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The Remote Workforce: How Do You Keep It Together?

As long as an Internet connection is available, people can work from virtually anywhere: coffee shops, their homes, remote offices. But while having your staff working everywhere is great, how can you make sure that everyone feels like part of one organization and one team? Read More »

Make IT Green

Web workers necessarily conduct our business on computers. So, one of the most obvious ways for us to go green is by using eco-friendly hardware. Electronics have long been a source of pollutants, but manufacturers are now reducing the environmental impact of their products. Read More »

 
 

Working from Home (Without Looking Like It)

Web workers are required to display the same level of professionalism as their office-bound colleagues, particularly in their interactions with co-workers, business partners and customers. However, if they are not using effective technology, displaying that professionalism can be a difficult task. Read More »

New Jersey’s Tax Court recently ruled that Maryland-based Telebright Corporation was required to file New Jersey Corporation Business Tax returns when the firm’s only link to New Jersey was its employment of a telecommuter there. The decision has both positive and negative implications for telework: Read More »

Improving energy efficiency is a doubly-positive proposition for any web worker: It saves money and lowers environmental impact. Whether you are plugging into your home’s outlet or working at your local hangout, options abound for saving electricity. Here are some Green Tips for improving your efficiency. Read More »

7 Green Tips for the Paperless Professional

Going paperless is now a realistic option to making your work life more friendly on the planet. From web-based faxing, to replacing all mail with email, to toting around your own coffee mug, the benefits of eliminating paper can preserve natural resources and save you money. Read More »

7 Tips for Managing a Remote Work Force

While sites like oDesk make it quick and easy to hire remote workers, it can sometimes be a challenge to manage them. While it may be more affordable to hire remote workers for some tasks, it can end up more expensive in the long-run. Read More »

The Art of the Follow-Up

Ah, the follow-up email. It’s never a straightforward task. Perhaps you’re working to land a guest post on a certain blog, or maybe you’re heading up biz dev for a new start-up. No matter the project, circling back on a line of email communication is tricky. Read More »

How to Cure Tab Addiction and Browse More Effectively

Do feel sometimes like your brain is running amok — and that is also reflected in your web browsing habits, with huge numbers of tabs open at once? Do you mire yourself in many open loops of interesting things to check out? Read More »

Ending Unfair Telecommuter Taxes

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Nicole Goluboff. Goluboff, a lawyer and Advisory Board Member of the Telework Coalition, is the author of “The Law of Telecommuting,” “Telecommuting for Lawyersand numerous articles on telework. The reasons … Read More »

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Tony Wright, founder and CEO of RescueTime, a venture-backed software startup that helps businesses and individuals improve their time management through automated time tracking and reporting. A few weeks ago I read this very … Read More »

Balancing the Personal and Professional

A common concern among those of us in jobs that put us visible on the web is the challenge of balancing our personal and professional presence online. To me, it’s about blended, dynamic reputation. Some may call it “personal branding” but that’s always felt a … Read More »

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In the past, syncing Google Calendar with your iPhone has been a pretty big hassle. After having tried just about every method in the book, I’ve found two solutions that are definitely worth checking out. One is NuevaSync, which is completely free but requires registering for an … Read More »

I don’t have to track my time for billing anymore but when I did having a good time billing program was essential.  Invotrak is a great online program that lets you track your billable time and generate client invoices.  It was covered a while back … Read More »

Mobile computer users will tell you that the number one need they have is for sufficient battery power.  That fancy notebook or netbook doesn’t do much good when it … Read More »

Another busy week at Mobile Tech Manor that saw a hot new netbook get announced.  I was impressed by the HP Mini 1000 but is it … Read More »

In the "at least it’s not the same old, same old" department, AVING has spotted a handset from Sharp that looks and acts like a MID.  The 9225H is surprisingly small and thin yet has a Sharp Zaurus-like keyboard inside that looks pretty darn functional.  … Read More »

My return of the Acer Aspire One this past weekend was a little half-hearted. I was torn because I really liked the hardware overall. So last night I checked in … Read More »

No question the HTC Touch Diamond is a sleek, sexy phone with a great style coupled with the TouchFLO interface that HTC is pushing.  In spite of how great the Touch … Read More »

I’ve always subscribed to the "bigger is better" approach when it comes to television, but it’s not that easy to tote around the 60-incher. That would be sight to … Read More »

Palm has announced the Treo Pro smartphone today and the specs and the phone look pretty darn nice.  Interestingly, Palm is only going to sell the Treo Pro unlocked in the US meaning no carrier is going to offer it which is highly unusual.  Because … Read More »

Dwight Silverman lets us know that the city of Houston has lit up the downtown area with free WiFi.  It’s a pilot program so no guarantee it will be around forever or stay free but it utilizes excess bandwidth from all the wireless parking meters … Read More »

