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we’ve

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we’ve

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NO OFFENSE, I DON’T WANT TO BE FRIENDS ON FACEBOOK No offense, I don’t want to be friends on Facebook. By Sara Rosso on February 9, 2011 • ( 21 Comments ) If you’re reading this it’s possible until recently we used to be friends on Facebook. But before that, we probably were friends IRLin real life. We fell out of touch, or maybe we just saw each other rarely. And then we joined 3 TIPS TO COLLABORATE EFFECTIVELY ACROSS OFFICES AND During my appearance on the Product Marketing Experts podcast I spoke deeply about building longterm remote culture, something I’ve written a lot about since I’ve been working in remote organizations for 11+ years, and how many organizations are working remotely “for now.” What the pandemic has made clear is that many office-based organizations are far more distributed or remote SPEAKING – WHEN I HAVE TIME BY SARA ROSSO I often speak at events about various topics including digital strategy, product marketing, technology, communication, branding, writing, community, self-publishing and ebooks, and of course, WordPress. You can see my upcoming speaking & events on SaraRosso.com. Get in touch if you're interested in me speaking at your event. I also post many of my presentations here on this CONTACT – WHEN I HAVE TIME BY SARA ROSSO Have a question, comment, or inquiry? Get in touch. I'm not interested in: paid links, text advertising, link exchanges and I'm not currently looking for guest blog posts. I also can't review your resume, sorry. For questions and inquiries: Check my archives to see if I've already answered your question, or search my site.Ask away! Read How to Ask YOUR YEAR: A REFLECTION AND PLANNING EXERCISE FOR THE YEAR "Your Year" is one part looking back at the year which just passed, one part looking forward, choosing a focus word, and some goal setting for the upcoming year in four areas: health, relationships, wealth/financial, and career. HOW I AM / HOW I ROLL How I am / How I roll – Remote Team Ice Breaker. In a discussion with one of my coaches, Dani Rukin, she shared an exercise to use for a remote team ice breaker, since my former company Automattic is 100% remote. I recreated the exercise and debuted it at one of our rare in-person meetups, and it allowed us also to include a teammate who

wasn

A MILLION WORDS PUBLISHED AT WORK IN A REMOTE COMPANY A Million Words Published at Work in a Remote Company. Three years ago, I shared 10 lessons from working 4 years remotely, and today I passed another milestone while working at a remote company. After almost 7 years of working at Automattic , today I published my millionth word. The amazing thing is every single one of these words

is searchable

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WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PERSONAL BRANDING I did a mini-workshop/talk about personal branding to the Professional Women's Association of Milan last fall. There were 50+ people there, which was a great turnout, but it made it hard to get a good discussion going among so many people, and I had hoped it would be more interactive. A question kept popping up that HOW GOOGLE MANAGES TALENT: GENERALISTS VS. SPECIALISTS How Google Manages Talent: Generalists vs. Specialists. By Sara Rosso on October 22, 2014 • ( 1 Comment ) I’m a big fan of podcasts, and I’ve talked about how I like HBR’s Idea Cast as a great mix of ideas across business, productivity, and management. Their recent episode #426, How Google Manages Talent, was a chat with Eric Schmidt WHEN I HAVE TIME BY SARA ROSSO Your Year: A Reflection and Planning Exercise for the Year Gone By and the One Ahead. January 2, 2020. “Your Year” is one part looking back at the year which just passed, one part looking forward, choosing a focus word, and some goal setting for the upcoming year in four areas: health, relationships, wealth/financial, and career. 3 TIPS TO COLLABORATE EFFECTIVELY ACROSS OFFICES AND During my appearance on the Product Marketing Experts podcast I spoke deeply about building longterm remote culture, something I’ve written a lot about since I’ve been working in remote organizations for 11+ years, and how many organizations are working remotely “for now.” What the pandemic has made clear is that many office-based organizations are far more distributed or remote THE 3CS OF ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR A GOOD REMOTE WORKER Ritual first #espresso of the year (macchiato, with fresh peppermint whipped cream). Not inside a local coffee shop this year, but in a stolen moment in my car, thankful for some time to think about the year behind me and the year looking forward. THE LIFE LIST: WHY TO HAVE ONE, HOW TO CREATE ONE I started writing my list in 1999. We are never too young or too old to be constantly thinking about our goals and what we could be pushing ourselves to do. There are times when you should power down, relax, and enjoy the moment. But between those times, you should be moving yourself forward. Feel free to change directions, turn around, or even THE IMPORTANCE OF REMOTE MEETUPS More recently, the concept of a NIRL (Not in real life) Meetup, or remote meetup, has become instrumental as a tool for team building, strategic planning, and helping bridge the gaps between working completely remote and our sporadic in-person meetups.. Most teams at Automattic are meeting in person 1-2x a year, including meeting up at the annual all-company meetup. YOUR YEAR: A REFLECTION AND PLANNING EXERCISE FOR THE YEAR "Your Year" is one part looking back at the year which just passed, one part looking forward, choosing a focus word, and some goal setting for the upcoming year in four areas: health, relationships, wealth/financial, and career. WHAT ARE EBOOKS? ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF The arguments seem to fall into three categories: Tactile loss : I like the feel and smell of paper / I can’t read on a screen. Lending loss : I want to lend my books to who I want. Library loss : I want a library that will last forever. While the first two are considerable arguments, the tactile loss argument is probably the most obvious and HOW TO GET A REMOTE JOB (AND PITFALLS TO WATCH OUT FOR Glassdoor will let you filter on remote jobs when searching. Skillcrush’s 25 sites to find remote work. AngelList has a category for remote work at hundreds of startups. Stack Overflow — mainly for programmers, but some related technical jobs. LinkedIn interestingly enough doesn’t let you create a remote job (as I’ve seen when

