Busting the Home-Biz Myths

Don't believe all the guidelines and hype about running a business from home. Some of the rules, set out in books and columns such as this one, are sound. Others are hype, horse-hockey or oft-repeated nonsense. Here's a short list of what's true and what's false among the work-at-home myths.

Make Your E-Mail Signature File

You're probably familiar with e-mail signature (or "sig") files - they're the few lines of contact information that many of us put at the bottom of every e-mail we send. Most e-mail software programs allow you to create and use sig files - even the newer versions of AOL.

Opportunities are Shouting — Are You Listening?

One of my cousins' sister is a student of archaeology. She's got a passion for it. A couple of days back she invaded our house and dragged me to one of her friend's beautiful house backyard where I had some weird but useful discussion with her friend.