Productivity Tips: Work As If You’re In An Office
Freelance Writing Gigs has a guest post today by Sherry Osborne, which offers a half dozen great tips about putting the work back into “freelance worker”. It’s easiest to get sidetracked if you’re...
View ArticleProductivity Tips: Stop Working
Yeah, you heard me. How many times have you worked on a project, found you were “spinning” and yet kept working? How many more hours of work did you put in that day, only to find that you were no...
View ArticleProductivity Tips: Use Mind Maps for Planning and Brainstorming
Regardless of the productivity principles you use, be it GTD (Getting Things Done) or GTS (Get Things Started), one way to manage your tasks is using mind mapping. As a mind mapping evangelist, I’m...
View ArticleProblem Solving With Mind Maps
No, there’s nothing wrong with your eyes. The mind map snapshot above is intentionally blurred because it represents a very personal problem solving session. Okay, so what’s the point in showing the...
View ArticleNew GMail Webmail Skins
Google just launched 30+ new themes for their GMail webmail client and I have to say that I actually dislike all of them. Call me a curmudgeon but I just don’t get why they can’t leave the default the...
View ArticleProductivity Tools: MindJet Releases MindManager 8 Mind Mapping Software
MindJet has just released a new version 8 of my favorite mind mapping tool (and productivity) tool. Version 8 has some incredible new features that the impressive version 7 Pro did not have, including...
View ArticleProductivity Tips: Use the Timer Feature in MindManager
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...
View ArticleBeing Leonardo da Vinci
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...
View ArticleWow is WordPress 2.7 Ever Sexy
If you’ve been thinking of upgrading your installation of WordPress blogging and website management software, consider doing it now. My standard rule is “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” However, WP...
View ArticleThere’s Never Enough RAM on Your Computer
Ever get that feeling that you’ll never have enough RAM on your computer? This is a persistent feeling I get on Windows-based computers, but now that I’m using a Mac more regularly, the feeling’s there...
View ArticleMindmapping Resources and Videos
A quick glance at the “Tools” section in the far right nav column will suggest that I really like mindmapping. I’ve been going on about how I’d have articles on this site or that site about...
View ArticleInternet Access: Alternates to Cable and High-Speed Dialup
Without Internet access, online workers are, to put it bluntly, screwed. You could use a typewriter to write with and snail mail, but obviously that’s not going to cut it for long. Let’s face it,...
View ArticleNow That’s a Digital Camera
When you’re feeling a bit of writer’s block, one thing you can always try is to change your perspective. If you take that advice literally, then you could grab your camera and start clicking. No...
View ArticleGiant Mindmapping Resource List
Scooped!! CollegeDegree.com (what a great domain name – probably worth millions some day) has a very big list of resources for mindmapping. I’ve been working on a big mindmap review myself but its...
View ArticleFinding Inspiration in Odd Places
Inspiration is a tricky animal. To truly excel in anything, it’s best to be inspired — but inspiration is something that can’t be faked. I find it’s more effective to go OUTSIDE my profession to get...
View Article5 Tips on Writing Passion: What Should You Blog About?
The oncoming cold weather of late Fall affects me in ways most bloggers don’t have to deal with. For me it means my thyroid acts up and affects everything I do, including my blogging. It means being...
View ArticleCan You Earn a Living Online?: 5 Tips
You already know that there are in fact people making a living online, some through blogging or related activities. Can you do it too? Say you want to earn $5,000/month through blogging. Is this...
View ArticleWorking Online, Living Where?
Those of you that are “web workers” might be tempted to say that you can live pretty much anywhere if you work online. (You also don’t have to deal with the craziness of work Christmas parties.) I’m...
View ArticleRecent Writing Elsewhere
While I’m involved in various other projects, it’s difficult to find time to write here. A very kind reader, Peter, of my articles elsewhere in the blogosphere suggested I post links to my other...
View ArticleWhy Home-Based Freelancers Should Understand Parkinson’s Law
Matthew Yarde writes at FreelanceSwitch about how you can upgrade your skill-level in 24 hours, using something called Parkinson’s Law. The gist of Parkinson’s Law is that your work will take as much...
View ArticleVeteran Writer/ Blogger Available
Yeah, it’s true. This isn’t normally something I do (advertise my availability here), but where better? I am available for once. As I shift into doing more larger projects, including ebooks, books and...
View ArticleTime for a Website Overhaul
This site really needed a new theme – something a bit more “airy”. While I do have a custom design in progress, it’s taking a long time to finish, mainly because I’m documenting each step for future...
View ArticleProductivity Tip: Just Do It
Sometimes, to get something done, you just have to do it. You can plan and plan and mind map and read about getting things started, getting things done and so on. But ultimately, if you don’t actually...
View ArticleProductivity Tip: Just Keep Doing It
In the vein of my just do it productivity tip, just keep doing it. Freelancing is a feast or famine business. There’s really no getting around that for most of us. That means that if you are bad at...
View ArticleXMind 8 Mind Mapping Software Released by XMind.net
Are you into mind mapping or are interested in knowing more about this valuable productivity method for learning, researching, planning, cataloging, and problem solving? I’ve written on this site...
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