I need two of everything!
I need two of everything!
(OP)
So. I work part time for a homebuilder and part time for myself, doing consulting engineering. I therefore have two offices and often find myself needing a book that's in the other office. How do other folks deal with this situation? I'd prefer not to shell out for two of everything... I'd also prefer not to lug a mobile book office. Any ideas?





RE: I need two of everything!
Access to online copy.
Try to plan ahead and photocopy relevant sections.
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I've been looking into ereaders and am about to take the plunge and get a Kindle. Since most of the standards I need are now published in pdf format and are free to access, eg;
http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/tpm/ltnotes/
It seems the most sensible way to have constant access to standards or data, without having to have a PC/laptop/netbook available to make use of the memory stick, which also means it should be fairly discrete and useable in meetings.
There's also the additional advantage that textbooks now seem to have started being published in ereader friendly formats.
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Chris
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I also have 2 places where I "do my work". Instead of lugging a laptop or usb drive ect. Using dropbox, the files are automatically on all computers you use. Its 2GB free.
I also sometimes use teamviewer for accessing multiple computers that have different software ect...
Fe
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It reminds me of the crook who dressed up in a security guard's uniform, hung an "Out of Order" sign on the bank's night deposit safe and told the business people to simply give their day's takings to him to deliver to the bank's central clearing house.
Naturally enough, no one (seemingly) demurred. They never saw their money again.
Given that banks and governments seem to have a hard time keeping our private information out of the public domain or away from crooks, while I like the idea (and I like the idea of "vaults" - I have one on offer from my broadband provider, BT Internet) I have a fear (irrational or healthy?) of using them.
JMW
www.ViscoAnalyser.com
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Fe
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Using an Android phone with a big screen and getting the scanned pages the right size to be read off of that seems like a real possibility. How cool would it be to have some kind of engineering app to easily sift through books, formulas and spec sheets and just pop that up on a phone? I might try making my own App now that I am thinking about it.
This goes with the logic of bringing another thing to remember, get lost, or get stolen.
B+W Engineering and Design
Los Angeles Civil and Structural Engineering
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