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Home Office Advice

October 11, 2021 Mary Kelly Bleeding Edge, Working 9-5 2 comments

The Home Office Book
Alvarez
1990

Time to get your home office in shape. This book is pretty comprehensive. All the those important decisions on furniture, equipment, and design are helpfully analyzed for convenience.

What version of DOS do you need?
IBM Clone or the real IBM?
Lotus 1-2-3 or VisiCalc?
America Online or Prodigy?
Cordless phone or phone with a cord?

Of course you should also consider driving or walking to the post office because this book is still a few years from widespread home use of the Internet. Maybe you want to consider getting a fax machine?

I did get a kick out the bygone days of the early 1990s. Clunky computers, dot matrix printers and so many floppy disks are quite a contrast to the technology of today. COVID makes home offices kind of important, so maybe a more up to date book on home offices is required.

Workout at the Office

Quick Workouts: Fitness Anytime, Anywhere Time-Life Books 1987 Submitter: This book is currently on the shelves at a local public library. Who knew people in the 1980’s were so busy that they had to fit in exercise while waiting for the

Put that in writing

August 16, 2016 Holly Working 9-5 9 comments

Would You Put That in Writing? How to Write Your Way to Success in Business Booher 1983 Submitter: I just withdrew this from our community college library collection. The typewriter on the cover alone qualifies it for awfulness, but wait!

The Principal’s Gals

January 17, 2012 Holly Making a Living 14 comments

Elementary School Principals: The Women in the Principal’s Office Casasova 1991 Submitter: I came across this book in our collection. It is from 1991 and has never been checked out. There is so much wrong with this title. It sort of

Motion to make bar service mandatory at meetings

October 11, 2011 Mary Kelly For the Kids, Making a Living, Working 9-5 13 comments

The First Book of How to Run a Meeting Powers 1967 I am not kidding. Oh, where do I start with this one? Physically, the book is in perfect shape. That’s probably because no one ever checked it out. (There’s

Dictate this!

November 14, 2009 Holly Working 9-5

Applied Secretarial Practice Gregg 1968 Typewriters? Dictation? “The Scrubbed and Shining Look”? I can see certain university libraries hanging on to a copy of this for historical purposes. Gregg is, after all, the guru of all things secretarial. I can