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Crackberries - is that the device or the user?

Published in July 8th, 2008

Posted by philippa in Freelancing, Working practices, time management

I’ve had a Blackberry for about 6 months now and it has changed my life. No joke. It has changed my life, but in ways that have been surprising. The amazing ease of viewing emails which appear instantaneously on its screen like text messages is notoriously mesmerizing and hard to ignore, but has allowed me [...]

Tackling two jobs

Published in April 21st, 2008

Posted by philippa in time management

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Since leaving my office job two months ago my working life has seen many changes. Far from being the ‘easy life’ working from home, I’ve found myself busier, more stressed, and more productive than ever before. In the early stages of freelancing there’s a lot for me to learn, and what a steep learning curve [...]

On the subject of procrastination…..

Published in November 23rd, 2007

Posted by philippa in time management

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Glad to this post on Bootstrapper with tips on taming the procrastination ‘beast’ and just flipping well getting on with it. I shall be reading it and paying close attention….
In particular, the ‘mee timer’ is a neat little tool which will track the percentage of time you waste every day…just don’t waste too much time [...]

There’s a whole world out there…

Published in November 19th, 2007

Posted by philippa in time management, web 2.0

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Over the past couple of months my life has mostly been like the above. The reason? I’ve been doing a Teaching English as a Foreign Language course at Saint George International and oh what a busy time it’s been. Anyone who has done one of these courses will know just how crazily intensive they [...]

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I am a freelance language professional living in London, UK. This blog traces my progress as I face new and exciting challenges in my career. I am interested in monitoring how the translation profession, and the languages industry as a whole, evolve and shape an ever-changing global linguistic picture.

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