Up until recently, the big trend in the makeup of the workplace was telecommuting. It seems that there’s a new trend that may be the future of business: Virtual companies.
Virtual companies are companies that do not have a physical location. Rather, it is more like a collection of individuals that work from their [...]
Continue reading about The new work at home trend…it’s not telecommuting
Telecommuting is not a new idea and while most people are aware of the rise in popularity during the 80’s, it’s been around a lot longer than that. The first telecommuter on record was a Boston bank president who, in 1877, arranged to have a phone line strung from his office to his home [...]
Move over Google, there’s a new tool in town and it’s Cuil (pronounced “cool”, old Irish for knowledge).
In case you missed all the hoopla when it was unveiled on July 28th, Cuil is the start-up led by former Google stars and it claims to search more pages on the web than anyone, “three times as [...]
Let me count the ways…
Last week I went out of town to visit a friend. I could have brought a laptop along and done my work from the airport or between chick flicks, but I really needed the time off. Because my business is completely Internet-based, I don’t have to close down if [...]
Something I’ve long dreaded came to be a few days ago (which is why I haven’t posted in so long). I got hit with a Trojan Horse Virus. I have great antivirus software and it did catch the attacks (there were so many of them, I lost count) but when it gave me [...]
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What a nightmare! My modem went kaput on Monday (my busiest publication day, naturally). After spending several hours (I’m not exaggerating, I swear) on the phone with my provider trying to get a new one sent out I spent 3 frustrating days calling clients to let them know that my ezine would be [...]
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