we’ve

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WHEN I HAVE TIME BY SARA ROSSO Your Year: A Reflection and Planning Exercise for the Year Gone By and the One Ahead. January 2, 2020. “Your Year” is one part looking back at the year which just passed, one part looking forward, choosing a focus word, and some goal setting for the upcoming year in four areas: health, relationships, wealth/financial, and career. 3 TIPS TO COLLABORATE EFFECTIVELY ACROSS OFFICES AND During my appearance on the Product Marketing Experts podcast I spoke deeply about building longterm remote culture, something I’ve written a lot about since I’ve been working in remote organizations for 11+ years, and how many organizations are working remotely “for now.” What the pandemic has made clear is that many office-based organizations are far more distributed or remote THE 3CS OF ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR A GOOD REMOTE WORKER Ritual first #espresso of the year (macchiato, with fresh peppermint whipped cream). Not inside a local coffee shop this year, but in a stolen moment in my car, thankful for some time to think about the year behind me and the year looking forward. THE LIFE LIST: WHY TO HAVE ONE, HOW TO CREATE ONE I started writing my list in 1999. We are never too young or too old to be constantly thinking about our goals and what we could be pushing ourselves to do. There are times when you should power down, relax, and enjoy the moment. But between those times, you should be moving yourself forward. Feel free to change directions, turn around, or even THE IMPORTANCE OF REMOTE MEETUPS More recently, the concept of a NIRL (Not in real life) Meetup, or remote meetup, has become instrumental as a tool for team building, strategic planning, and helping bridge the gaps between working completely remote and our sporadic in-person meetups.. Most teams at Automattic are meeting in person 1-2x a year, including meeting up at the annual all-company meetup. YOUR YEAR: A REFLECTION AND PLANNING EXERCISE FOR THE YEAR "Your Year" is one part looking back at the year which just passed, one part looking forward, choosing a focus word, and some goal setting for the upcoming year in four areas: health, relationships, wealth/financial, and career. WHAT ARE EBOOKS? ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF The arguments seem to fall into three categories: Tactile loss : I like the feel and smell of paper / I can’t read on a screen. Lending loss : I want to lend my books to who I want. Library loss : I want a library that will last forever. While the first two are considerable arguments, the tactile loss argument is probably the most obvious and HOW TO GET A REMOTE JOB (AND PITFALLS TO WATCH OUT FOR Glassdoor will let you filter on remote jobs when searching. Skillcrush’s 25 sites to find remote work. AngelList has a category for remote work at hundreds of startups. Stack Overflow — mainly for programmers, but some related technical jobs. LinkedIn interestingly enough doesn’t let you create a remote job (as I’ve seen when

