Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

For me the big change came a month or two ago when I put on my mask, drove into the office, and brought home my ergonomic chair. My home office chair, a Costco 'executive', had broken down from use. This one won't break, and it looks like it will be in my home for a while. "It's three months into a huge, unplanned social experiment that suddenly transported the white-collar workplace from cubicles and offices to kitchens and spare bedrooms. And many employers now say the benefits of remote work outweigh the drawbacks." I'm more connected with my colleagues working from home than I was in the office, because now everyone is using videoconferencing, Slack, collaborative authoring, and the rest. I don't want to go back. I'm happy where I am, looking at green trees outside my window, able to step out my door and be in the country.

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Stephen Downes Stephen Downes, Casselman, Canada
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