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TECHONdigital’s A Retail Scam

I fell for this one. Just the other day I wrote about being so excited because I was getting a new digital camera for Mother’s day (along with two great memory cards). Turns out I’m not getting a camera at all — at least not from the retail site we ordered it from.
I know we […]

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My Mother’s Day Memory

Mother’s Day is approaching and this year I’m looking forward to my gift even more than usual because I already know what it is. I’m getting a new digital camera! I have one, I’ve had one since 1997 or 1998 when we got our first Kodak digital camera from my mother-in-law (who is not tech-savvy […]

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What’s The Point?

When someone sent me a shout about Lilly Ledbetter’s story over on Digg today, I learned a few new things I thought I’d share here. If you’re not familiar with Digg, you should be. It’s a lot of fun, totally addictive and can be, occasionally, educational, too. Today, for me, it was educational.
Here’s the story […]

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How to Find a Job on Craigslist: Advice From Kevin Donlin

Social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook are getting a lot of press these days as job search tools. But have you considered adding Craigslist to that list of online employment destinations? Kevin Donlin tells you why you just might want to!

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Finding Telework

I’ve gotten so many comments lately that ask about finding ‘real’ work from home jobs that I figured it was time for another advice session here. This post is not for the faint of heart. If you want to hear that you can make thousands every week while you sleep, you’re in the wrong place. […]

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Telework is a Triple Win Situation

At least according to the panelists featured on the The Federal Executive Forum on Telework…
Last Tuesday FederalNews Radio.com published Jeff Erlichman’s Telework Into the Future. Erlichman, Founder and President of Public Sector Communications, has an extensive background of providing editorial content for the Federal News Radio as well as a myriad of other Government […]

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Taking Work With Me In A Flash

I work at home on a desktop computer. I’m no corporate jet-setter. I have kids in elementary school, a myriad of pets, and a husband who travels for a living, so I don’t get out much. But these days, every now and then, I’m out and about or on a mini-vacation and I actually take […]

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Getting Older, Multi-Tasking & My Living Will

Let’s face it - after 10 years of working online I’m TEN years older.
I know, it’s not exactly rocket science, but it just dawned on me today that I’m not the same person I was ten years ago. Every day (or night or weekend) when I’m working here at my desk I feel just the […]

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Is Less Money for Telecommuters Fair?

I received a comment in my comments que this morning from a guy who’s planning to move and has been given the green light to telecommute from his current employer, but he has some questions about it. Instead of trying to answer in the comments thread, I’ve decided to answer him right here instead (easier […]

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Millionaire Mentor Comment & More

A while back I received, and approved, a comment on an earlier post that I’d promised to follow up on. I’d nearly forgotten about it, but since I only allowed the comment to be posted with the intention of doing a little further research and an additional post about it, I figured it’s high time […]

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