Tag: labor

  • oDesk hiring tip: ask for the cat

    We’re expanding again, but this time the needs are either fairly specific and short-term or fairly generic and not requiring close team integration, so it’s a perfect window of opportunity for some remote outsourcing. I gave oDesk another try after a fairly disastrous earlier hiring attempt a year or two ago, and partly it’s because […]

  • The Four Hour Work Week and the future of “Real Jobs”

    Last week I ran my company from the cottage. I had decent enough internet, but I didn’t want to to be too good, since the point was to relax as much as I could while keeping the wheels turning.  Over the course of 9 days, I probably averaged close to the mythical four hour work […]