we’ve

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ABOUT – WHEN I HAVE TIME BY SARA ROSSO When I Have Time was created in 2009 by Sara Rosso, MBA, product marketer, and digital strategist who also writes about food and travel at Ms. Adventures in Italy.Sara has worked in technology for more than 20 years, for such companies as Hewlett-Packard, OgilvyInteractive, Automattic (WordPress.com & more), and now CloudBlue. WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MENTOR AND A COACH? I was recently asked to participate in a panel focused on mentoring, since I co-founded the remote mentorship program, Mentor Everywhere (currently on hiatus) and often serve as a mentor for others.Mentoring, both giving and receiving, is really important to me and an integral part of my approach to networking, which is in large part giving of my time and expertise, and learning from others. 10 MORE (LEADERSHIP!) LESSONS FROM 10 YEARS WORKING IN A July 8, 2020 marked 10 years of working remotely full-time for a fully distributed company with no offices! You started on 2010-07-08. Of the xxx other a12s, (2.5%) started before you and xxx (97.5%) after you. HOW I AM / HOW I ROLL How I am / How I roll – Remote Team Ice Breaker. In a discussion with one of my coaches, Dani Rukin, she shared an exercise to use for a remote team ice breaker, since my former company Automattic is 100% remote. I recreated the exercise and debuted it at one of our rare in-person meetups, and it allowed us also to include a teammate who

wasn

A MILLION WORDS PUBLISHED AT WORK IN A REMOTE COMPANY A Million Words Published at Work in a Remote Company. Three years ago, I shared 10 lessons from working 4 years remotely, and today I passed another milestone while working at a remote company. After almost 7 years of working at Automattic , today I published my millionth word. The amazing thing is every single one of these words

is searchable

MINIMALISM, STUFF, LETTING GO, AND JOY It’s the letting go which comes hard to me — letting go of gifts which I don’t use or appreciate, items I’ve outgrown, items I’ve never fully enjoyed, and items I shouldn’t have bought in the first place. The space that those objects occupy in my life is at the very least clutter, and definitely “mind trash” in other ways (love HOW TO ASK FOR HELP…AND GET AN ANSWER Here’s how to ask for help, and get an answer. 1. Do your homework. Start by doing your homework. And I don’t mean the homework on your actual question – by the time you approach someone for help you should have put your question through the wringer and know it backwards and forwards. You should have definitely tried Google.com

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WHAT I’VE LEARNED AS A SERIAL (COMMUNITY) FOUNDER: THE During my presentation this past weekend in Paris, I focused on the various stages of community and how the leadership roles and individual member roles change and shift over time. If you haven't been following me long, you might think I've been involved mainly in the WordPress community. I've never founded a company but I've been a HOW TO INSTALL AND TRY WORDPRESS ON YOUR HOME COMPUTER If you’ve never used WordPress or even the free / hosted version on WordPress.com, you might have no idea what it really means to “be on WordPress” - how the interface works, what you’ll need to do with your server, and if you’re really going to like it. Luckily, there's

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WHEN I HAVE TIME BY SARA ROSSO Your Year: A Reflection and Planning Exercise for the Year Gone By and the One Ahead. January 2, 2020. “Your Year” is one part looking back at the year which just passed, one part looking forward, choosing a focus word, and some goal setting for the upcoming year in four areas: health, relationships, wealth/financial, and career. 3 TIPS TO COLLABORATE EFFECTIVELY ACROSS OFFICES AND During my appearance on the Product Marketing Experts podcast I spoke deeply about building longterm remote culture, something I’ve written a lot about since I’ve been working in remote organizations for 11+ years, and how many organizations are working remotely “for now.” What the pandemic has made clear is that many office-based organizations are far more distributed or remote ABOUT – WHEN I HAVE TIME BY SARA ROSSO When I Have Time was created in 2009 by Sara Rosso, MBA, product marketer, and digital strategist who also writes about food and travel at Ms. Adventures in Italy.Sara has worked in technology for more than 20 years, for such companies as Hewlett-Packard, OgilvyInteractive, Automattic (WordPress.com & more), and now CloudBlue. THE 3CS OF ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR A GOOD REMOTE WORKER Ritual first #espresso of the year (macchiato, with fresh peppermint whipped cream). Not inside a local coffee shop this year, but in a stolen moment in my car, thankful for some time to think about the year behind me and the year looking forward. A MILLION WORDS PUBLISHED AT WORK IN A REMOTE COMPANY A Million Words Published at Work in a Remote Company. Three years ago, I shared 10 lessons from working 4 years remotely, and today I passed another milestone while working at a remote company. After almost 7 years of working at Automattic , today I published my millionth word. The amazing thing is every single one of these words

