Written by Meryl Evans. Not understanding bookkeeping, taxes and other administrative tasks can be very off-putting for people thinking about starting their own business. But in reality, these tasks are not that hard to do if you’re organized and get a little professional help. Now, I’m ...

Written by Simon Mackie. As web workers, we probably have to endure meetings less often than our cube-dwelling counterparts. When you do hold a meeting with a client or with your teammates, either face-to-face or as a teleconference, you want to make it as effective as possible so you get the outcom...

Written by Celine Roque. “Are you going to buy this or what?” the clerk at the hardware store asked me yesterday, nodding at the new garden shovel I was holding in my hand. The frankness of the question put me off at first, but the urgency in his voice prompted me to act. I bought it. Wa...

Written by Dawn Foster. Photo by Scott Kveton Many of us are social beings who enjoy interacting with other people, and until you leave an office environment, you probably don’t realize how much contact you have with other human beings throughout the day. In an office, you run into people in t...

Written by Dawn Foster. It’s been a while since we’ve had a fitness post on WebWorkerDaily. The web worker lifestyle tends to be a sedentary one with many hours spent staring at the computer. Many web workers, and I put myself in this category, have a hard time getting away from work lon...

Written by Judi Sohn. On first glance, telecommuting is a dream gig. You get to draw a regular salary, dress in comfortable clothing (shoes optional) and come and go as you please with no one looking over your shoulder. Ask any telecommuter for a downside, and they’ll likely start talking abou...

Written by Darrell Etherington. A couple of recent events brought the issue of working for free into sharp focus for me. First, there was the news via one of my close friends that a popular blog, whose content I very much enjoy, solicited only unpaid submissions, only offering a “byline”...

Written by Celine Roque. When we took our first steps in this world, our feet were unsure and our legs were struggling. The same could be said for freelancers who are venturing onto the web working path for the first time. There are bound to be mistakes and struggles on the way, making us feel that ...

Written by Dawn Foster. I’ve been on a time management kick lately with posts about reducing my side project overload, managing my time through better prioritization of activities and using Harvest to track my time. One of the things I learned from tracking my time more closely is that I spend...

Written by Dawn Foster. I started working from home occasionally when I worked at Intel. It started on an ad hoc basis when I was waiting for a delivery at home or for conference calls in the very early morning or late at night to talk to people in other timezones. When I started working from home o...