• New Desk Perfect for Home Workers

    Now available from the DeskLitter store is this new desk from Blue Lounge. This desk offers a clutter free working environment while still connected to all your peripherals. All peripherals and excess cables are hidden just under the sliding desktop surface. The storage compartment is therefore conveniently accessed from above. An elongated slot across the [...]

  • Magic Wand Scanner

    This compact battery powered magic one scanner from VuPoint allows you to scan pretty much any document without the need to be connected to a PC. Capable of scanning a A4 page up to 600 x 600 dpi in around 28 seconds and a low resolution scan in black-and-white in less than four seconds.
    The VuPoint [...]

  • Mag+ Concept The Future of Magazine Design

    Magazines have articles you can curl up with and lose yourself in, and luscious photography that draws the eye. And they’re so easy and enjoyable to read. Can we marry what’s best about magazines with the always connected, portable tablet e-readers sure to arrive in 2010?
    This video prototype shows the take of the Mag+ project.

    Mag+ [...]

  • Box Work Space

    Boxetti collection is driven by three basic design principles – functionality, advanced technologies and contemporary aesthetics of minimalism. Each of Boxetti modules is designed to achieve maximum efficiency of particular demands for functionality and suitability. The capability of the modules to be transformed into compactly solid blocks is essential for the design concept in order [...]

  • HomeWorker Magazine Issue 1 Out Now!

    Nexus Publishing announces the launch of HomeWorker magazine, the premier publication for home-based entrepreneurs, downshifters and lifestyle businesses.
    Aimed directly at the burgeoning global market that now exists of home-based workers and small business owners, HomeWorker magazine will be hub around which all home-based enterprises and mobile professionals will orbit.
    How we work today is changing. More [...]

  • DeskLitter

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  • DeskLitter No: 115

    DeskLitter No: 115

    Escape to your allotment without ever leaving your desk and harvest your own crop in a matter of weeks (no wellies

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  • DeskLitter No: 114

    DeskLitter No: 114

    Analogue Apple iPad! From the makers of the original Notepod comes Notepad+ that measures the same as the Apple iPad and comes in 100 sheet packs. Just like the iPhone version, if you are planning an app for the iPad, this

    Feb 17, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

  • DeskLitter No: 113

    DeskLitter No: 113

    Love Toast! Spotted this one too late for Valentines Day, but could get you out of the dog house if you forgot the event over the weekend. Perhaps breakfast in bed this weekend? In today’s rushed existence, it’s difficult enough to find

    Feb 15, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Self Publishing

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  • Apple iPad Pricing for UK

    Apple iPad Pricing for UK

    Geeky Gadgets has received a tip on how much the Apple iPad will retail for when it goes on sale in the UK. The base 16GB WiFi iPad will be available for £389, the 32GB WiFi model will be available

    Feb 26, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

  • New Samsung eReaders Announced

    New Samsung eReaders Announced

    We were fortunate enough to get a quick moment with Samsung’s new assortment of e-readers back at CES, but the cool kids over at Notebook Italia were able to get the E6, E101 and E61 on video. There’s little doubt

    Feb 23, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Electronic bookstore, Kobo (previously known as Shortcovers) launches in the UK this week, billing itself as an all-in-one electronic reading service for PCs, laptops, netbooks, tablets and smartphones. Kobo uses the e-publishing industry’s open standards such as EPUB and offers a

    Feb 23, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Office Design

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  • Sony Coffee Table Desk

    Sony Coffee Table Desk

    In this fast moving society, multi-tasking is a valuable trait, which applies to both people and objects. Fusing technology and furniture into a single object, Singapore-based designer Zyane Tan has come up with a multifunctional unit called “Sony Fusion” that

    Mar 10, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

  • New Desk Perfect for Home Workers

    New Desk Perfect for Home Workers

    Now available from the DeskLitter store is this new desk from Blue Lounge. This desk offers a clutter free working environment while still connected to all your peripherals. All peripherals and excess cables are hidden just under the sliding desktop

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  • Chair Workstation

    Chair Workstation

    The Danish furniture manufacturer Four Design has put a functional and expressive workstation in production. It’s called Four Works and is designed by Patricia Terrazas and Michael Swan (swanique design). Perfect for the open office landscape, or as a convenient home

    Feb 16, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Home Business

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  • New Easy Guide to Tax Planning

    New Easy Guide to Tax Planning

    While the effects of the recession on cash flow and business profitability are on the minds of most at present, the pending year end of April 5th 2010 provides an opportunity to ensure that your liability for the 2009/10 tax

    Mar 03, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Employment Tribunal Rules Against Rights for Freelancers

    The ‘fair and equitable’ decision by the Employment Appeal Tribunal in the case Alstom Transport v Tilson has been welcomed by freelancers and clients alike. The ruling overturned the original Employment Tribunal in July 2009, which had given Mr Tilson, an

    Feb 02, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Calling All 5-9 Home Businesses

    Calling All 5-9 Home Businesses

    Working 5 to 9 shines a light on the fast-growing trend that is seeing people holding down a day job and returning home to build a business at nights and weekends. We call this 5 to 9 working; that’s 5pm

    Jan 08, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Business News

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  • Social Enterprises Make Their Mark

    Social Enterprises Make Their Mark

    UK social enterprises are to now receive their own official seal of approval thanks to a new partnership with the Office of the Third Sector. The Social Enterprise Mark will help those businesses that trade for social gain promote their values

    Feb 04, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Young Consumers Sensitive to Domain Names

    Many small firms may be held back due to poor web address choices, according to research released today by Streamline.net, (www.streamline.net), a leading provider of value web hosting. The study of 1300 consumers(1) finds that 1 of 5 Britons who

    Jan 26, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Businesses Out Of Touch With Their Employees

    Common perceptions regarding the productivity of home workers challenged in annual UK small business investigation LONDON, 18th January 2010 Businesses are failing to recognise the link between productivity, innovation and competitive advantage, according to a comprehensive national study across more than

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  • Home Working

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  • Flexible Working

    Flexible Working

    Georgina Blizzard and Nicky Imrie decided they needed to find a more flexible working pattern when they became mothers. Having had jobs in public relations, which involved long hours and a lot of pressure, they felt their old style of

    Feb 14, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Laptop Friendly Cafes

    Laptop Friendly Cafes

    If you have manage to escape from your home office for a short time, but still need to carry on working, finding a Wi-Fi hotspot is still an issue. I came across this website today that looks fantastic and is

    Jan 29, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Alternative Word Processors for the Mac

    Alternative Word Processors for the Mac

    Recently, I spent some time reinstalling OS X and the applications on one of my Macs. Before reinstalling Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac (which really isn’t up to the standard of its Windows counterpart), I thought I’d consider the alternative

    Jan 20, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

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