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By: Web Worker Daily » Archive 5 Nice Things You Should Do for Your Clients «

Tue, 13 May 2008 14:00:21 +0000

[...] formal. Those things have their place, but we need to include a more human touch when it comes to web working. After all, it’s much easier for clients to ignore and forget you if they don’t see you [...]

By: Vladimir Cvetic » Blog Archive » How to: Getting freelance projects

Vladimir Cvetic » Blog Archive » How to: Getting freelance projects — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 10:57:03 +0000

[...] worker’s[1] clients are regular people with interest in web trends. They are usually reading blogs and [...]

By: GigaOM » Are you a webworker?

GigaOM » Are you a webworker? — Sun, 06 May 2007 18:46:05 +0000

[...] makes a Web Worker? Interesting question, and a great essay. Share/E-mail | Sphere | Print | Topic: The Daily | Tags: [...]

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Web Worker Daily » Blog Archive You Might be a Web Worker if... « — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:44:41 +0000

[...] We don’t define web workers by their employment status or their place of work, but rather by how they use the Web in new ways to produce, to connect, and to succeed better than they could without the [...]

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 06:45:52 +0000

I…wanna be a web worker(when I grow up)! I have basically lived off of the web since 2000 (I started selling bicycles out of my home using craigslist). That might make me a web worker.

By: Blog of Leonid Mamchenkov » Web worker

Blog of Leonid Mamchenkov » Web worker — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 16:11:33 +0000

[...] Am I a web worker? Yes, I am. [...]

By: Dave C.

Dave C. — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 09:17:11 +0000

I’m not a webworker quite yet, but I am moving steadily along the path. Don’t wait for me. I’ll catch up.

By: Yomi Adegboye

Yomi Adegboye — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:44:09 +0000

Basically, I believe that LivNLet and Judi Sohn have provided the answers that best describe a web worker. I do close to 90% of my work online, and make all my money from that! Whenever my internet connection goes down, I feel like fish out of the water, because there's nothing to do. I invested in smartphones with GPRS connections so that even when I am on the move I can keep working online.

I use Yahoo Messenger on my desktop, laptop and smartphone. Email is my preferred medium of communication, though I know when to go the traditional route. But most jobs and contracts I have gotten have been by email.

I certainly am a web worker ;-)

By: Alfa

Alfa — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 05:11:12 +0000

I’ve realized that I’m a web worker when someone told me that my business is keeping me from having a social life and I responded the web is what gives me a social life.

By: Defining “web workerness” | acidlabs

Defining “web workerness” | acidlabs — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 10:16:34 +0000

[...] I think that for a goodly percentage of what I do, I’m demonstrably a web worker. [...]

By: LivNLet

LivNLet — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 18:03:40 +0000

I think it’s pretty simple. You are a web worker if you are paying all your bills as a result of working on the web. Whether or not you use this email client or that calendar or whatever (those things are software trends) is rather insignificant. Being able to pay your bills is different however, because it’s proof that you’ve spent the time (years in some cases) learning your craft. Also, be careful with this new found attitude that we can quit jobs by email, find new ones, etc. We are still human after all.

By: David McDonald

David McDonald — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 11:34:56 +0000

This post certainly describes me and how I work. I have never physically met or spoken to 25% of my clients, but this type of business relationship is now normal for me.

My work and personal interests constantly intertwine, and I'm in a constant state of educating myself, following my interests in the web and searching for the best tools to work with. We're moving house in 2 days and the thought of having no internet connection for a couple of days does worry me, and severely limits my ability to work.

I certainly wouldn't have it any other way at the moment, as I have the freedom to choose when to work and when to spend time with my family - viva la web worker!

By: Anne Zelenka

Anne Zelenka — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:39:27 +0000

Good definition, Judi. I'd be lost without my Internet connectivity... if it went down here at my home, I'd be off to Einstein Brothers in a flash.

@David, I too see the technical world revolving, moving in a spiral rather than in a forward march. Maybe I've been in it too long!

By: David

David — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:54:23 +0000

Working with web technologies for the last 10 years, and in IT over 20, I have seen a lot change, so always in flux to be sure… although I cannot help thinking that the whole internet and related technologies is so similar to my days with IBM system 38’s or DEC VAX… using languages like MEGA and so on…. strange how the technical world revolves….

By: Judi Sohn

Judi Sohn — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:46:57 +0000

Here’s my definition: If your (choose one: cable modem, DSL line, T1 line, EDGE/EVDO/GRPS/3G) connection went down, would you still be able to do at least 50% of your job? If the answer is no, you’re a web worker.

By: Anne Zelenka

Anne Zelenka — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 20:14:19 +0000

Yes, the constant flux: I keep wondering when it will settle down into an easy and stable routine. Probably never, because that’s not the career path I’ve chosen. Does get tiring sometimes though.