Month: December 2010
Christmas Giveaway 2010: Evernote Prize Pack
As the Christmas season arrives and many of us are looking ahead to 2011, WorkAwesome has a couple of special giveaways to offer. These prizes not only enable you to work better and live better, but they will add that little bit of extra “awesome” to your arsenal. Today we’reRead More
Why the First Hour is the Most Important Hour of Your Day
Have you ever woken up to the sounds of birds singing outside? You get up, walk to the kitchen, cook yourself an omelet and drink your favorite cup of coffee while you catch up on your RSS feed. Breakfast is perfect and the blogs are right on. — just whatRead More
Teach Parents Tech: Get Productive at Family Tech Support
Family tech support or helping your parents with computers is usually more time-consuming than testing software or writing a blog post. So when a site offers to help us with that and make it easier, a productivity writer like me is bound to get excited. Well, it recently happened.
5 Ways to Get Motivated on the Web
Everyone has days where the motivation to get things done is just not there. The desire to work, be productive and complete tasks is weak and we feel as if we’re just going through the motions. While “off” days can happen to anyone, motivation is a major factor in ourRead More
Slow Down for the Holidays
The holiday’s are fast upon us. October and Thanksgiving have come and gone, and this week is perhaps the most hectic of the year for most of us.. We are all very busy with our careers, families and the inevitable shopping madness the holidays have become. As web professionals, weRead More
Review – ApolloHQ
ApolloHQ is an “integrated project and contact management” program for multiple users. It is web-based and works on newer versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Safari. I tried the program for several days and concluded that once little glitches are fixed it will be a good tool for freelancersRead More
WorkAwesome Podcast: Episode 6 – Karen Brelsford
This week’s podcast features tips on simple ways to get through the holidays and an interview with theatrical artistic director Karen Brelsford. Karen has been working in theatre for years and WorkAwesome editor Mike Vardy discusses with her how she is able to balance her work as well as handleRead More
The Fight Club Guide to Creating a Cult-Like Customer Following
In a world of “free”, where many businesses want to race to the bottom in hopes of grabbing each and every customer that looks in the window, it’s far too common to see an overabundance of appeasement. The positive side of this is that you never ruffle any feathers or hurtRead More