Sunday, 10 August 2008
Handy programs to put on a USB stick
The first program I really felt I needed to carry around with me was Audacity - it was a program I was using a lot to introduce lecturers to podcasting, and it wasn't installed by default on the University's computers. So here's a great idea - keeping a selection of useful programs on a USB stick/flash drive. Useful for any trainer, especially in those institutional settings where you don't have admin access to the computer.
Audacity portable is here along with other portable applications from the same source.
Portable Apps is a menu driven 'work suite' for your flash drive (or any external drive - could be a external hard drive). You download the PortableApps.exe file, and when you run the setup (choosing either a full or a lightweight version) it installs working applications on your flash drive.
If you're not convinced, read a review of portableapps and another from Web Worker Daily
Here's a list from Snapfiles (with the downloads)
More tips from the blog Less Gravity
An alternative site of portable apps from the Italians WinpenpackLabels: flexible working, freelancing, homeworking, m-learning, mobile computing, portable apps, technology
posted by Helen Whitehead 11:11 AM
Sunday, 13 July 2008
Turning Point - when did you decide you needed a better work-life balance?
The Turning Point is a new contributory project to explore the point at which an individual decides to take control of their working life.
Tell us about the moment you rejected 9to5...
What was your turning point - your Eureka moment, your tipping point, your lightbulb moment - the moment that you realised that the 9 to 5 traditional way of working just wasn't for you? Was it in response to a particular incident or did it happen over a period of time?
The Turning Point invites workers to describe that lightbulb moment when you made the decision that traditional ways of working weren't for you. Whether you're still looking for a "way out" or you have already begin carving a new career - whether you've set up your own business or braved asking your employer for flexible hours - or even if you're a successful entrepreneur running an innovative company of all-flexible workers ...
You need to be logged in to create your Turning Point. Click Create New Account on the right hand side. Turning Points will appear once approved by the project editor. (This is to avoid spam.)
Labels: flexible working, primetime working, turning point, work flexibility, work-life balance
posted by Helen Whitehead 10:45 AM
