is where Virtual Office space comes in. The office without the actual office.

Apart from Regus, there is also Servcorp http://www.servcorp.com.au/ whereby you can work from home and still enjoy the benefits of boardrooms, secretary services, utilities in your preferred virtual office location.

By: Lars Steiger

Lars Steiger — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:33:21 +0000

If you are still in love with OmniFocus and OmniFocus for iPhone, you might be interested in this:

I put a little service called Spootnik (http://www.spootnik.net) together. It synchronizes Basecamp with OmniFocus and vice versa. It is currently in private beta. Write me if you like to test-drive it.

Best regards,
Lars

By: Saverio Mondelli

Saverio Mondelli — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:36:04 +0000

@Jade…

I recommend getting a small space to “centralize” your business. Sometimes it just helps to have “some where to go”. Depending on your home situation, there can be a lot of distractions around.

I recommend checking out these guys: http://www.regus.com/offices/default.htm

You can get a 14×14 office for about $400/month with all utilities and internet included, plus (depending on the place) they are usually fully furnished.

By: Saverio Mondelli

Saverio Mondelli — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:30:50 +0000

I saw your blog featured on the 37signals Product Blog. If you’re a fan of Basecamp and your iPhone, you should check out our “Groundwork” product. It started off as a product for our own use only and became so useful that we figured we’d put it on the AppStore.

By: jquig99

jquig99 — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:42:00 +0000

@Jade We love the virtual model. It works for us and we’re able to keep our overhead really low. Good luck with your company!

By: jquig99

jquig99 — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:36:33 +0000

We do use Twitter every day to communicate also as much as watching how each of us communicate with our networks (which are all very different).

By: Jade

Jade — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:20:15 +0000

I'm starting up a new company soon. Should I register a virtual office space or should I go ahead with renting a small space first? What are your thoughts?

By: Marios Alexandrou

Marios Alexandrou — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:45:28 +0000

Twitter seems to be the odd one in the list. Do you use Twitter to communicate with other Crayonistas?

By: LtMainsten

LtMainsten — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:55:35 +0000

My own little firm uses Google Docs extensively to archive and set up common points of reference, esp. since we’re all spread out over the state. For those who have a strong service orientation, I’d really recommend a virtual phone service like gotvmail. We use it for a vanity 800 number and to coordinate customer calls. It’s also online-based which helps for the virtual office set.

By: JGKemp

JGKemp — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:11:48 +0000

I’ve had amazing success in the past getting clients to use Basecamp. The best feature Basecamp has going to make it appealing to reluctant adopters is they can participate largely from email without ever going to the Basecamp site. They simply respond to the emails and that response is updated automatically on the site. It allows them to test the waters before diving in once the value is realized.

Another interesting note, I have been using linkedIn and FaceBook a lot more for business use. Instant Message has fallen off the radar.