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Steps for Creating a Paperless Home Office

Productivity Bits

We’ve all been there: Keeping and storing documents that we deemed important throughout the years only to walk into the home office space one day and see a mountain of papers staring back. This can be magnified ten-fold if you work from home. Creating a paperless home office is a two-part process.

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Setting up a desktop or laptop computer for your home office

The Small Business Blog

There are a number of factors to take into consideration when setting up a laptop for your small business, with the specifications of the device just the tip of the iceberg. Here are some tips to help you set up an efficient computing system in your home office.

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7 Home Office Hacks That Will Help You Get Organized

Productivity Bits

Here are a few hacks to help get you there: Binder Clip Cable Organizer Tired of the unsightly mess of cables crawling up the back of your desk like vines? Fed up with trying to detangle said mess, just to retrieve the connector end of one item? As you re-evaluate your home office space, you needn’t stop at organization.

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Spring cleaning the home office

Ian's Messy Desk

million Canadians who work from home or maintain a home office, this area should be of special consideration. Documents piled up? It is now time to put things in order and implement a system that will keep this space organized until spring 2012 and beyond. For the approximately 2.5 Dying plants?

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Why Your Home Office May Not Be as Secure as You Think It Is

Productivity Bits

And having thieves steal your computer is only part of the challenge of securing your home office. These days, we can do work from our smartphones or tablets as well—meaning those are part of your “home office” too. Your home computer can be hacked too. Please grab my free productivity ebook! Thank You! ~

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Escape The Desk: The Ultimate List Of Inspiring, Free Places to Work Remotely — Parks, Coffee Shops, And More!

Allwork

Working at alternative work spaces outside of the standard home office can help provide greater opportunities for networking, improve creativity on projects, and even get you out of a work rut. Understanding your own unique work-life preferences is key to finding an alternative workplace away from the standard home office.

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5 Ways to Gain Control of Your Home Office

On The Job

On the job, your work space is tidy and well maintained, with all your projects lined up like neat little soldiers. But while co-workers see you as the poster child of organization, you hide a dirty little secret: Your home office looks like a typhoon just hit. Learn to divvy up the space. Files are scattered.