Noise from the Basement

Some of you have asked for a little more detail on our physical workspace, as an extension on our series - working with a spouse.

This may be taken as a belated February Hallmark Holiday post.

Our basement-based office is in the basement.  We cannot make this clearer when we say only one of us gets the window seat.  As in, there is only one window seat.  I like the afternoon sun hitting me as I, ahem, analyze businesses.  Chris doesn’t like it near him as he develops software.  I got the window seat.

If you don’t eat your meat, you can’t have any pudding!  How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat!

- Pink Floyd, Another Brick in the Wall

Microsoft’s SmartScreen Filter is the bane of small Independent Software Vendors (ISV) everywhere.  Maybe that is a little harsh, and I have no proof that SmartScreen Filter is a problem for other ISVs, but it has, and as of this writing, still is a problem for Saturday Morning Productions.  Besides, that first sentence is a good sensationalist sentence, perfect for a newspaper article or blog post.

To continue our series on working with a spouse, today we explore how we physically work together and physically live together.

Disclaimer: this blog post is not meant to replace marriage counselling.

Work space

We share a work space, but not 100% of the time.  Our contracts take us to client sites a few days a week.  When our schedules coincide and we both end up in the basement at the same time, we still manage to get work done.  Chris is incredibly focused, and I have my headphones to help with my focus.

I’m taking part in Movember again this year. Why, you ask? Why not, I say. I get to grow a moustache, help change the face of men’s health, and annoy my wife with my awesome facial hair. That’s why. Well actually, there is another reason. I’m getting close to the mandatory prostate exam age and, well I think my “official” Movember reason says it best:

“I hope the Movember money is used to build a diagnostic tool that doesn’t involve sticking things where the sun doesn’t shine. Like a Star Trek Tricorder.”

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Some people ask what’s it’s like to work with a spouse. Since we at Saturday Morning Productions are all about full disclosure and basement-basedness, I thought I’d take some time to shed light on the subject.

First of all, Chris and I don’t always work together. Yes, our desks are side-by-side in the office, but we also have day jobs that take us away from the basement so it’s not like we’re always in each other’s faces like other husband and wife teams can be.