If someone searches for you on the Web and comes up empty-handed, do you exist? (ComputerWorld) Interesting question. If you work from your home office, or you just work from home, some people will...
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When working in offices, a big part of communication is done through email. Unfortunately, not everyone reads his email as carefully as should while others don't use email as they should. The end...
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by S.M. Schrama on March 27, 2007
Kathy Sierra, the author of Creating Passionate Users, a good and skillfull writer, as received several death threats on her blog. Without going into detail, the threads are scary enough to make my...
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WebWorkerDaily has a nice piece on things to worry about when your office is in your house. Moste interesting point mentioned is : Note the necessity of an "official end of your day"...
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If you're not the social kind but only do project work, you will need some degreeg of networking. So how do you accomplish that if you're networking skills are not that strong ?? That all...
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In the typical office of today you will find a coffee machine (espresso, please), staplers, paper, computers, and the more important things like an internet connection and a phone line. Neither one of...
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Working with friends can be fun, but you can find yourself in a snakepit if you're not careful. Here's what do do, and what not to do. For instance, you're a webhoster with technical...
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When you look for a mobile phone, the choice is overwhelming. When you run your own business, you should consider which one to get. And with this much choice, you really need to look well. First of...
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You probably all know this from your job, office work or home work : Sometimes you feel your job is running you. How come ? Well, that's simple. It means you are disorganized. So what can you do...
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When running your own business, it is often considered impolite to be late for an appointment. Personally I hate being late - I prefer getting somewhere early so you can rest for 5 minutes, and you...
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If you run your own business, or you are a project manager, you need to find a way to organize yourself. Personally, I need to be really strict as I am not too organized by nature. So when the heat......
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I recently accepted a little job of replacing a small contact script on a customer's website by a large one, with some feature requests. The customer makes use of an existing platform which...
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As a consultant I am often hired by companies that are in the middle of a takeover. In takeover situations companies have a lot to deal with - from changing processes and procedures to different...
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by S.M. Schrama on March 05, 2007
When you run your own consultancy business, your base will often be in your home. But your clients are all over the place, and sometimes you have to go and talk to them. For instance, if you're...
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I recently decided I needed a phone line for my office, and just a cellphone wasn't enough anymore. VOIP is the first thing to think of, if you are working as an independant consultant or...
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