Five Time Management Basics

May 8, 2011Anthony Caruana1 CommentWorkbusiness, business plan, freelancing, pay rates, productivity, professionalism, toolkit, tools

Development of time management skills is a key to freelance success.

The 7-step guide to using social media for small business owners

Mar 17, 2011Guest WriterWorkapplications, business, freelancing, getting paid, Journalism, productivity, social media, toolkit, tools, Twitter

Social media can be an immensely useful tool for small businesses. Here’s our 7-step guide to getting the most from social media for your business.

Building a home office

Mar 9, 2011Anthony CaruanaWorkbusiness, freelancing, home office, Office, productivity, toolkit, tools

If you’re a freelancer, then setting up a decent workspace at home is important. Not only is it a place to get work done but it’s a way of separating your work and personal life. Otherwise the whole house becomes your office and you can never switch off. I wrote about how I created my home

The iPad as your only computer

Jan 14, 2011Anthony Caruana2 CommentsReviews, Workconferences, iPad, toolkit, tools, travel

Recently, I attended Tech Ed – Microsoft’s major technical education event for IT professionals. I attended as a member of the media at Microsoft’s expense (just laying out the appropriate disclaimers before I start). I was away for four days on the conference, having left home on a Tuesday and returning on Friday afternoon. For

What is RSS and how does it work

Jan 2, 2011Anthony Caruana1 CommentAdvice, Workapplications, RSS, Software, toolkit

As a journalist, keeping up with what’s going on in the world is an important part of your work. However, it can be challenging. Between websites, blogs, YouTube, social media and other online services, the volume of data journalists need to process each day is way beyond the amount of time we have available. That

A journalist’s toolkit

Dec 23, 2010Anthony CaruanaWorkapplications, hardware, Journalism, Software, toolkit

One topic of conversation that keeps coming up, over and over, between journalists is “what equipment do you use?”. Now remember, I mainly work as a technology writer so my kit is heavily titled in that direction.
Here’s my list.