Labor day: facts on the future and present of work
16 days from now my fifth book, The Year Without Pants, launches, and I’m posting daily till that happens.…
Category: Year Without Pants
I’m posting daily until YWP launches
(and I’ll explain why)
I’ve been waiting 3 years for The Year Without Pants to launch and I can’t wait any longer. For…
Sept 17th: Official Launch for The Year Without Pants (details)
Hi folks. We’re getting close. Tuesday September 17th will be the official launch date for my 5th book, The…
You Pick The Ad for My Book (Get a signed copy of The Year Without Pants)
The fine folks at Jossey-Bass are working on some web ads for The Year Without Pants. We’ve narrowed it…
The Year Without Pants: The Movie
For every book I do something different for PR and marketing. For The Year Without Pants (pre-order now), it’s…
Scoble’s review of The Year Without Pants
The official launch date for The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com and the Future of work is September 10th, but early…
Facts and Myths about Remote work
While working on The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com and the Future of Work (An Amazon.com best book of 2013), I’ve…
Want an early copy of The Year Without Pants? (exclusive)
The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com and the Future of Work is just a few weeks away from releasing. It’s already…
The Year Without Pants: early praise and reviews
It’s been an amazing journey writing a book about my year working for WordPress.com. Now in the last three…
Vote on the cover for my next book
A few weeks ago you voted on the title for my next book. Thanks to your help that decision…
What work traditions need to go away?
One theme of my book The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com & The Future of Work, is questioning aging work…
Grand summary of posts on Remote work & Yahoo
With my upcoming book about my experience at WordPress.com, where everyone works from home, I’ve been following the Yahoo announcement closely.…
In Defense of Remote work (and Marissa Mayer)
Recently Yahoo CEO Marrisa Mayer decreed that working from home would be banned at the company. In a company…
How many companies are 100% distributed? (Research Summary)
[post updated 1/9/18, originally posted 2/2013] One common question about The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com and the Future of…
On What Your Culture Really Says
There’s an excellent rant on startup culture making the rounds called What Your Culture Really Says (archive link)by Shanley Kane.…
How many people really work from home? (research summary)
By Shawn Prenzlow A few weeks ago, Scott hired me to help with research for his upcoming book. The…
Announcing guest posts by Shawn Prenzlow
A few weeks ago I put out a call for a research assistant for the new book about my…
Next book to be published by Wiley / Jossey-Bass (with FAQ)
My upcoming book on my year at WordPress.com will be published with Jossey-Bass. I signed with agent David Fugate, who helped…
Vote for the title of my next book
I’ve been hard at work on book #5. It’s about the year I spent working at WordPress.com. I want you…
How much vacation would you take if you could?
The Wall Street Journal recently ran a poll asking “If you had unlimited vacation, how much would you take? The…