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Saturday, September 13th, 2008… and I’m watching three football games via satellite on our plasma-screen TV, surfing the Web on my laptop — and wife, Robbie, is at my side, watching and surfing on a laptop of her own. Only in America? Maybe. And quite possibly only in Coral Springs, Florida? We recently “upgraded” our home viewing situation [...]
Goin’ (even more) Digital in the Home Office
Friday, September 12th, 2008Know those TV commercials about the baby, or Mr. Change, who buy their stocks online. I kind of felt that way tonight (or this morning, actually. It was 3am when I encountered the emotion). What so moved me? I paid my monthly federal payroll deposits using the government’s EFTPS (or Electronic Federal Tax Payment System). [...]
Laundry, the Yard & Errands in the Home Office
Monday, September 8th, 2008Home Office organization is an ongoing to-do list of events. It’s not enough to have the right office furniture, tools and devices to make a home for your stuff. You have to put your stuff there. Today. Tomorrow. Next week and next year. The mail arrives. It must be ditched or filed. Email arrives. Ditto. [...]
Dodging a Runaway Train in the Sub-Tropical Home Office
Saturday, September 6th, 2008Hurricane Gustav. A near-miss. Tropical Storm Hanna. A nuisance. Ike. A freight train that seemingly is taking the southwestern line, and sparing those along the northbound tracks. Life in the home office during hurricane season is part adrenalin rush, part roller-coaster, and part sheer fear. It’s not enough that home officers have a family to [...]
The Tablet That Changed My Life…
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008I used to work from my home office. I had my furniture, my organized space, all my productivity tools close at hand. When we installed a wireless home network, I/we could work with the laptop from anywhere in the home — the den, the kitchen, our bedroom (though, in the interest of full disclosure, I’ve [...]
Staying Productive With So Much Good TV On
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008I’m no TV junkie in the home office. In fact, I don’t catch my first afternoon re-run until at least 3 pm, and primetime in our household doesn’t start until well after dinner. Surely, I jest. In seriousness, except for 15 minutes of TV over lunch, the tube doesn’t come on in the household until [...]
Two Weeks Down, Home Office Highway a Success – So Far…
Monday, July 21st, 2008When we departed on Home Office Highway, I’d wondered early on how successful I’d be working from an RV — and how successful my family would be living in the midst of a RV home office worker. I’m proud to say, it’s been a success so far. Credit my own biorhythm, improved planning, making work [...]
What’s ‘Balance’ on the Family ‘Workation’?
Saturday, July 19th, 2008If you took a family vacation, and told your family you’d be bringing your laptop and BlackBerry along, would they roll their eyes and mumble frustrated rumblings under their breath? “And this is different from your home office HOW?” they might wonder… Would they curse that they’re losing Dad or Mom — Again! — to [...]
How’s Your Summer Vacation?
Thursday, July 17th, 2008The Zbar family is an active bunch. We travel, see the sights, get on each other’s nerves (occasionally), and have a rich and rewarding live. Reminds me of the message in the fortune cookie I once received. It read, “You have a lively family.” I saved that one. It’s a life afforded, in part, by [...]
Work From Home? Can You Work From the Road?
Monday, July 14th, 2008Every year, my family takes a winter road trip to northern Ontario, and a summer trip to the Jersey Shore. While I work from home, I always take my home office on the road. Can you? Millions of Americans work 50 weeks a year to earn their coveted two weeks off. Few take those two [...]
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