Lifestyle

Confession: I haven’t made any purchase using mobile yet

I have worked for a Magento partner company for a few years. I have worked on projects utilizing a responsive web design concept and I have made a lot of test purchases in these projects using mobile devices. Recently I realized one thing – I have never bought anything real using a mobile device! However, I was using the App Store on my iPhone, but it doesn’t include checkout so it doesn’t count.

I make a few purchases in online stores each month. It’s usually electronics and gadgets stuff, books and toys for the kids. I used to buy groceries online and for a few months I have been buying clothes and shoes there.

When I realized that I haven’t bought anything using the technology I am working on, I was ashamed a bit. My first thought was that it’s not a great idea to share this. However, it’s time to change that. I’m going to buy only using my mobile phone for at least the next 30 days!

Work from anywhere

I have worked remotely for a few years. Actually I have worked remotely almost since the beginning of my career. There was a time when I was heading to the office almost everyday, but it was just “almost” and I wasn’t able to hang on there for more than 5 or 6 hours.

I love the mobility and ability to change the place I’m working from. Usually I work at my home office or on the terrace. Catching up with other team members is also important so this month I worked for a few days in our Bucharest office, and next month I’m going to start working in a co-working space once or twice a month. Sometimes changing to a completely different environment helps me to maximize productivity and keeps me happy.

This summer I got a chance to stay in a cottage house in Uniszowa for a week and work from there. It’s a place located in the Western Carpathians, so calm that it’s hard to see any house in a neighborhood there. The only thing I needed to figure out was the internet access. Fortunately it was really easy as the cottage was in a 4G LTE network coverage so connection was even better than at home. I was only missing a comfortable chair there but a sunbed did the job for these few days. Photo above shows a lovely sight I had from my work space.

I’m looking forwad to go to Uniszowa again this year. However, I need to wait til next summer to try a few crazy ideas about working from other calm and quiet places – work from forest or meadow :-)

What other places do you recommend for remote work?

Welcome

A few years ago, in  2006 I started a PHP and Zend Framework blog under naruniec.info domain. The intention was to share my Zend Framework knowledge and experience with Polish developers while the framework grows. I stopped writing in 2009 as it was really hard to find time for blogging . It was even harder to start blogging again because a lot of important things started happening in my life – a serious job, family, children and a lot of hobbies.

Now I’m going to start blogging again. However, my areas of expertise have evolved a bit. Now the main focus is Magento. I’m going to share my Magento knowledge as well as general e-commerce and work experience.

My previous blog was naruniec.INFO and contained mostly information. This one is naruniec.ME and will also include few things about me.