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If you have a fast internet connection, consider secure, encrypted backups http://mozy.com Hi Lev: I work from home in Canada as a consultant for multiple clients and just love it. I get up in the morning, eat breakfast, get my coffee and head downstairs to the office that has a lovely bright view of my back garden (some natural light is important to me). I have a comfy chair, a good desk, a reliable desktop computer and laptop, printer, fax and blackberry. All of my business-use-of-home expenses are a tax deduction here in Canada. It requires some discipline, especially during my busy season when I have to work seven days a week (the downside). Other than that, I manage my own time. I do not work in pajamas as I would just want to go back to bed. After lunch, I take a walk in the fresh air and work until dinnertime. I never work in the evening. Since you have to work to set hours, your time is more circumscribed than mine. However, I still have to be available at the drop of a hat and that is why I have a blackberry and a high-speed internet connection. Oh, and by the way, I keep offsite backups in a safety deposit box at my local bank. We can't afford to lose data since the handy IT professional does not exist. This has been my experience, Lev, and I hope it will help you. Elaine On 23-Apr-09, at 1:56 PM, Lev Abramov wrote: > dear list - > After having been a nine-to-fiver for the past three years and a > recent > lay-off, I have just been offered a three-month work-from-home > contract > (with a chance of becoming permanent). Decent pay and benefits. I > will be > collaborating with two teams in two totally different time zones (the > Philippines and the US). Set hours (8 + 2 with a two-hour break in > between). > > Not that I have never worked from home - but I have never worked as > part of > a geographically distributed team. Apart from the cross-cultural > communication problems (and I could use a lot of advice in this > department!), what should I take into account? How should I brace > myself for > this new experience? Any and all suggestions and advice will be > accepted > with gratitude. > > Best - > > Lev > > -- > Lev Abramov > http://myblog.schiffman.biz/ > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 2009 is your all-in-one authoring and > publishing > solution. Author in Doc-To-Help's XML-based editor, Microsoft Word or > HTML and publish to the Web, Help systems or printed manuals. > http://www.doctohelp.com > > Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for individual > authors and teams. Professional power, intuitive interface. Write > once, publish to 8 formats. Multi-user authoring and version > control! http://www.helpandmanual.com/ > > --- > You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as 2egarnet -at- rogers -dot- com -dot- > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com > or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/2egarnet%40rogers.com > > > To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com > > Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- Visit > http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info. > > Please move off-topic discussions to the Chat list, at: > http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l-chat > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 2009 is your all-in-one authoring and publishing solution. Author in Doc-To-Help's XML-based editor, Microsoft Word or HTML and publish to the Web, Help systems or printed manuals. http://www.doctohelp.com Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for individual authors and teams. Professional power, intuitive interface. Write once, publish to 8 formats. Multi-user authoring and version control! http://www.helpandmanual.com/ --- You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as heidi -dot- liebl -dot- slabinski -at- gmail -dot- com -dot- To unsubscribe send a blank email to techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/heidi.liebl.slabinski%40gmail.com To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- Visit http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info. Please move off-topic discussions to the Chat list, at: http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l-chat http://www.doctohelp.com http://www.helpandmanual.com/ http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/archive%40web.techwr-l.com http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info. http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l-chat
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