Office Organization
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Thursday, August 27th, 2009As the world has become more electronic, we have also developed the need to print, resulting in paper mountains everywhere! Taking 10 minutes every single day to sort through your paper clutter will save you time and frustration in the future. Below are some tips to help you get started: 1. Gather all [...]
Everyday’s a Chance For Change…
Monday, November 3rd, 2008Americans go to the polls this week to elect city commissioners, judges, representatives and a new president. It seems the greatest chance for change we’ve experienced in some time. But the chance for change comes daily. How can you improve organization and life-flow around your home? How can you make your home office, home-based business [...]
The Weekend: Three Days of Organizational Exploits…
Saturday, November 1st, 2008Some look to the weekend as a chance to leave the office, to get away, to think about something other than work. But entrepreneurs often see the weekend as a time to think about something maybe different from work, but something that can help them work better. And sometimes the weekend begins on Friday.
Playing reporter online, in print & in life…
Monday, January 7th, 2008I’m a journalist by trade, so I have access to boundless news on the latest technology and trends out there for organizing my home office, small business and household in general. But I also have developed a pretty keen nose for news — and have learned to ferret out tidbits of information that may lead either [...]
Placing value on a home office makeover
Sunday, November 25th, 2007Back in 1994, when our middle child was coming along, the Zbar home office was about to get booted — again — from a bedroom. This time, we converted part of the patio into a home office. Along with that conversion, I paid about $1000 for a custom-built desk designed to my specifications. That piece of [...]
A crisp breeze in the home office
Sunday, November 18th, 2007‘Winter Lite’ has officially arrived in South Florida. Our first cold snap, OK, maybe it was our first not-so-oppressively-hot-day-of-the-season has arrived. I opened the sliding glass doors and my home office window – and felt a cool breeze waft through the home office. Try that in the corporate tower downtown. Even if you’re a teleworker, working [...]
One man’s trash…
Monday, November 12th, 2007Reading Christina’s blog from yesterday – as well as hearing the tales of wildfire survivors - got me to thinking about what’s important in my household. With a wife, three kids and a dog, we certainly have a few possessions that register as “important.” But considering that my office is in my home, should anything from that space rank higher [...]
Organizational redesign, in progress…
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007After 19 years of working from home and writing about smart home offices, you’d think I could knock out a spiffy home office make-over in short order. That’s just not the case. It seems that that same longevity in the SOHO (Small Or Home Office) space has led to several issues that make a redesign challenging. [...]
Time for an organizational redesign…
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007I’ve worked from my current home office for the better part of 11 years. From the beginning, organization was important – nay, critical – to my success. I have a 10-foot-long, custom-built desk with lots of drawer and cabinet space. It has a wirechase to conceal Ethernet, printer and phone cords and cables, and an [...]
“Take a look at my desktop…”
Thursday, October 18th, 2007“Take a look at my desktop, it’s the only one I got…Not much of a desktop, used to seem to have a lot…” OK, so Supertramp would be aghast at my adaptation of their 1970s hit Breakfast in America (though no worse so than the current remake by Gym Class Heroes, I imagine). No sooner [...]
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