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Do you check your email and feed reader at work? How do you do it?

9 February 2009 6 Comments

One of my goals for 2009 was to get organized but until know I haven’t accomplished it.

Having a full time job outside the house makes me use the office computer during the day and at night my desktop or my laptop.

I’ve been downloading a lot of free reports about family budget, affiliate marketing, debt strategies several reports from important bloggers about better blogging, so I’ve got those reports scattered all over the place. Some are on my handbag, others are on the laptop bag, some in the living room and others in my bedroom. I try to have them around me so that when I have a little time I can take a look at them but it’s not working.

Another thing that delays my online work is that in the office computer I can’t save my passwords and sites I visit for my own security so each time I want to check my Gmail, my feed reader, reply to some post comments I spend a lot of time with logging in and afterwards logging out and deleting all the private links or cookies that are left in the computer. I also stopped using twitter so often because some of my co-workers and bosses have access to my computer and I don’t want them to sneak pick my stuff or think that I’m neglecting work to use twitter.

I don’t know if there is an easy way to manage this but it’s getting complicated.

Of course blogging is not my main job but I came to a point that I think I should have my own space at home where I can store all the passwords, reports, e-books I have related to blogging. I have a small dressing room connected with my main room and I’m thinking about getting some sort of home office furniture like a desk with a drawer where I can put my laptop and blogging related items.

As we are going through a financial crisis I’m thinking about recycling an old piece of a bar we had in the living room and maybe I can built the desk I want.

What about you that work full time? Do you check your mails and feed reader at work? How do you “hide” it from your bosses? Do you login and out several times during the day?

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6 Comments »

John said:

Google Reader really helps me with that.

# 9 February 2009 at 15:35

Betsy said:

I like to use a password safe, it’s an application which uses 1 password to store all of your required user names and passwords, and you can take the database with you wherever you need to go and just have the application at work, home or laptop.

Sometimes I go to the extent of using an external proxy when I really require to check my personal info at work.

# 10 February 2009 at 02:06

Mary said:

Hello,

can’t say my feed reader has to do with my blogging. I do not read feeds because I blog, I do because it’s stuff I want to read.

By the way exporting list of feeds to OPML from time to time is good idea. I don’t have it automated like other backups but do occasionally.

# 10 February 2009 at 12:41

Josh said:

Checking email is just a waste of time, and even though I work for myself, I try to check it no more than once or twice a week. Very seldom do I get emails that are immediate and important.

# 10 February 2009 at 21:15

Joseph Mercola said:

I guess it’s fine if you check your email and feeds as long as you do it on lunch hours or during breaks. Also, don’t use company laptops or computers, use your PDAs or iPhone instead.

# 11 February 2009 at 07:11

Laura (author) said:

Mary: I have a lot of blog friends on my feed reader, sometimes I must admit I spend too much time reading them but it’s also good to keep updated with what is going on so that people also check me back.

# 11 February 2009 at 21:56