Every day, I’m amazed at how relationships can develop without even meeting a person face-to-face. The Internet has given us a new way to connect with people, and while some may disagree, I think that you can make just as deep of a connection online as you can in real life. Not that online connections aren’t “real,” but for the sake of this post, let’s use the phrase “in real life” to mean in your daily face-to-face life, away from the computer.
I have many online friends who I’ve never met that are more important to me than friends that are …read more

 With my last post, I’ve been investigating how possible it is to build a business with a computer, globally. Products can be services – after all. In the ninetes, the idea of basing yourself anywhere and doing business online was born.  Millions of people work this way now, without any formal office structure, comprising billions of dollars in trade. Articles on the boom of mothers working from home have been featured on the web and news this week, so I thought I’d look at some ways you can build this on-line working environment. Here’s a marketing opportunity on-line to look at setting up …read more

So everyone is preparing themselves for the pinch of a recession in the U. S. call it what you will, mini recession, downturn, tempory lack of confidence, depression: the result is the same, for those paid in dollars in the US, those who travel and those who work online. Less money, when they convert it into the actual currency they live on. I prefer to be paid in Euros or Pounds if possible,  for the work I do on line, however I often work in US dollars too. The companies who hire freelancers sometimes enable them to choose credits which have a value and are …read more