Microsoft's dystopian pitch for remote work
Hypothetical: I get a call from my boss's boss at 7pm asking if I can create a weekly metrics spreadsheet for him for the meeting tomorrow. Because I'm a go-getter and want to help him out, I have three options:<p>1.  Wake up crazy early the next morning and head into the office early.<p>2.  Cancel my evening plans and drive back to the office tonight.<p>3.  Pop open my laptop while waiting for the next round of beers at Von Trapp's and get it done.<p>David's arguing that the third option is the least conducive to work-life balance.  That's cool, but I'd rather have the ability to <i>edit that Excel spreadsheet during happy hour</i> than have to shift my plans around to do it some other time.<p>(And it sits uneasy with me that 37signals has a book about remote work out and also makes linkbaity, low-content posts like these which blur the line between "signal" and marketing fluff.)