Written by Darrell Etherington. Lately I’ve been on a bit of a streamlining kick. That is, I’ve been trying to find simple, elegant solutions to multiple problems in one convenient package. Easier said than done, unfortunately. The problem is getting everything you need in one place, in ...

As I mentioned a few days ago, I was invited to the pre-opening party for a Museum exhibit in Rome on March 16.Unfortunately I will not make it there.It would be hard to justify the trip just for that.With a few visits to wineries, some sightseeing and cheese and food scouting, a trip to Italy could...

Is my palate changing or is it just fun and nice to stray from my usual red wine picks once in a while. I did taste today a couple of whites that really pleased me and could not wait to share with you. For the Consumed to Thrifty, the Ekeos from Fazi Battaglia, 100 percent Verdicchio combines good a...

If you are like me you may trust some book imprints, record labels and varied tastemakers when making new picks.The same thing applies in my case regarding wine. I trust the palate of a number of importers and distributors.The process can be gradual. You buy one wine, then two, then more bearing the...

Can't get enough! Book lovers at work programs have big stars such as Authors@Google even though it seems the program has not had any recent guest. What is more remarkable is that companies quietly doing their job day after day have found book programs to be a great way to broaden their staff views ...

Written by Simon Mackie. Image by sxc.hu user tryout0 It’s a lovely spring-like day here in Bristol today, which has inspired me to do some cleaning. But I’m not cleaning my apartment (which is spotless, of course); I’m tidying my laptop, getting it into tip-top shape so that it ke...

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 Darrell Etherington. As web workers we often like to think of ourselves as being on the cutting edge of technology. Our clients often depend on us to be just that. But it’s easy to get so caught up in keeping current that we forget to keep the focus on productivity, where it should ...

I did not spend much time catching up with the news yet I did not miss Blind date with recession for the business of romance by Emma Jacobs (FT, February 13)... She notes that even though some financially stretched singles are so far keeping their dating service membership (are they dropping the gym...

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...