On Remote Working

May 24, 2007

Last night, we had some kind of a glitch. The server somehow down again. And the fact that I received this news at 1.00 AM in the morning while waiting for the Champions League Final was a bit annoying.

Imagine you had an extreme headache caused by less sleep and you notice that the one thing you had to maintain all day was acting wild. Yeah, I’m a standby one-man-army web server administrator. No matter where, no matter when, I have to be ready if something happens to that thing.

So what I had to require is remote admin tools. This is the problem. Here in Indonesia, internetworking hasn’t reach us all. The meaning of the word “reach” here means two thing, monetary and coverage. Internet is still expensive and was not covered many areas yet. I’m fortunate to had internet access in my house. So last night I just plugged my Powerbook to the phone line, use that slow dial-up connection, open up SSH and do some remote task right from there. (Don’t ask about the Mac and SSH combo, please…it’s a very long story)

Okay the problem solved. But what If I were in the middle of nowhere and something happen to the server that I had to quickly resolve? Well, this can be a problem. I’m a very determinant curious geek. So when there’s something wrong with what I developed, then I would use my entire mind to resolve it.

For example, there’s this time where I was enjoying myself in the weekend, then my boss told me there was a problem with the server. Right that instance I stop my pleasuring moments and find a computer that can connect to the internet. I have to go to an internet cafe, use the computer and do a remote administration from there. That is not very comfortable.

I dream of a Jakarta that has covered with Wireless access with cheap price. So people like me whom needs instant Internet access can fulfill my needs to do my job. Then my long time fear of helplessly disconnected while there’s trouble in the cyberspace could be erased. (I’m feeling kinda “Neo” right now, hehehe!)

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