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8 Video Conferencing Tips
For the past several months I've been working on a project that involves being on a video conference call pretty much 8 hours per day with people all across the US. This has been an interesting experience and I wanted to share some of my tips for making video conferencing work effectively. 1. Good lighting Typical webcams look 100 times better when they have enough light. Adding a few light bulbs can make a huge difference in improving the way you look on the screen. I purchased some … [Read More...]
Creative Business – Tie Society
Some time back I wrote an article called You Are Self-Employed. The premise was that being an employee doesn't really offer any job security and if it doesn't offer job security, you may want to consider starting your own business. I also mentioned that it is probably easier to start a business today than it ever has been. The comments were where things got interesting though. It turns out a lot of people think of starting a business as something that requires huge amounts of capital. But … [Read More...]
Paradox of Powerful Tools
I once worked with an organization that was using two different word processors. They had an old mainframe system with an integrated office suite that been in use for years. The mainframe was accessible from dumb terminals as well as from the newly added PCs. As they added PC's, more and more employees began switching to Microsoft Word. Word was a much more powerful system than the mainframe word processor. The mainframe only offered basic formatting (bold, italics, and underline), a … [Read More...]
How to Make an Insanely Simple Paperless Filing System
This is a guest post by Arjun Muralidharan, author of The Productive Student, a new blog about productivity for college students and all productivity buffs. Mark's paperless project has always been a favorite of mine to follow. He uses DevonThink to manage incoming documents from his Fujitsu ScanSnap. It's a good system, but for me, it lacks two things: It doesn't handle all my files, such as Word documents, Keynote presentations and other file types well. Third-party software … [Read More...]
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Creative Business – Tie Society
Some time back I wrote an article called You Are Self-Employed. The premise was that being an employee doesn't … more
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Creative Business – Tie Society
Some time back I wrote an article called You Are Self-Employed. The premise was that being an employee doesn't … more
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Creative Business – Tie Society
Some time back I wrote an article called You Are Self-Employed. The premise was that being an employee doesn't … more
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Creative Business – Tie Society
Some time back I wrote an article called You Are Self-Employed. The premise was that being an employee doesn't really … more
