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Remote Work
So, I work from a home office 99% of the year. I have a
desktop PC where I do most of my work, but every once and a
while, I want to go to Starbucks or somewhere else and get
outside. Today just happened to be one of those days. Usually,
I will take my Tablet PC along with me, copy whatever files I
need to work on over, and get to work. However, I didn't feel
like doing that today. For one, I don't yet have VS 2005
installed, so I would have had to download the installer to
the machine, install, etc. which I don't have time for today.
So, I got to thinking, well, I can probably just remote
desktop to my PC from the outside... well, turns out that this
is not going to happen with my current ISP. Just is not an
option due to the network config. So, I started searching for
some solutions, and I came across something that is pretty
slick and works like a charm:
GotoMyPC. It is made by
the guys who brought you
GotoMeeting (which is
a really slick tool that I use quite a bit) and basically
allows you to access any of your PCs from anywhere. Its very
slick and runs a cool $19 a month (not including Starbucks
drink charges). Definately worth it for the extra freedom and
the reduced file copying / app install hassle.
4 Comments
Hmmm,
Mees thinks there is a market to provide a network proxy
plugin to windows that gives you an external ip via
tunnelling so you can just use remote desktop. It would
cost a lot less than 19 per month!
i loathe that commercial so much that this entry makes
me cringe.