A Season of Thanksgiving in the Home Office
As I look around my home office, what do I see that I’m thankful for? Riley, our kids’ nutty terrier, who goes freakin’ nuts when he sees a squirrel — and usually when I get on the phone with a client...
View ArticleMike Rowe on Anagnorisis, Peripeteia & the Future of Work
So I was sitting in my home office, listening to Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs recently. He was speaking at the TED conference (thanks to One Week Jobs for the link). In his presentation, aside from...
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Savoring Borrowed Time With My Home Office Companion
I have a dog. Strike that, my kids have dog – a nutty terrier we call a “Terror.” His name is Riley. That dog barks when someone sneezes, when someone counts numbers in sequence, when a bag full of...
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Pets in the Home Office: Lousy Freeloader or Trusted Companion?
If you’re a dog or cat owner, how important is your pet to the social fabric of your home or home office? Does the animal add anything significant, or is it a requisite accessory to the Urban or...
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Work-at-Home Fathers (Day) Unite!
(This post originally ran in 2007) I read with interest a press release from Monster (the online employment folks) noting how more than two-thirds of dads surveyed “would consider being a stay-at-home...
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The Real Costs of “Unplugging” from the Home Office, Home-Based Business
I recently wrote about the Death of the Away Message. Communications are so pervasive, so ubiquitous, so tethering, that we never really can disconnect – if that’s what we seek. Someone replied with a...
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Home Office Round-Up: Tax & Location Independence Day
Can you work from the dinette of an RV? Location independence is the New Way to Work. Just heard about a great concept: Location Independence. Sure, this “Digital Nomadry” is really nothing new. Ever...
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Just Another Sleep-Challenged Mad Man Pondering Life From Atop a Home Office...
Like Paper Or Plastic, Scrunch or Fold: What’s Your Preference: Early Bird or Night Owl? So it’s 8am on a Wednesday morning. I’m sitting on the can reading a recent issue of Rolling Stone – the one...
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The Great Outdoors: Setting Up Your Home Office Outside
Think you have what it takes to take your home office outdoors? With millions of people working from home, moving the workplace a few steps beyond the home’s four walls is enticing indeed. Done wisely...
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Must-Have Tools for Home Office Telework Preppers
The novel coronavirus might seem to many end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it preppers to be the event they’ve been (ahem) prepping for. For the rest of us who are white-collar nomads jettisoned from the...
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