The Underground Guide to Telecommuting: Slightly Askew Advice on Leaving the Rat Race Behind - Softcover

Leonhard, Woody

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201483432 ISBN 13: 9780201483437

Publisher: Addison Wesley, 1995

Synopsis

A guided tour through the ins and outs of telecommuting covers basics of setting up a home office and includes a discussion of "virtual corporations"--groups of professionals who band together and telecommute to even out the workload. Original. (All Users).

About this title

About the Author

A noted authority on Microsoft Windows, Woody Leonhard is a contributing editor at PC Computing and publisher of the infamous electronic newsletter Woody's Office Watch. Woody has written or co-written more than a dozen books on Windows and Microsoft Office, including The Hacker's Guide to Word for Windows, PC MOM: The Mother of All PC Books, and The Mother of All Windows 95 Books.

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From the Back Cover

WARNING: Telecommuting is a potentially dangerous activity and should be performed only by trained professionals. Do not try this at home--at least, not without the expert advice of theUnderground Guide!

There's no place like home. Especially when your boss, your kid, and the neighbor's dog are all barking for your attention simultaneously. Working away from a corporate office, whether as a salaried employee, independent contractor, consultant, or freelancer, presents great (often unexpected) challenges and offers even greater rewards. Woody Leonhard takes on the toughest aspects of telecommuting and gives you the straight scoop on how to make it work for you. Whether you're a telecommuter, a telecommuter's boss, or just curious, The Underground Guide to Telecommuting will give you the tools and information to turn electricity and a phone line into major productivity.

• Set up your office right the first time, even if your budget bears more resemblance to your kid's allowance than to the boss's expense account. Woody offers no-nonsense advice on what hardware and software to buy, what hot new technology will pay for itself, and which gizmos are a waste of your time and money.
• Make the best use of e-mail and the Internet, and then decipher the alphabet soup of telecommunications--find out the difference between ISDN, ATM, and ESPN, and what's best for you (especially if you're not a hockey fan).
• Get valuable and occasionally devious tips on how to stay on the good side of the zoning board, the postal service, the IRS, and, most importantly, your neighbors.
• Learn about the hottest trend in telecommuting, the "virtual corporation"--groups of professionals who band together electronically for one project or several to complement each others' strengths and even out the work load.

Every page has something you can use immediately. This book is packed wall to wall with practical advice, warnings, tips, and the kind of nitty-gritty explanations that could only come from someone who's been there-all day, every day.

Series Editor Woody Leonhard and Addison-Wesley are proud to bring you the Underground Guides--fun books for serious computer users.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Addison Wesley
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201483432
• ISBN 13: 9780201483437
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368