Comment by alexfoo
1 month ago
> Getting computer work done inside a vehicle is not easy if comfort is a requirement. Driving posture is not generalisable.
I had a similar situation to the GP in that I only ever used my laptop in a car for an hour or two a week. In my case it was whilst one of my offspring was doing some sports related thing that I had to drive them to.
Most of the time I'd just take a book to read but sometimes I'd like to tinker with some programming thing in that time.
More often than not there was a nice cafe to sit in, or a nice bench somewhere in the sun, or a viewing gallery that meant I could watch rather than staring at my laptop. But not all venues were the same.
Some had nowhere to watch or nowhere to sit in the warm or dry, and nowhere suitable within a short drive, and so I'd default to sitting in the car experimenting with seat angles/etc to get into a position that wasn't awful.
Not owning my own car meant I was often driving something different each time which added to the fun. (RIP UK Zipcar.)
Yeah, driving kids to stuff is my use case too. I did the cafe thing for a while, but I didn't like the overhead of going there, ordering etc. For some reason I'm pretty productive in weird environments (trains, airplanes etc), so it's always a good opportunity to just get some stuff done I'd otherwise be distracted from. I'd probably sit outside in a bench if I was in a warmer, dryer climate.