Archive for June, 2007

Ok, I’ve already earned my first million from Agloco!
Of course not. Nobody’s earned much of anything!
Here’s the reality as I see it from my little corner of the world.
When Agloco was in pre-lauch longer than the Israelites wandered in the wilderness it seemed you had these people signing up a bazillion folks and dreaming how […]

I might have titled this “Does Adsense work for blogs?” but I suspect it’s based on the blog (I know other US residents whose blogs create enough cash for them to retire someplace where the cost of living is low). For most new blogs, that’s probably not going to happen. Basically Ankesh uses Adsense to […]

From John Deprice
Diane Waltman’s story
My business is designing and laminating bookmarks for wedding favors, business promotions, nonprofit organizations, holidays and other special occasions or projects. I design them on my computer, depending on what the customer wants. Then I print and laminate them.
I came up with the idea of a bookmark business because it was […]

This isn’t really about working at home but work at home folks tend to be a bit holistic and are interested in their diets, etc.
The plate allows users to measure portions visually without weighing, counting, etc. There are plates of different designs for men, women, children, and even a cereal bowl to help choose proper […]

Isn’t it interesting to see monstrous companies squabble?
Google is telling the Federal Government that they need to keep an eye on Microsoft!
“Microsoft’s hardwiring of its own desktop search product into Windows Vista violates the final judgment” in the U.S. government’s antitrust case against the software maker, Google said.
Over the last year, Google has […]

It’s not a crystal ball, but the slideshow offers an interesting snapshot of telework in 2007.
There are lots of interesting statistics here. I’ve listed a smattering below, but there are lots more at the slideshow.
Did you know

Only 17% of telecommuters are single/never married? Only 8% are separated or divorced?
37% of teleworkers serve firms with 100 […]

It’s easy to start looking stupid while telecommuting. Here are ten tips to save face while working from home. Via the Business Humor Blog!
From the Bing Blog
Hi there. It’s Friday afternoon and I thought I would offer a few suggestions to those of you who have told your bosses that you are “working from […]

It’s the Politicians of New York against the Telecommuter again. The state already levies New York state income tax against out of state telecommuters who are forced to pay in their own state as well.
Now New York City is seeking $500 million in federal grant dollars for mass transit to limit traffic congestion in high […]

Working from home is catching on in China according to the Maylaysia Star.
SANDY Liang is the mother of a four-year-old girl living in Guangzhou. Like many others in the city, she gets up at seven in the morning and drives her daughter to her kindergarten before she gets to work. But that’s where the […]

I’m reprinting this article from Jim because I think there are lots of good work at home business related applications for us to consider. Personally though, I hate RSS readers. I use FeedBlitz.com to poll my favorite RSS feeds and have the posts sent to me by email. I find that much better than using […]