For many, working from home may seem like an impossibility. But with new services and software becoming available at such a rapid pace, and with employers becoming more open to work/life balance, it’s getting easier and easier to work in our jammies. Whether it’s accounting and book keeping services, graphic design, or even things like day spas and hair salons, more and more people are seeing the advantages of working where they eat and sleep.

Of course, not all businesses are suitable for running off your couch. I’m sure your wife wouldn’t appreciate a chicken slaughterhouse being run out of the dining room…especially when she has her parents over. Seriously though, some businesses require showrooms, warehousing, or specific setups in order to work, which can be tricky to do out of your home. But with some creativity, you very well may be able to pull it off.

As someone who has been working from home for over two years, I love it, and wouldn’t trade it for anything. I’m a homebody anyway, so it works really well for my personality. There are some downsides, which I’ll get into next week in Why Working From Home Drools, but in the meantime I thought it would be cool to put together a short list of reasons why working from home is so awesome. Let’s check it out…

Set Your Own Schedule

I think this is the big one that most people think of — and if you’ve worked from home before, you realize just how big it is. Having the ability to schedule work around life rather than life around work is huge. And you know, life happens. Kids get sick, cars need repairs, laundry needs to be done. Then there’s doctor’s appointments, banking, paying speeding tickets (in my case!), and on and on. I quite honestly don’t know how people who work regular 9-to-5′s handle all of life’s extras.

When working from home, you can keep the laundry moving and get dinner going at a reasonable time, all while you’re firing off that email proposal or handling your books. Or if you need a break, go cut some grass or take the dog for a walk. The big thing for me in the middle of the day is sitting down to play drums. Often times I think to myself, “Man, it’s 11am and I’m playing drums!” After fifteen years of commuting, that still jazzes me.

But, just because you’re at home doesn’t mean you’re not working. You’re still getting your stuff done, you’re just getting it done when it works for you (and at a much more efficient pace). It took me a while to figure out what works for me, my rhythm, and my lifestyle. For example, it took me quite a some time to discover that I am, to my great astonishment, not a night owl but in fact an early riser. When I discovered that, I realized that I could get more done between 5am and 7am than I could between the hours of 12am to 4am. In the early, early morning, my brain is percolating, ideas are flying, and I’m in total “go mode.” If I had to fit my life into an employer’s schedule, I’d spend my most productive hours getting ready for work, or stuck in stop-and-go traffic.

Low Overhead, Minimal Expenses

I love the cost-minimizing aspects of working from home, and I’m constantly realizing new ones. For example, if you’re an employee working remotely and seldom have to go into the office, you’d save a huge amount of money. Think about how much money it costs you to have a job; think about things like gas, wear and tear on your vehicle, lunches, parking, dry cleaning, and so on. Even if you have the ability to work even 3 days out of 5 from home, do the math on the money you’d save. It’s expensive to have a job!

If you run a business from home, the money you save versus having an outside office are even bigger. If your office is outside the home, you still have all the expenses that an employee has (gas, parking, lunches, etc.) plus you have all the additional expenses incurred in running an office, the biggie being rent. Even if you sublet office space, it can still be pricey.

I’m somewhat obsessed with seeing how little money I can run a business from home on. It’s a bit of a game I play with myself. Think about what you need at a minimum and what it’ll cost. How about starting with the staples: a desk, a computer, maybe a printer, a telephone line, and an internet connection. Guess what? Most people have these things already, whether they work from home or not. Beyond these staples, expenses are related to the type of business you run. So figure out what you’ll need. In the early days of Ten Ton, I discovered that a lot of the stuff I needed I already had lying around. I had a microphone, I had a lot of the software I needed, and I had some recording gear. Some of the other things I needed I found I could borrow from friends or family members, saving me from having to lay out cash early on. (See, when you’re just starting up, you don’t know if your business is gonna fly or not. And a common mistake in those early stages is to get caught up in the start-up euphoria, and run out and spend a bunch of money on “business expenses.” I know there will be some up front costs, but my point is that you can do a lot with a little. Ten Ton’s initial start-up was about $60 for some extra software I needed. If I had to do it again, I’m 100% sure I could do it for zero, after an initial $12 outlay for a domain name.)

