Sabra Aaron Archives

Open Thread: Are Telecommuters More Vulnerable?

By Sabra Aaron Apr. 20, 2007, 12:00pm PT 8 Comments

Your foray into web work may have started something like this: You were too valuable to lose, and your manager went to bat to allow you to work remotely. Or maybe your work was well-suited to web work styles, so there wasn’t any question of you… Read More »

Substitutes for Traditional Phone Service Besides Vonage

By Sabra Aaron Apr. 13, 2007, 6:16am PT 10 Comments

Most web workers rely heavily on their phones to get things done. Whether you need a local number to provide to far-flung colleagues and clients, want the predictability of a flat-rate pricing plan, or just have the desire to try something different and more web-savvy, you… Read More »

How to Start Your Remote Project Team Off on the Right Foot

By Sabra Aaron Apr. 6, 2007, 6:00am PT 10 Comments

Congratulations. You have a new project. You’ve found someone new to bill for the next few months or, if you’re an employee, a higher-up within your company sponsoring and supporting your work. Your project plan is practically done because the spec in your winning proposal is… Read More »

Focus on Multitasking…

By Sabra Aaron Mar. 26, 2007, 6:00am PT 9 Comments

Or don’t. While many of us claim to be highly effective as we monitor e-mail, engage in productive IM sessions with ten different colleagues, write a little code, and participate in a conference call at the same time, it turns out that most of the research… Read More »

When Worlds Collide: Transitioning Between Work and Home

By Sabra Aaron Mar. 23, 2007, 6:00am PT 29 Comments

For the conventional commuting worker, there is a natural transition time between being “at work” and “at home”: the commute. Time spent in the car, bus, train, on a bike, or otherwise making their way from work to home serves as a decompression period for these… Read More »