When you work from home, where you live matters more. When I used to work in Alpharetta [a nice suburb of Atlanta] I knew all the good bike trails, sushi restaurants, and gas stations that carried Sour Skittles. After all,
remote work
A collection of 18 posts
Recent Items In Other Places
A few quick notes on recent activity outside of this blog that I’ve been involved in: Vetting People for Remote Work I wrote this article about some approaches for effectively determining if someone will mesh well with your
I Hate This Image of Remote Work
The only thing cool in this picture are the cats.I know it is probably intended to be funny, like the Oatmeal’s, but I’ve seen it used on Twitter pejoratively (like most things on Twitter). It seems to
Remote Work is Not A Perk
Allowing your employees to work from where they wish is not a perk, it is a part of your company’s genetic makeup or it is nothing. Many big companies think that allowing their people to work from home on
We Can't Let People Work From Home Because _______.
We can’t let our people work from home, they might not work. Sounds like you hire clowns. I mean how would I know if they were slacking off? You don’t have any way to tell if
Why I Hate All These Morning Productivity Blog Posts
I really don’t like blog posts that tell you to get up early, or go for a run in the morning, or get up even earlier, or focus on your morning. I even wrote some satire to try
Remote Work Terminology
Jobs in which you don’t have to show up at an office have a large number of terms that are applied to them. The terms have shifted and will continue to change for a few reasons: This concept,
Help with the Pomodoro Technique
The Pomodoro technique is a rare productivity tool: simple, powerful, and popular. Years ago when I first started working by myself, I used the technique to train my mind to focus for longer periods of time; my previous job had