Anyway, whether you’re an employee or self-employed, working from home can save you thousands of dollars a year. Again, just do the math and figure it all out. So if you can pull it off, the savings are huge when you work from home.

For employees looking to pull a disappearing act, Tim Ferris discusses how to achieve exactly this in The 4-Hour Workweek. He suggests a multi-step process to begin showing your boss the benefits of allowing you to work from home, like increased productivity, lower overhead for the company, and even outlines how you can suggest working remotely for a trial period. It all starts on page 227, so be sure to check it out, it’s pretty darn solid.

Increased Productivity, Less Waste

This is a big one for a lot of people. By cutting out  meetings, watercooler banter, and other unnecessary tasks, you streamline your time and your work. By trimming the fat, all that’s left are the tasks at hand, and productive time. To maximize my time, I’ve begun using a time-blocking method, which helps me stay focused on tasks that need to be done. I build it into each day, and since doing so my productivity has shot through the roof.

Gina Trapani from Lifehacker.com wrote an article on Fastcompany.com about this, which makes clear and solid points about eliminating distractions far better than I can. She says, “Being available to your boss and co-workers is part of your job. But the most creative and important work you do requires total focus and attention for an extended period of time. Your brain needs at least 15 minutes of uninterrupted time to dive in, concentrate on one thing, and get into the zone where you’re truly focused and doing your best work. Time blocking is a technique that sets the stage for that to happen.”

I highly encourage you to read the full article, Avoid Office Distractions With Time Blocking.

With No Commute, You Get Your Life Back

Commuting sucks. I don’t care how much they want to pay me or how great the job is, commuting royally blows chunks. I suppose I’m so adverse to it because I did it for fiffteen-odd years. Back when taught in Toronto my commute was as follows: 25 minute drive to the train station, 1.5 hours on the train, then a 10 minute subway ride (or a 25 minute walk). One way. Up hill both ways. It really wasn’t fun, and although by 9am I’d been awake long enough to be ready for lunch, I did try to make the most of it.

I’d read or use the time to catch up on email, but you’re really limited by what you can use the time for. The way I see it, working from home has given me at least 4 hours a day that I can now use however I wish. I can make productive use of the time, or I can spend time having fun with the kids, going to the beach, or whatever. My commute is now, make a left into the kitchen to grab a coffee, head down a flight of stairs and take a right into the office. There are, of course, always some complications along the way, like stepping on lego bricks or tripping over the cat. But I manage.

Working from home saves a huge amount of time. So much time it almost boggles the mind. Let’s look at some numbers: If you work at an office from 9am to 5pm, that’s an 8 hour work day. But let’s say it takes the better part of an hour to get to and from your job. Now you’re up to 10 hours. But let’s not forget, you have to get ready for work in the morning (let’s say 60 minutes to shower, eat breakfast, etc), and what happens when you get home at night? You’re fried from the day — it takes another hour or so of chilling out just to make yourself human again. That’s a total of 12 hours. So, it costs you 12 hours out of the 24 you have to spend, to have that particular job.

Everyone can (and does) choose for themselves. There are alternatives to having your soul crushed while sitting in traffic. For me, that cost was just too high and I had to figure out a better way. When I was commuting to Toronto, it cost me a whopping 16 hours a day to have that job. Divide the amount of money you make per day by the gross total amount of time it takes to have your job, and you find out what you really get paid by the hour. For many, it’s shocking.

There are alternatives, it just sometimes takes a little creative thinking to figure out how to get out of your tin coffin and into your slippers and housecoat.

Now, whenever I ever hear a traffic report I think, “Those poor buggers.” And I thank my lucky stars that I’m able to work from home.

Minimize Dealing With Difficult People

I found back when I had a “normal” job that it wasn’t so much the job itself that was a problem (in fact, I often enjoyed the work), but it was fellow co-workers who made working a hassle. Some were demanding, while others would stand around and talk your ear off about nothing. Still others were nosy, while some were egotistical jerks. It takes all kinds to make the world go ’round — I get that. But can we hold hands and sing Kumbaya later, after I get my stuff done?

