One of the things I really want to accomplish with AnywhereMan is to really create a sub-community within the growing freelance and telework communities. As part of this smaller group, we can hold open discussions regarding topics relevant to us, ask for and offer advice to fellow community members, and really just encourage each other through our interactions both on this blog itself and outside its “walls.” (i.e. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc)
So at this point, as I sit here in my [plastic] adirondack chair watching the sunset from my backyard (as an Anywhere should), I ask you: What topics would you like to see covered on AnywhereMan? Things like daily scheduling, productivity, hardware, software, home office, mobile technologies, work/life balance, lifestyle design, getting in to a telework positiong, making the leap to freelance work…OR ANYTHING! And really, I will not claim to have all the answers. I see my role on AnywhereMan as a facilitator bringing methods, ideas, and questions of his own to the table.
I’ve got plenty of topics lined up but I want to make sure that we as a growing community are having an active discussion relevant to the readers. To me, the best part of social media is the new definition of WWW: World Wide Watercooler.
The AnywhereMan watercooler is now open.
What would you like to discuss here pertaining to the freelance and telework lifestyle? Submit any and all ideas!
Even pajama recommendation requests will do!
How about the benefits of video conferencing for teleworkers to maintain face-time and increase collaboration http://bit.ly/xBaDi
I like it. That's a great topic!
This is more of a suggestion for a component of the site.
I think an Anywhereman “tools of the trade” section where people rate/rank products/services and add testimonials as a comment blow. You could of course use a video blog to launch each “tool”
for example let's say you use your post about phone services at the flagship content for a page within the “tools of the trade” section where people comment about the various options:
Skype
Google Phone
Vonage
An office phone with calls forwarded to your cell
etc…
Registered members would just give a thumbs up or thumbs down which would rank the various products, and comments/testimonials could be left below.
Just a thought. We're trying to select an online fax service at the moment and recommendations from other folks who work remotely would really help us to make the right decision.
This is more of a suggestion for a component of the site.
I think an Anywhereman “tools of the trade” section where people rate/rank products/services and add testimonials as a comment blow. You could of course use a video blog to launch each “tool”
for example let's say you use your post about phone services at the flagship content for a page within the “tools of the trade” section where people comment about the various options:
Skype
Google Phone
Vonage
An office phone with calls forwarded to your cell
etc…
Registered members would just give a thumbs up or thumbs down which would rank the various products, and comments/testimonials could be left below.
Just a thought. We're trying to select an online fax service at the moment and recommendations from other folks who work remotely would really help us to make the right decision.