A study released by Robert Half Technology this week shows that IT managers see remote work on the rise. We all have a sense that this is true, but it’s nice to see real data on the matter, of course. RHT surveyed more than 1,400… Read More »
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The team here at Web Worker Daily has covered various GTD apps, methods, obsessions, and what-have-you over the years, but this index card-based system, PoIC (Pile of Index Cards) linked in LifeHack this week, is blowing my mind. It appeals to so many… Read More »
We know that not all web workers are freewheeling entrepreneurs running growing businesses from the local coffee shop. Many of us are, in fact, real employees of substantial companies that have a mix of virtual and actual workers in various locations, including the local coffee shop.… Read More »
It’s no secret to anyone on the east coast that it’s hot. Really hot. And in urban centers, the heat and humidity make bad things happen with pollution. There are a lot of reasons to avoid going into the office, and avoiding the heat and misery… Read More »
Yes, we know. We’re preaching to the choir. Do you really need another justification for your web worker lifestyle? Yes, you do. Business continuity and disaster preparedness (or COOP in government-speak, short for “continuity-of-operations program”) is yet another great reason to foster a web-working culture, even in… Read More »
There is a dichotomy in home-based web work: we’re more liberated than almost any other gainfully employed professionals, and yet it seems that at times this freedom makes us free to work all day and night in blissful (or not) isolation from our small home… Read More »
You don’t have to work from home to qualify as a web worker, but if you do, your work habits may be misunderstood by those who work in an office. There are a lot of widely held beliefs about web workers who work from home… Read More »
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Many people with regular jobs look at the digital bedouins tapping away at their laptops in the coffee shop at 10:30 in the morning and think to themselves, “Nice work if you can get it, but I need my real job. Alas.” And while full-time, slipper-wearing, video-conferencing-from-your-backyard… Read More »
No, I don’t mean the time you spent as a corn dog dipper at Hot Dog On A Stick. I’m talking about what you consider the weirdest place you’ve ever spent productive hours as a web worker. When we think about web work, we often visualize… Read More »
Even the most dedicated telecommuter must make occasional forays into the Real Office. Whether you go in once a week or once a quarter, making the most of your face time is critical. Here are five ways to do that. 1. Use your time to confront difficult… Read More »
Senators Kerry and Snow introduced legislation in the Senate yesterday that encourages the inclusion of small businesses in various plans to improve energy efficiency. Among the incentives in the bill was this little gem: …a telecommuting pilot program at the SBA responsible for educational materials… Read More »
When you’re a full time web worker you work extra-hard to make sure that members of your team can quickly and easily get in touch with you. Making those connections to share ideas, distribute and monitor tasks, and otherwise hobnob amidst your peers is crucial to… Read More »
Being accessible is one of the most important challenges that webworkers face. It’s critical that colleagues and clients can be in touch whenever they need you — it helps reinforce the idea that you’re working and not “working,” and it is a boon to actually getting… Read More »
You’ve got your smart phone, you’re addicted to your Blackberry, your laptop is wirelessly connected to the Space Station, and you can run it all from the local coffee shop using web-based project management. Groovy, you’ve mastered these basic and not-so-basic tools. But… Read More »
A good way to get more done in your day is basically to just get more done. It’s very easy for web workers to become sidetracked between major items on the mighty to-do list because there is so much to attract your attention away from the… Read More »
We’ve all been there: you’re between major projects because the next project isn’t ready to rev up just yet, because you have a bunch of proposals pending, or because you’re just not sure what your next project should be. I’ve heard this called the in-cube sabbatical,… Read More »
Slow down. You’re talking too fast for your videoconferencing tools to keep up. Meeting quality when you fire up your webcam to talk to your colleagues is getting better by the minute, but the network is not quite up to shoving all those bits around in… Read More »
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