See, I’m a nose-to-the-grindstone sorta guy, and when I’m working, I’m pretty damn focused and don’t want to be distracted. When I’m not working, it’s a different story. But by working from home, you completely eliminate the distractions that come from people who otherwise want to gossip or waste your time. You’ll still have to deal with difficult people whether you’re running a home-based business or if you’re an employee working remotely, but you’ll be at arms length, which gives you the space and autonomy to get your stuff done efficiently.

Power Naps

This one’s a little tongue-in-cheek, but it definitely has merit. Back in the day, the boss didn’t care too much for me grabbing a wink while at work. Even though I’d do it on a break, hidden away from fellow co-workers, she said it didn’t “look right.” I was an efficient and energetic employee, but I was expected to be “on” and “professional” and “alert” from the moment I walked in until the moment I left. Sorry, but the simple biological fact is that energy’s cyclical, not linear.

I first discovered the magic of the power nap during Apollo 13. No offense to Kevin Bacon, but I was pretty confident they’d still be stranded in the capsule in ten minutes — they weren’t going to hit an iceberg and drown, or anything. Sure enough, I woke up and leaned over, “Still stranded?” “Yup.” “Cool.”

I feel so recharged after ten minutes of shut-eye that I had to work it into my daily routine somehow. In fact, I’m convinced there’s health benefits as well. Right after lunch is my ritual, and I gotta say, when I grab one of these short naps, I am out. Out! Often I wake up forgetting where I am! Then I’m up and feeling awesome and ready to kick the hell out of the afternoon. Again, this is all about figuring out what works for you. Some people don’t like mid-day napping, but are useless by 7pm. It’s entirely up to you, but my point is, when working from home you have the option!

So as you can see, there are some really killer benefits to working from home. In fact, before sitting down and writing all this out, I hadn’t thought of a lot of these benefits — they just sort of “happen” by default as a result of bringing your worklife home. You don’t stop and think, “Hey, I don’t have to pay for parking anymore!” Or, “I can just make a quick run out to the store!” I’m sure I’m missing some benefits, too, so be sure to share your ideas in the comments!

And don’t forget to check out Why Working From Home Drools to get an idea of some of the drawbacks of mixing work and home.

Photo credits: cathyse97, ASurroca, pshegubj, yoshimov, banspy, craigemorsels

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If you’re a frequent visitor to Ten Ton, you’ve no doubt noticed the changes that have been happening on the site. We’ve been streamlining our layouts, adding in some social media buttons, and simplifying the navigation. During this process, I discovered a neat little WordPress hack for sticking shortcode outside the WordPress loop, dropping it directly in template files.

If you’re a WordPress user, you know that shortcodes are used as a fast way for inserting things like media files, social media buttons, and other types of content into posts quickly without a lot of hand coding. What I wanted to do though was add content, via shortcode, to every single post on the site. The typical way of doing this would have been to paste in the shortcode into each and every post, one at a time. But, this would have added the shortcode within the loop. Not what I wanted.

I got thinking about an alternative…adding the shortcode directly to the PHP template pages.

It’s actually really easy to pull off. You have your shortcode handy, square brackets ‘n all? Okay, open the template page that you want to add the shortcode to. For me, it was single.php because I wanted my shortcode added to every post, right?

Within the template file, find the spot where you’d like to add the shortcode, then do this:

Be sure to replace [SHORTCODE] with your actual WordPress shortcode, and you’re good to go. Save your template file and go check out your results.

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The need for designers is exploding in a variety of arenas — be it building static pages, mobile applications, theme design, marketing pieces, and what has me so fascinated is that designers typically use same set of tools (Photoshop, Illustrator, CSS, etc), but they’re used in such radically different ways, depending on what current projects call for. To me, that’s what keeps graphic design juicy and fresh — there’s always a lot of energy and creativity happening…there’s always something new and exciting going on.

