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Career and Kids

March 17th, 2008

The new virtual office

At Friday Playdate, Susan describes the new virtual office.
Her kids are on Spring Break, yet she must soldier on with her job:
The rest of the day — the zoo and lunch and the playing — were interspersed with a constant checking of e-mail (thank you Jesus and Steve Jobs for the iPhone). In line […]

By elizabeth -- 3 comments

May 25th, 2007

Moms using the Internet to “have it all”

Is the Internet the answer to “having it all”?
A CNN article, Internet moms: Getting the best of both worlds looks at mothers who earn from home using the Internet.
It’s an interesting read even though it uses mom (as opposed to “parent”) again like the other article, and, it does cover the pros and […]

By elizabeth -- 3 comments

January 19th, 2007

How to manage kids in a home office

Web Worker Daily gives some tips regarding how to manage kids in a home office.
I salute those of you who work at home with children.
Though I don’t work full time from home, I do need to do some online work in the evenings and on weekends. I try very hard to do it after they […]

By elizabeth -- 3 comments

December 17th, 2006

Perks of working at home

Working at home recently has really lowered my average stress level. I get to spend more time with my wife and kids. I have less commute and learned to drink black coffee instead of pop. Wonderful and great.
But, what kind of special stuff do I really get out of this deal on […]

By mike -- 0 comments

December 12th, 2006

Importance of job location

My main office is 22 miles from my house according to Mapquest. That would mean that in a normal week I drive at least 220 miles. I hardly ever have an assignment closer to my house than our main office is.
My car gets approximately 30 miles per gallon which would mean that I […]

By mike -- 6 comments

December 1st, 2006

Working from home - Respect the babysitter

I’m quite the computer dungeon junkie now that I have been working from home for a few weeks. When I do crawl out of the dungeon in the middle of the day, the kids normally want to hang on to me for a little while.
Our daughter seems to start being more stuborn with my […]

By mike -- 1 comment

November 22nd, 2006

Working the day after Thanksgiving

I realized this afternoon that I am not certain if I work on the Friday after Thanksgiving or not. The consulting company that I work for has the day off. But, if the client we are working for works, then we have to work. Nobody ever told me if they have the […]

By mike -- 0 comments

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