Doesn’t everyone want an update that "improves the phone application, stability and device usability"? If you’re a Palm Treo 755p owner on Verizon, you’re in luck because Palm says … Read More »

Earlier this month, I said that "Nokia’s N78 is going to surprise you" and now’s your chance to see if I was right. The U.S. version of the … Read More »

One of the first things I saw today that surprised me was the news that HTC’s new sexy Touch Diamond phone was on sale online in the US at CompUSA.  This surprised me because CompUSA is detailing the phone they are selling is US-friendly … Read More »

Let me get the important bits out right up front… I don’t think this is a fantastic solution for remote controlling a Mac (or a PC for that matter) … Read More »

Big news today out of Adobe with their Acrobat.com launch. It’s a suite of online tools based around Adobe Flash & Flex that offers a word … Read More »

Asus will be announcing the EEE PC 1000 next week at CompuTex in Taiwan with the biggest screen yet, 10 inches.  This leads me to … Read More »

The beta of Skype 3.8 for Windows lasted for about a month because the newest version dropped the beta tag yesterday. Most changes are under the … Read More »

Teleworking has been gaining traction for years and now more than 2.44 million people spend at least part of their work week at home. But recently some major employers have been pulling telecommuters back into the office. The goal of any would-be teleworker is to show … Read More »

After five years of working remotely, the one problem I’ve yet to solve is the conference call. Or more accurately, the conference call where I’m the only one on the phone. If you telecommute, you’re savvy to this problem, and even if you don’t, you can … Read More »

By Kyle West Editor’s Note: Around here, “switching” isn’t just changing operating systems. It can also be about leaving a more traditional work environment behind and switching to web work. Kyle made the jump a couple of years ago and shares with us the lessons he … Read More »

Free battery meter applications for Windows Mobile are a dime-a-dozen, but we haven’t covered any in while, so some of our newer readers might benefit from VistaHide Battery Gauge. A quick … Read More »

By Pete Johnson, HP.com Chief Architect You don’t have to be in the work force too long before someone ultimately insults you in some way. Maybe it isn’t even intentional, but that doesn’t take the sting out of it. The most basic, knee jerk human … Read More »

Jonathan Lane worked side contract jobs as a web developer until he grew his business enough to freelance full-time. Then he moved to Mayne Island, a small island off of Canada’s west coast, a place he had visited as a child. Now he takes on … Read More »

Chuck Brotman is the Director of Sales Engineering for ON24, a webcasting and rich media marketing company based in San Francisco. He’s seen the web impact the sales organization in terms of convenience, speed and productivity. Describe your job/career/business I work as the director of sales engineering … Read More »

Lea Woodward, profiled in a recent WWD Field Report, suggested this open thread topic to start off the week: One of the benefits of being a web worker – whether you work for yourself or for a company – is usually the autonomy to work without … Read More »

Joshua Porter runs a design and consulting company that focuses on designing social web applications. He left full-time employment this summer to found Bokardo Design and now works out of his home office. Josh blogs at Bokardo. Describe your job/career In August of this year I … Read More »

By Chris Poteet Everyone, especially computer people, love lists of resources. I do as well, and I decided it’s time to share many of the resources that have helped me in my career. All of these resources (except for the print books) are either freeware, … Read More »

Stephanie M. Cockerl enjoys the freedom the web allows her to build things fast while keeping an eye on her grandma. She’s a great example of how the web can help you blend the professional and the personal. Stephanie’s company next STEPH offers services including blog … Read More »

Alex Harris of Alex Designs runs a 100%-online web consulting and design business. Describe your job/career/business Interactive creative director managing an agency (AlexDesigns.com) that is focused on Web Based Customer Acquisition and Conversion of eCommerce, Lead Generation and Traffic Building. Our team delivers effective creative … Read More »

By Alistair Croll The $1.3B bulk mailing industry suffers from channel conflicts and a conflicted triumvirate of “white label” mailing services, web designers, and campaign clients. Today’s web designers can’t build truly custom front-ends for their clients or add features (such as Google Earth mappings of campaign … Read More »

By Chris Poteet As a web developer how we retain, organize, and use information is a high priority. One web application that has revolutionized the way I retain information is del.icio.us. I originally used it just to save the occasional link. I realized that it’s much … Read More »

This week’s field report comes from Gautam Ghosh, an HR consultant and micro-community founder based in Hyderabad, Indian. Gautam combines home-based prospecting for opportunities with on-site work. Describe your job/career/business I’m a Human Resource Consultant based in Hyderabad, India. How has the web changed your working life? It … Read More »

Today’s field report comes from Amie Gillingham, co-founder with her husband of an online service for artists who represent themselves. Mother of two and a fine artist, Amie works from home at her dining room table. Describe your job/career/business My husband and I are entrepreneurs, and together, we … Read More »

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