In addition to such strong demand, there are other great benefits to pursuing a career in graphic design, like the ability to express yourself creatively and the opportunity to either work at an agency or carve out your own freelance path. Over at Naldzgraphics.net, author Ronald Bien outlines 10 reasons why being a graphic designer is so great, in It’s Great to be a Graphic Designer. Here’s Why. Here’s my personal favorite:

What I love too is that you don’t need an expensive college education or spend a lot of money gaining skills and honing your chops. As Ronald says, “You really don’t have to spend money to learn. There are online tutorials that could help you learn various designing programs. You can explore the program and practice designing. This way, you are able to develop your own styles and techniques in designing.”

So if you’re considering exploring a career in the fast-paced and ever-expanding arena of graphic design, take advantage of resources like Naldzgraphics.net and Ten Ton’s online subscription library and get yourself rolling!

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Admittedly, I’m not really much of an “upgrade guy.” Seems I just get comfy in my software and workflows, and then a new release drops! Further, I don’t really care too much about “performance upgrades” or “enhanced interfaces.” To me, these should be expected on all upgrades anyway, and are hardly worth mentioning in the new features list.

I rant. I shouldn’t complain so much, it keeps me employed! Anyway, let’s move on to the subject at hand. Every once in a while a particularly cool new feature comes along that makes me stop and take a longer look. Well, Adobe recently released Flash CS5.5, and I quickly realized that there’s actually some really cool stuff in this new version. In particular, let’s take a look at three new features in Flash CS5.5 that are handy for developing Android apps. Yeah…Androids apps in Flash! Kay ‘dobe, ya got my attention. Let’s see what we got…

Resize Yer Content…Along With The Stage!

This has been the bane of my Flash developing endeavours. The client comes back and wants the project to function at a different set of dimensions. Bahh! There goes the next twelve hours rescaling and adjusting content to fit the new stage size. Well, the Document Settings dialog box in Flash CS5.5 now sports a Scale Content With Stage option, which as you might guess, allows you to not only resize the stage, but also resize your project’s content along with it. Sweet!

I’ve just begun working with this, and so far so good. It seems to be about 90% accurate; but I notice that sometimes weird things happen, like buttons or other objects winding up way off the stage. But even still, it’s a pretty darn nice feature.

Next Up, Code Snippets For AIR And Mobile!

Do you know about Code Snippets? They’re like pre-packaged microwavable ActionScript meals — essentially you grab the object that you want to apply ActionScript to; then ya double-click on the Code Snippet you want to use. Pretty darn simple. And now in Flash CS5.5, we have a whole bunch of new Code Snippets, all related to developing for AIR and mobile platforms, which is obviously huge for building Android apps. Choose WIndow > Code Snippets to pop open the panel.

There’s a whole buncha goodies in there, so start twisting open some of the folders, like Mobile Touch Events, Mobile Actions, and AIR For Mobile. In these folders, you’ll find snippets like Tap Event, Pinch To Zoom Event, Move With Accelerometer, Show Geolocation, and a whole lot more. There’s lots of great stuff in there to get you started developing your mobile app!

What’s more, try clicking on a snippet, and on the right-hand side you’ll see two icons, one for a description, and the other to preview the ActionScript. To apply the snippet, just double-click. Voila! The Actions panel springs to life, and the ActionScript for the snippet loads in. Cool!

And My Personal Fav, Publishing To AIR For Android!

In the last version of Flash, we were given the ability to publish to iOS. Then Apple got mean and we had that whole HTML5 vs. Flash debate. I try to remain agnostic when it comes to such quarrels, but no matter where your opinion fell in all that, we now have the ability in Flash CS5.5 to publish directly to AIR for Android, which is pretty freakin’ cool.

To give it a whirl, just head to File > Publish Settings. In the revamped Publish Settings dialog box that appears (which is definitely a welcome change), pop open the Player menu at the top and choose AIR For Android. Next, click the Player Settings icon on the right side of the menu (the wrench icon). This’ll bring up the AIR For Android Settings dialog box.

I won’t go through all the options available, but here’s a few highlights: First, in the General tab, we can set the output file and the name of the app as well. We can set it to run full screen on mobile devices, and down at the bottom we get a list of files that’ll be included when we compile everything out of Flash.

