About six months ago I was asked to submit a proposal on a branding project for a multi-national company. I, along with several of my colleagues, put in at least week’s worth of preparation time, sat in on countless conferences calls and finally flew to the […] Read more »
Sure you want to lose 20 pounds, and earn twice as much money. But it makes sense to pursue some productivity-enhancing pledges as well. Here are five good goals, ranging from internal auditing to spreading your goodwill. Read more »
I’m sorry, lo siento, prastee meenya pozhalosta, and mea culpa. Please don’t hate me, but I had to do it. I know you are probably sick of the subject, but no self-respecting time management/productivity expert could get away with not writing about New Year’s resolutions on […] Read more »
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If you’re in a dilemma about what to get or what to give on the tech front this holiday season, check out this list of productivity-enhancing presents. They’re all solid choices, but won’t break the bank. Read more »
I can’t wait for 2009 to be over. I can only think of one other year (early 20s: bad marriage, even worse divorce) that was as stressful, distressing, scary and plain old difficult as this one has been. Over the course of the year, I extricated […] Read more »
I hate to be late. If I’m driving to a business meeting and get stuck in traffic, I whip myself into a frenzy, imagining the person on the other end checking their watch every two minutes and cursing me for having such little regard for their […] Read more »
Once just the purview of cheesy late-night infomercials (“buy now and get this beautiful set of six steak knives at no extra charge”), free has taken on a life of its own in the new economy. Even the prestigious and pricey New York Times offers its […] Read more »
Last year, I attended a professional workshop where the instructor asked us to write out our worst habit. Unfortunately, more than one answer flooded my brain, and I had to seriously consider which to choose. In the end, I decided that my most unabashed, shameless and […] Read more »
“If I’m going to feel lousy, I may as well go into the office and get some work done.” “I’ve got so much to do; I can’t afford not to go in.” “It’s just a little cough.” At one time or another, probably all of us […] Read more »
A whole generation of web workers has been raised on the idea that the more activities you can do at one time, the more of a productivity superstar you are. But is the ability to juggle Facebooking a friend; scanning an email; texting on your cell […] Read more »
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Even the most efficient of web workers may occasionally feel overwhelmed by the nitty-gritty details of running a freelance business or the more-to-do-with-fewer-resources stress of working for a company. In either case, when you find yourself in the thick of things, there’s help available in a […] Read more »
Unfortunately, in the age of viral marketing, computer viruses are part of the package. Read more »
There are a few blips of financial activity in the online video world on this slow news Friday. First up, video ad network TidalTV raised $8.9 million of a $16 million round, according to an SEC filing. This brings the total amount of money the company […] Read more »
According to one new study from DiGiorno, 45 percent of the country’s workers say they’re taking shorter and/or fewer lunch breaks than they did a year ago. More than a third say they pass on their lunch break, thanks to an increasing workload. Read more »
Catch the Post-Season on PostSeason.TV; MLBAM, Turner Sports and FOX Sports offer a blackout-free playoff subscription package. (paidContent) NeuLion Buys Interactive Netcasting Systems; New York based web sportscaster buys Canadian IPTV software maker for $7.1 (USD) cash and stock deal. (The Hollywood Reporter) Corey Feldman to […] Read more »
Editor’s note: With this post, we welcome Karen Leland, our new Productivity Superstar columnist, to the WebWorkerDaily team. Karen is the bestselling author of six books, including the recent “Time Management In An Instant: 60 Ways to Make the Most of Your Day,” and is the […] Read more »
With the Apple iPhone dominating tech culture, and applications for said device amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars a year for the industry, it’s no surprise that more than one web series has risen to guide users to the best and the worst software available. […] Read more »
Friday the 21st was the day Apple, Google, and AT&T had to hand in their long form essay responses to a series of questions from the FCC. Surprisingly, Apple published its entire response here, and Engadget has both AT&T’s and Google’s. I found the answers to […] Read more »
[appreview] title=Quick Voice Pro image=http://gigapple.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/appicon_quick_voice_pro2.png price=$0.99 url=http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=285877935&mt=8 rating=bronze [/appreview] By converting your voice messages into text e-mails, Quick Voice Pro could be a time-saving boon for busy iPhone owners. Empowered by our emails, tweets, IM conversations, and blogs, we’ve become modern-day information conduits. We collect knowledge, […] Read more »
The folks behind Quickoffice have announced a version for the iPhone will be available in a few weeks for $19.99. Quickoffice for iPhone will allow editing of MS Word documents and Excel spreadsheets on the phone. Users of Quickoffice will be able to perform advanced formatting […] Read more »
LAPTOP Magazine knows netbooks. They see every single netbook that comes down the pike and quite a few that don’t even make it to the U.S. An article they’ve published looks at the possibility that we may see netbooks running Palm’s WebOS and I have to […] Read more »
Owners of Apple’s iPod Touch have grumbled about paying for software updates in the past. I certainly understand their point when they see iPhone owners get free firmware upgrades. I’m no accountant, nor do I play one on the Internet, but the discrepancy between free and […] Read more »
This week was a quiet one in the tech world with the Mobile World Congress starting next week. It was likely the lull before the storm as we expect big news coming out of the MWC as usual. Here are the top stories on jkOnTheRun you […] Read more »
Like the concept of streaming live video using Qik, but don’t have a fast 3G connection to stream from your handset? How does Wi-Fi at tens of thousands of locations sound instead? Qik just announced a revenue-sharing deal with Boingo Wireless, which enables Qik streaming over […] Read more »
Today the Wall Street Journal finally got around to pointing out that Clearwire’s plans to build out its Clear WiMAX network would likely be affected by the tight credit markets — something we first brought up in October. At that time, Clearwire said if needed, it […] Read more »
The Sunday Times of UK reports (more like speculates) that Microsoft is going to buy Yahoo’s search business for $20 billion in a very complex transaction. The Sunday Times claims that Jonathan Miller, formerly chief executive of AOL, and Ross Levinsohn, a former president of Fox […] Read more »
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