- Image by Matt Brett via Flickr (NB: NOT my workspace)
You know it’s time to do some tidying in your home office when the towers of books and papers are high enough to topple over and possibly smother a small child. [Read more…]
Archives for February 2009
A healthy dose of scepticism
Ron Miller, a technology journalist in the US, talks a lot of sense. Last week, in relation to social media, he said: [Read more…]
7 ways NOT to use Twitter for business purposes
There are a million articles out there on how to use Twitter for business purposes, most of them based on Chris Brogan’s post on the topic. A few of them are great, most of them are dross, and a small number go so far as to actively irritate me. In response to the ones that fall into that last category (!), here’s my take on how I think translators, and professionals in general, should NOT use Twitter. [Read more…]
Friday Funnies: choosing a domain name? Choose carefully…
These were all at one time or other real websites. (Apparently). It’s childish, but so what?! It’s Friday 🙂 [Read more…]
Work in progress!
Excuse to shabby décor. I’m busy refurbishing today this week. In the meantime, feel free to enjoy the content, it’s just the cover that looks bad 🙂
5 Qs with Betti Moser
With a background in landscape planning and several years’ freelance experience as a copywriter, editor and desktop publisher, in 2001 Betti Moser decided to qualify as a German translator so she could work from home more often. Currently based in London, Betti talks to us about about setting up a freelance practice, finding clients and marketing yourself as a freelancer. [Read more…]