Last week while looking at the IT Maniacs website, I noticed a small advertisement looking for someone to answer their phones for a day while the regular staff all went away for a day’s planning conference. And since I was on holiday, and I wanted to go and meet them anyway, I put my hand up. They didn’t notice, so I used the telephone instead.
Thus on Wednesday, I spent the day in any otherwise empty office on Ponsonby Road, surfing the web, reading about networks, and occasionally fielding phone calls. It was very pleasant and relaxing, and I recommend it as a meditative technique you can get paid for.