Connect! A Guide to a New Way of Working from GigaOM's Web Worker Daily
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Written by a contributing writer for Web Worker Daily, this one-of-a kind guide
keeps readers in the know about the new world of work that is enabled by the
next-generation Web. Web workers make themselves more productive and successful
by swapping the traditional tools for powerful Web 2.0 technologies such as
social networking, blogging, email, IM, and online word processing. This essential
resource reviews the new rules and tools suited to our increasingly connected
and global workforce and is ideal reading for the Getting Things Done and Life
Hacks crowd as well as:
• Telecommuters who work from home and need to connect with coworkers and
clients via the Web
• Freelancers and sole proprietors who want to use the Web to network and increase
revenue
• Distributed teams who work across geography and time zones and want to take
advantage of the latest technology to connect and collaborate
• Anyone using a variety of income streams to mix and mash careers with online
services and marketplaces
• Traditional employees using Web-based collaboration tools like blogs and wikis
to interact with the world outside their company
• Virtual startups that have no offices or hardware other than a few employees
with laptops
Table of Contents
Foreword.
Introduction.
1 Towards a Web Working World.
2 Get Ready to Web Work.
3 Burst Your Productivity.
4 Rethink Your Relationship with Email.
5 Surf Waves of Information.
6 Connect, Communicate, and Collaborate.
7 Go Mobile.
8 Explode Your Career.
9 Manage Your Money.
10 Blend Your Work and Your Personal Life.
11 The Future of Web Work.
Index.
About the Authors
Anne Truitt Zelenka is a writer and web technologist. As editor at large
of Web Worker Daily, Anne brings a mix of career and technical advice to readers
looking to find success and satisfaction in the new ways of working enabled
by the web.
Anne has been in software and web development since the nineties, and worked
through the dot-com boom as a database and web application developer. She lives
in Denver with her husband Rick and three children. You can reach her via her
website at annezelenka.com.
Judi Sohn, editor of Web Worker Daily, has over 10 years experience
as a homebased graphic designer, technology consultant, and blogger. Now remotely
managing a patient advocacy nonprofit organization, she truly lives the web
worker life and brings her practical experience to Web Worker Daily readers.
Judi lives in Central New Jersey with her husband Eric and two daughters. She
maintains a personal blog at momathome.com.
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