Working at Home: Myths vs. Reality

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by Deborah Ng This morning as I made my rounds to some of my favorite blogs, a post at Performancing caught my eye. Ryan Caldwell wondered if we’re having trouble staying disciplined and discussed how he has to micromanage many of his writers. This hit home. I think so many people feel working at home is all TV and pajamas, and that’s far from being true. Today I’d like to explore some popular work at home myths and set the record straight. Myth: You can work at your convenience Reality: If you are home with kids, there’s really no convenient [Read more…]

New Laptops and Clean Slates

by Deborah Ng Did you ever notice how some gigs start out as a dream but once routine sets in they lose their luster? Many times they don’t have the same spark as they did the first couple of weeks. I think computers are like that too. At first they’re shiny, new and uncluttered. They take a few minutes to boot up and navigation is quick and easy. Eventually we start adding files and spilling coffee  and soon things are sluggish and unattractive. Just as it takes longer for our laptops to boot up or images to load, we might [Read more…]

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