Posted on March 31st, 2009 by mitten
President Obama’s stimulus package contains tax cuts for working folks in a program called ‘Making Work Pay.’ Originally slated to be up to $500 for single filers and $1000 for joint, it has been cut back to $400/$800. The credit will be applied when you file your taxes in 2009 and 2010. It is a [...]
Posted on August 25th, 2008 by mitten
Most all the time, being not an employee is a good thing. But there are occasions when it’s not. For one, at least, is when you enter into contracts on a work-for-hire situation. Abusive work-for-hire clauses can leave you without ownership of your own work.
When you’re traditionally employed and enjoying a consistent paycheck and health [...]
Posted on March 31st, 2008 by mitten
One of the tricks they used to tout for helping tiny babies go to sleep was to play a special cd with quiet, muffled whooshing noises. It was meant to simulate the noises a baby would hear while in the womb (her mother’s blood rushing past, presumably) and thus calm and console her enough to [...]
Posted on March 22nd, 2008 by mitten
Paul Graham has posted an essay on the idea that human beings were not meant to have bosses. He argues that we, as a species, are simply not meant to be organized into very large groups. It goes against our evolution.
Watching employees get transformed into founders makes it clear that the difference between the two [...]
Posted on March 2nd, 2008 by mitten
We planned to add a blog to the static site from the very beginning, although we had it in our “someday” to-do lists. But we have had such a wonderful response to the site launch on Friday, I’ve hustled together a theme so we could launch the blog right away. Thank you to everyone who [...]
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