"I like working with customers who are making the new rules’of work. So most of my clients are in high tech or new media sectors. I am not good at working with people in institutions who [merely?] want to improve the efficiency of existing systems." - anonymous freelancer quoted at the Strengths Foundation … [Read more...]
1-Click Refurbish Your Business PC
As we talked about in an earlier post, you can't afford technology slow-downs (let alone melt-downs) with the equipment you use for work. There are three tools that are superb for keeping it lean, mean, and screaming faster than the day you bought it. What all of these do is clean your registry which, if you're a Windows user, was full of crap from the moment you got the PC, … [Read more...]
Fear, Loathing, Escaping the Cube
So when I first started building my business, I took a 'day' job. It was partly fear. It was. It's hard to turn down a steady paycheck, healthcare, and the lascivious knowledge that somehow society supports your decision, where they seem to be bewildered by people who break away from corporate life. It wasn't a terrible decision, though. A job is a great way to capitalize your … [Read more...]