As more people work out of their home part- or full-time, they’re looking for offices or dedicated workspaces in their houses, according to The New York Times: But by 2006, according to data collected by the Dieringer Research Group, a marketing research company in Brookfield, Wis.,… Read More »
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As you may know, Web Worker Daily is part of Giga Omni Media, an online news network founded by Om Malik. Today Om shared some personal news on GigaOM, the main site in the network: Happy New Year. As you may have noticed, my byline… Read More »
Facebook has been pilloried for not caring enough about our privacy. But now they face a call to offer data portability, something that could, if not carefully designed, compromise the privacy we so wanted last year. Facebook disabled blogger Robert Scoble’s account after he ran… Read More »
Much like the U.S. presidential candidates, software companies will move to the center in 2008. But the center of software doesn’t lie between conservatism and liberalism — it lies between proprietary and open. Read More »
Can you build a better search engine than Google? Lots of companies want to. But search already works pretty well — pretty well, that is, if you’re sitting at your computer. If you’re on the go with just a phone, it’s not quite so easy to… Read More »
You don’t have to hire an expensive website design firm or manage your own WordPress installation to make a nice-looking site to promote your business or your personal brand. Here are three hosted website building tools to get you going quickly: Weebly, SiteKreator, and… Read More »
Are you ready to reboot your work life? Then you’ll want to check out Web Worker Daily’s book from Wiley Computing, now available for purchase online and in bookstores. Connect! A Guide to a New Way of Working will tell you how the web changes work… Read More »
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Answering this year’s question from the Edge World Question Center, computer scientist Jordan Pollack says he has changed his mind about email. It was once a dream, but not any more, and he imagines its replacement: Email is now a nightmare that we have to… Read More »
Are you writing resolutions for 2008? Even if you’re not, you probably have some goals or at the very least some projects that capture your dreams for the future. Here are 7 ways to keep track of the things you want to make happen in your… Read More »
Do you need a new office chair for the new year? I do. My budget Office Max special has armrests that bump into my pullout keyboard tray. And the chair’s leather (okay, leatherette) upholstery is peeling off. Last July, graphic designer Jason Santa Maria asked his… Read More »
Last year about this time, I offered 7 web worker wishes for 2007. None of my wishes came true, but that won’t stop me from wishing for more this year. Read More »
Instead of planning your career top down, you might find a bottom up search process more effective. Planning works for well-defined and well-understood situations — for example, following a well-trod career path such as medicine or law. Searching relies on trial and error and adjusting your… Read More »
The popular 80/20 rule says that 80% of your results come from 20% of your efforts. But the future’s uncertain, so it can be difficult to know which 20% of activities will lead to the lion’s share of benefits. Look to your past for lessons… Read More »
Five BBC technology reporters chose their favorite technology of 2007. And the winners are: Facebook. Jane Wakefield says, “it is about communication and people which, for me, is what technology should be all about.” Witricity, a device for delivering energy to laptops and other electronics without… Read More »
A look back at some of the Web 2.0 stories we covered this year: January. Yahoo bought MyBlogLog. Daylife, a webified newspaper with Jeff Jarvis as an adviser and Craig Newmark as an investor, launched. And browser preview startup Browster bid us good-bye. February. Yahoo!… Read More »
There’s more than one way to find a good airfare online, as the Kayak-SideStep merger shows. But what’s the best way? Is there one site that you can rely on to find the best fare for all your travel needs? Or do you need… Read More »
Following in Brian Oberkirch’s keystrokes, here are the things that I loved in my web working life this year. As Brian says, listing things that make your life better is a great way of expressing gratitude. What are some things you loved about using the web… Read More »
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