While some people are worrying about the recession and job layoffs, Amazon UK employees have the opposite problem (sort of): being forced to work seven-day weeks or facing losing their jobs. That means they’re not allowed any sick time. Very nice. Maybe their boss will let employees know about their loss on their Facebook Wall. […]

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Is this something you’d want in your web worker’s toolbox? A netbook (small, lightweight, Internet-connected notebook computer similar to the Acer Aspire One pictured at right) that is ALWAYS on? Even when you shut it off? It would still be checking for your email, pulling it all down to your hard or solid state drive? […]

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Many of us “social media” types have a love/ hate relationship with various services, most especially Facebook. It never ceases to amaze me how many of my daily conversations are going on there, but also how many people end up knowing my business. Things might be getting worse. Imagine that you log into your Facebook […]

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Microblogging/ micronews service Twitter might not be making any money yet (and turning down $600M buyout offers), but Dell Computers apparently has managed to monetize Twitter use for themselves – to the tune of $1M. They’ve done this over the past year and a half using Twitter to send out sales alerts to their “followers.” […]

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XMind has just released their 3.0.1 version of both their basic and pro mind mapping applications. As I mentioned previously, XMind is recently free as well as Open Source. (XMind can actually be integrated into your own applications.) Both editions are multi-platform. The free edition is even more powerful than the free, mult-platform FreeMind application. […]

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If your freelancing is currently limited to one discipline or even one subniche within that discipline (such as only writing about science), then you need to expand. A successful freelancer sows the seeds of future transformation. If business change comes to you, then you’ll be ready to move into new territory. WikiHow had an excellent, […]

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Ever wanted to attach voice notes to your mind maps? Well you can. While a few mind mapping apps have built-in audio recording, not all do. However, all mind mapping apps do allow you to attach files to map nodes. That means that you can attach an audio file, and when you click on the […]

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As a reluctant user of microblogging (aka micromessaging services such as Twitter, Plurk and my Facebook status msg/ wall, I’ve kept tight control of how many of these sites I use. So when Pownce had been launched by the minds at Digg, I saw no reason to use yet another microblogging service (YAMS?). Maybe others […]

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While MindManager 8 mind mapping software has become my favorite work productivity tool of all time, the price is fairly steep for some people. If you already have a previous version of MindManager, such as MM Pro 7, you can take advantage of a limited-time upgrade offer. Until Dec 31st, 2008, you can upgrade for […]

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Web workers – whether freelancer, contractor or salaried – often have to juggle several projects at once. But when you work at home, time sometimes flows differently than if you’re in an office atmosphere. It is possible to intend to spend X minutes on a project and end up finding twiddling your thumbs after several […]

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If you’re looking for a lucrative freelance/ contract career, at least for now, and have coding/ programming experience, one hot market appears to be iPhone application development. Being able to bill $125-200/hr means pulling in at least $5000/wk, for the average work week. Nice, but probably fairly hectic. Now, just my two cents worth, but […]

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