So I woke up this morning and noticed that the Google Doodle today contains an image of Big Bird’s feet, celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Sesame Street. It’s times like this when I’m glad I work from home, as I get to stick around and watch news about the celebration or read articles like this about something so precious with which I grew up. I even read somewhere that we might see several of Jim Henson’s Muppet characters today on Google’s logo on their homepage. I’m looking forward to seeing Elmo and the Cookie Monster! [...]
Often running a small business can mean living on and by your hand-held tele-communicating device, or cell phone. Those running small businesses and working from home, or even from their cars, depend on these tiny morsels of communication for much more than making calls. With a personal assistant out of the budget plans of most at-home businesses, at-home CEO’s are relying more and more on Blackberries, iPhones, and Sidekicks to hold all the essentials of any business including appointment books, contact lists, client information and notes on new ideas. [...]
Poor, poor Nicolas Cage. Despite making millions upon millions of dollars over the course of his career, he’s in the poor house. Of course, his poor house is a $10 million mansion in Beverly Hills, but do not judge him! Because, of course, none of this is his fault whatsoever. It’s the fault of his incompetent financial manager, who lined his pockets, didn’t file Nick’s taxes, and committed other sundry vile acts against Mr. Cage for which we should all be shocked and appalled. [...]
Working from home doesn’t have to mean sitting in front of a computer all day, but for many of us, that’s exactly what it means. I own a photography business, which someone might immediately picture as an action-packed sort of vocation. But the reality is, I’ll go and take pictures at an event or wedding, or take someone’s portrait, and then spend hours at the computer doing all my uploading and editing. Folks who work from home on a part time or full time basis doing even more computer-centric work, such as programming, will find themselves at the computer even more than I do. [...]