Under the Deployment tab, check out the options underneath After Publishing…Install Application On The Connected Android Device and Launch Application On The Connected Android Device. Freakin’ cool, huh?!

The Icons tab is pretty self-explanatory, and Permissions is where you can go to specify which permission requests it’ll make during install. When you’re ready to rock, click Publish. It’s that easy.

So as you can see, there’s some pretty awesome additions to Flash CS5.5 when it comes to developing content for Android. Notice too that I didn’t once use the phrases “rich media” or “rich mobile experience” once! Geeze that marketing lingo kills me! Ya know, I’m gonna leave you with one more cool addition. Try choosing Debug > Debug Movie > On Device Via USB.

Sooo, you can debug your projects on your connected Android device, whether it’s a smart phone, tablet, or other Android device.

Anyway there ya go, three cool new features in Flash CS5.5 for building Android content, plus an extra one thrown in for good measure. I’m looking forward to trying all these new features out. If you’ve had a chance to mess around with these new features, let us know about it in the comments below!

Cheers!

Geoff

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(As a matter of fact, you could even say that they’re putting you in an unfair position. If you say no, then you’re a jerk for not wanting to help out a friend. If you say yes, then you’re now in their servitude, as I’ll get into.)

Although my time is all but soaked up with Ten Ton (and the new season of Dexter), I do get asked every once in a while to undertake a job for a friend or family member…even though they know that Ten Ton takes about a billion hours a day to run. I find it hard to say no. This has happened to me twice within the last six months. And of course, always wanting to help out (and against my better judgement) I agreed to lend a hand.

In both cases, each friend wanted multiple tasks completed (ie: a logo, a website, and a print brochure). Very quickly, both went from great, to good, to sour. Breakdowns in communication happened almost instantly, and everything went from, “I’m helping out a buddy,” to “I think this guy thinks he owns me.” It actually got quite bad. Why would a friend think that he in some way now owns me and my time when I’m trying to do him a favour?

“Can we go with a lighter blue? No, lighter. No, lighter. Geoff you’re doing it all wrong. I said I wanted orange.”

Geoff email’s friend: “Hey, send over the text that you wanted to use and I’ll get it set lickedy split.” No response. Geoff phones and leaves a voicemail. No response. Geoff phones and leaves a second voicemail. No response. Geoff shrugs and digs into the next Ten Ton project. Two weeks go by. Geoff’s phone rings at 9:30pm. A glance at the call display makes him smirk “you know who,” and lets it go to voicemail. Geoff receives an email at 9am next morning: “I’m having trouble reaching you. I don’t think that I can work with such a slow response time to inquiries in the future. What is the issue you’re having with getting back to me? Your irregular availability is going to be a recurring problem once I hit the road running and need things done quickly.”

True story.

I don’t really understand why this happens. They start saying things like, “I’m phoning my designer. I’ll have to see what my designer says. Since you’re mine, I’ll have you design a business card, too.” I’m not your designer, bro. You’re not paying me. I’m your friend trying to help you out. If I’m your designer, then pay me my going rate.”

In any event, finally I had to put an end to it all. In trying to build Ten Ton, raise a family (and frickin’ try and watch Dexter in peace and quiet) I simply don’t have time for this sort of stuff. I began trying to figure out how to end this insane time monopoly, and was able to figure out how to do so gracefully and tactfully. After ensuring that the projects that I had begun were completed to their satisfaction (a terrible logo and a website that I’ll never admit to building), I simply said…

You know, I’ve come to realize that doing work for friends and family never works out well. I honestly want to help. From my standpoint, I’m helping out a friend and doing them a favour (not charging them), but it doesn’t take long for a sense of “entitlement” to emerge. It’s been my experience that my time is suddenly “monopolized” and I wind up on the end of a leash. Too many hard feelings along the way, and the relationship suffers because of it. As much as I’d like to help you, I value and care too much about our relationship to allow this to happen. That said, I’d be happy to refer you to some designers I know, and I’d be happy to take a look at their final product.

