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I knew Yahoo had a new web based email application running in beta, hence I signed up for the waiting list three weeks ago. Today when I logged in to my Yahoo Mail account a greeting page appeared telling me I could start using the new system, it also told me that my operating system was not supported yet (Linux, Fedora Core 4) and that I could experience some problems, but everything is working fine.

This is my review about the new guy in the web based mail arena.

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You may already know I am writing a book, actually an ebook, it is an ebook about teleworking, or telecommuting if you prefer that term.

I will be launching a web site dedicated to the book, and all things teleworking. I already registered the domain name, and I think is a good one. My writing is progressing and I already started thinking about the best way to distribute the ebook online.

To begin with, I will use some pay per click campaigns to attract targetted traffic to the new web site, then I plan on maybe making the book available in other sites. That is why I am writing this post, I would like to know your suggestions and experiences with ebook distribution services.

I have reviewed Lulu, I like their community and the possibility of print on demand publishing and ebook distribution. They allow me to distribute a book through well known stores such as Amazon and Barnes and Noble, although it seems this is only for the printed editions.

I have also found ebook stores like eBookMall and Mobipocket that offer distribution of ebooks but I am still searching for testimonials of their customers to see how well they work.

Most of the sites I have reviewed have a non exclusive agreement, which is good, but royalties are sometimes too low and some charge additional fees.

What are your ideas on ebook publishing and distribution? Should I just sell it on my site? Will it be worth selling my ebook through other sites?

Technorati tags: ebooks | telework | telecommuting | publishing

This one is going fast. I already have 6 referrals signed up under my account to win an iPod Shuffle and I’m just waiting for 3 of them to complete one offer, maybe they already did it but getting the credit can take some time.

Recently Freepay has imposed a time limit for all its sites. For the iPod Shuffle contest I have until May 30, 2006. They want people to complete the offers faster, but this could be a problem if you don’t get it quick.

Well, I still have some time and hope to get there soon. I’ll let you know.

Update: My new book is already available for purchase. Get your copy of Telework People now.

I’ve started working in a book about teleworking. I already told some friends and got many nice messages from all over the world offering help with feedback and translations, thank you all! It will be a really challenging project, a global book, and I’m sure it will be fun.

I would like to ask for your help; I’d like to know a little more about your teleworking experiences. I am including my own and a basic list of questions that you could use as guidelines.

Plese feel free to let the Shakespeare in you go wild and tell us all of what you think is relevant about your life as a teleworker.

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I’m learning german, for the third time and by myself of course, I promise this time I’ll get it. I’ve got some projects running with Germany based clients, a good opportunity to add a new language to my small menu.

I learned english thanks to John, Paul, George and Ringo, yep, The Beatles songs are great for that, even now I can remember and sing (horribly to be honest) most of their songs.

I’m also thinking on learning some swedish because I really like Sweden’s Kent but anyway, this post is about german!

My tastes?, I like rock from bands like Kashmir, Mew, Radiohead, Pink Floyd (these fellows are gods), the already mentioned Kent, Sugarplum Fairy, Mando Diao (uh, three swedish bands in a row!) and many others but those will give you a good idea of what I’m into.

So, I’m asking you to suggest some good bands from Germany, or other countries but singing in german, bands to enjoy listening and learning the language.

Auf Wiedersehen!

Hello, I’ve posted a thread in Forums Ventanazul for sharing our teleworking experiences, it’s a part of my research for the book I’m writing on the subject.

I invite you all, my fellow teleworkers, to participate and be a part of the project.

I got it, I really did.

Today Freepay confirmed me that my free iPod is being shipped soon, I’m already counting the days. At the end I got 8 persons signing up as my referrals, I just needed 5 to win the gizmo.

Now I’ve started to get referrals for winning an iPod Shuffle, I only need 3 persons and guess it should be easier than the iPod (which took me a very loooong time).

The iPod Shuffle is only 1Gb but it’s so tiny, portable and good looking that I’m sure my daughter will love it, she loves all things small. She could even use it for playing with Barbie, Ken and the whole gang (they had a party at home today but with no music, sad, uh?).

Thank you all of you who helped me winning the iPod, now you can help me on getting the Shuffle. What do you think?

I’m getting so used to vi for my editing that I find myself using / (slash) for searching text many times a day.

I also use the Ctrl+F keystroke a lot in Firefox, mostly when viewing source code.

Imagine my surprise when I pressed, by mistake, the slash key in Firefox (Linux version, I haven’t tested in Windows) and the find box appeared, now I can just use good ol’ slash to search code in both vi and Firefox.

It could seem like a small detail but after spending lots of hours coding and going from vi to Firefox and viceversa, using the same keystroke can be very helpful, don’t you think?