Month: August 2010
Professional Resume Design for Non-Designers
Writing a good resume can get you the job…or at least will put you on top of the pile. But professional resume design is a skill not everyone has. No worries though, there is help out there. Here is how to create a resume format that will make your skillsRead More
Awesome Links #10: Yahoo, Remote Working, Text Expansion Tools
What Happened to Yahoo An interesting account of Yahoo’s demise (at least when it comes to innovation) by celebrated venture capitalist, programmer and essayist, Paul Graham. 7 Discipline-builders for Remote Workers If you are a remote worker, you’ll enjoy reading this nice list by Web Worker Daily on building andRead More
10 Sunday Night Blues Busters for a Better Monday Morning
The weekends go by so fast. The sense of excitement and anticipation you felt on Friday afternoon slips away, and by Sunday night, the weight of another Monday morning presses down on you like a ton of bricks. Welcome to the Sunday Night Blues. Okay, maybe it’s not always thatRead More
Blog Coverage Tips For Small Business Owners
Getting coverage from blogs for your business or product isn’t easy. Bloggers get too many pitches nowadays and there is every chance of your pitch getting ignored even if your product is a genuine fit for the readers. If you are a small business owner looking for some online press,Read More
The Importance of Vacation Time
Many of us have an aversion to using our vacation time. This seems to be more prevalent in the United States than in the rest of the world, and I’m not sure why, since we get fewer days off than most other countries. For some of us, we just feelRead More
Productive Kitchen Gadgets #2: Enameled Lemon Squeezer
In an earlier article, I touched upon productive kitchen gadget #1, which was the microplane. In my house, we love kitchen gadgets. There are so many products out there that have sprung up in recent years that can really add to your productivity in the kitchen. It is in thisRead More
Data Backup and Sync Strategies #1: What Data Should You Back Up?
(Editor’s Note: This article is the first in a data backup and sync series here on WorkAwesome.) Backing up your data. It’s common sense, right? You should backup your data as often as possible. Simple, isn’t it? Yet everyday we hear horror stories of people losing important information because theirRead More
The Best of the Business Blogs, July 2010
At the start of every month, we’ll be rounding up the best posts from the business network of blogs and directing you to them. Here’s the best of business in July, including articles fromthe Netsetter, FreelanceSwitch and right here at WorkAwesome.