That put an end to it. And what I was saying was true. I value my relationships too much, and I know that undertaking a project for them changes the relationship. Even if an agreement is made where you’ll be charging your normal rate, few can keep relationship and business separate. Hopefully this will give you a sense of at least my standpoint on taking on jobs from friends and family members, and give you a sense of how you can politely say no. And if you’re sitting there thinking “that would never happen to me,” I encourage you do a job for a family member, then you’ll know what I’m talking about!

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This is Apple’s definition of revolutionizing. Hang on to your seats kids, it’s gonna be as mind-blowing as…

A root canal…

In a third world country…

With a rusty screwdriver…

I could go on about my disdain for the iPad, but I’ll spare you. For now. Maybe I’ll get into that some other time. But what I will say is this: What kills me about this ongoing battle between Apple and Adobe (and Apple and Google…and Apple and any other perceived threat) is that Apple is no longer the company that thinks different. The innovative little company (the one with the Albert Einstein ads that Jobs brought back from the brink of death) is no longer the underdog David versus the titan Goliaths of the tech world. Apple has now become what it fought so hard against. Innovative my ass. Locking out Flash developers is not innovation. Releasing products that are completely locked down and controlled is not innovation. Removing FireWire from your line of MacBooks is not innovation, it’s a god-damned pain in the ass.

So what’s killing me about all this is Apple isn’t going after Adobe for some lofty moral principle to enrich their customer’s experience. They’re power-playing the market, completely disregarding what their customer wants. I want Flash on my iPhone, I want an open, expandable platform…and you can bet your external hard drive that I want FireWire on my damn laptop. It would be like the Ten Ton community saying, “We wanna see Ten Ton E-Commerce,” and me saying, “Listen, I know what you want better than you do; what you want is Ten Ton Commodore VIC-20 Essentials.”

What makes Apple think they know what I want better than I do?

Here’s what I’ve come to realize in the past few months: I don’t care about Apple. You know, I don’t even care about Adobe. There I said it. Wow…that feels so much better…

Wanna know what I do care about? I care intensely about is getting shit done. I care about completing projects that I’m passionate about — be it a training DVD, a new song, or a cool new piece of art. And I want to get these projects completed in the most efficient, user-friendly way possible. To speak metaphorically, I’m not hung up on what brand of pencils I use…I’m hung up on the drawing itself. I’m not loyal in the least to any dinosaur corporation…I’m loyal to my art.

If my art can be completed in the most efficient manner using an Adobe product, great. An Apple product? Fan-freakin’-tastic. But these dinosaur corporations had better seriously watch their blindspot…cuz shit like WordPress and Linux and Android and GIMP are comin’ up hard and fast on the inside. To them, it’s about openness and community and sharing and helping one another…and real innovation, not the kind that’s a marketing angle. Which is pretty much the opposite of market share, profits, and shafting other development platforms.

That’s the way I see it anyway.

I’m Geoff Blake, and I just brought the thunder!

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Here’s how to copy assets to other sites:

1. In the Asset panel, open the category that contains your asset, then select it.
2. From the Asset panel’s Option menu, choose Copy to Site, then select the site you’d like to copy the asset to in the sub-menu.

Not only does Dreamweaver copy the asset into the second site, it also creates any necessary folder structure that the current site has.

For example, if you copied a file that was saved in “img / products / camping” and the new site has an “img” folder, but not the “products” or “camping” subfolders, Dreamweaver will create them for you. Further, if the copied file was a part of your Favorites asset list in the previous site, Dreamweaver will add it to your Favorites in the new site. How smokin’ is that!?

To copy a folder of favorites to anther site, try right-clicking on it (Control-clicking on Mac), and choosing Copy to Site.

3. Click Refresh Site List at the bottom of the Assets panel.

This updates the Assets panel. If you add or remove assets, either within or outside of Dreamweaver, the Assets panel won’t reflect the changes right away.

Note: Because colors and URLs have no file to copy, they’ll only appear in the Assets panel’s Favorites when they’re copied to another site.

Here’s another cool tip: A really helpful fella is the Locate in Site command. Wanna know where an image is stored in your site? Right-click on it (Control-click on Mac) and choose Locate in Site. The Files panel opens (unless it’s already on screen) and highlights the corresponding asset.

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