NHSTA should place data loggers in self-driving vehicles. In case of an impact (crash-detection) these data loggers should be able to precisely tell who was in control, person behind the wheel or computer?

At one of my jobs about 2 years ago I regularly used to work remotely once twice a week. Until now the most I have worked remotely in one stretch is 1 week.

I have been working on an online / smartphone based food ordering project for about 6 months. This work was getting done on the side along with my day job which required me to be in the office from 9 to 5. I always thought about the day when I would become fully involved with my personal project and leave my day time job. That day came sooner than I was hoping for and it come on the terms of my employer rather than mine because of some budget cuts and project discontinuations. This is my first week working from home on my personal project.

Yesterday I contacted a couple of shared office spaces where I can find a cubicle. I am still debating whether to work from home or to find a shared cubicle and get into the routine of going to office and interacting with other startups that share office space in the same building.

This phase and my personal experience in this phase will help me lay some guidelines on working from home when we actually have employees. So far I feel good. I can work until late in the night and wake up late because I do not have to take a shower and drive to start working in the morning and use my lunch time as shower time. I am feeling that working from home requires better planning and focus than working from office with other employees.

I feel somewhat inexperienced in writing a whole lot on this subject as I am in my first week of working from home but for me there will not be a better time to read other people's comments on this topic.

This article is for people on the other side of the table who send you emails and are looking for help. Think of a company who does not follow up after getting a positive response from you.

One thing that's interesting about startups though is that it's not always clear which side of the table is which. A lot of the intros that I end up dropping are with folks from companies that are more important than us. (That's actually really common since they've have dedicated BD people whose job is basically opportunistic networking.)

That said, you're right -- if you contact someone out of the blue higher up in the food-chain than you are, then the onus is on you to follow-through.