is searchable

YOUR YEAR: A REFLECTION AND PLANNING EXERCISE FOR THE YEAR "Your Year" is one part looking back at the year which just passed, one part looking forward, choosing a focus word, and some goal setting for the upcoming year in four areas: health, relationships, wealth/financial, and career. MINIMALISM, STUFF, LETTING GO, AND JOY It’s the letting go which comes hard to me — letting go of gifts which I don’t use or appreciate, items I’ve outgrown, items I’ve never fully enjoyed, and items I shouldn’t have bought in the first place. The space that those objects occupy in my life is at the very least clutter, and definitely “mind trash” in other ways (love HOW TO GET A REMOTE JOB (AND PITFALLS TO WATCH OUT FOR Glassdoor will let you filter on remote jobs when searching. Skillcrush’s 25 sites to find remote work. AngelList has a category for remote work at hundreds of startups. Stack Overflow — mainly for programmers, but some related technical jobs. LinkedIn interestingly enough doesn’t let you create a remote job (as I’ve seen when

we’ve

WHAT ARE EBOOKS? ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF The arguments seem to fall into three categories: Tactile loss : I like the feel and smell of paper / I can’t read on a screen. Lending loss : I want to lend my books to who I want. Library loss : I want a library that will last forever. While the first two are considerable arguments, the tactile loss argument is probably the most obvious and HOW TO INSTALL AND TRY WORDPRESS ON YOUR HOME COMPUTER If you’ve never used WordPress or even the free / hosted version on WordPress.com, you might have no idea what it really means to “be on WordPress” - how the interface works, what you’ll need to do with your server, and if you’re really going to like it. Luckily, there's

a way you can play

WHEN I HAVE TIME BY SARA ROSSO Your Year: A Reflection and Planning Exercise for the Year Gone By and the One Ahead. January 2, 2020. “Your Year” is one part looking back at the year which just passed, one part looking forward, choosing a focus word, and some goal setting for the upcoming year in four areas: health, relationships, wealth/financial, and career. ABOUT – WHEN I HAVE TIME BY SARA ROSSO When I Have Time was created in 2009 by Sara Rosso, MBA, product marketer, and digital strategist who also writes about food and travel at Ms. Adventures in Italy.Sara has worked in technology for more than 20 years, for such companies as Hewlett-Packard, OgilvyInteractive, Automattic (WordPress.com & more), and now CloudBlue. THE 3CS OF ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR A GOOD REMOTE WORKER Ritual first #espresso of the year (macchiato, with fresh peppermint whipped cream). Not inside a local coffee shop this year, but in a stolen moment in my car, thankful for some time to think about the year behind me and the year looking forward. THE IMPORTANCE OF REMOTE MEETUPS More recently, the concept of a NIRL (Not in real life) Meetup, or remote meetup, has become instrumental as a tool for team building, strategic planning, and helping bridge the gaps between working completely remote and our sporadic in-person meetups.. Most teams at Automattic are meeting in person 1-2x a year, including meeting up at the annual all-company meetup. A MILLION WORDS PUBLISHED AT WORK IN A REMOTE COMPANY A Million Words Published at Work in a Remote Company. Three years ago, I shared 10 lessons from working 4 years remotely, and today I passed another milestone while working at a remote company. After almost 7 years of working at Automattic , today I published my millionth word. The amazing thing is every single one of these words

is searchable

YOUR YEAR: A REFLECTION AND PLANNING EXERCISE FOR THE YEAR "Your Year" is one part looking back at the year which just passed, one part looking forward, choosing a focus word, and some goal setting for the upcoming year in four areas: health, relationships, wealth/financial, and career. MINIMALISM, STUFF, LETTING GO, AND JOY It’s the letting go which comes hard to me — letting go of gifts which I don’t use or appreciate, items I’ve outgrown, items I’ve never fully enjoyed, and items I shouldn’t have bought in the first place. The space that those objects occupy in my life is at the very least clutter, and definitely “mind trash” in other ways (love WHAT ARE EBOOKS? ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF The arguments seem to fall into three categories: Tactile loss : I like the feel and smell of paper / I can’t read on a screen. Lending loss : I want to lend my books to who I want. Library loss : I want a library that will last forever. While the first two are considerable arguments, the tactile loss argument is probably the most obvious and HOW TO GET A REMOTE JOB (AND PITFALLS TO WATCH OUT FOR Glassdoor will let you filter on remote jobs when searching. Skillcrush’s 25 sites to find remote work. AngelList has a category for remote work at hundreds of startups. Stack Overflow — mainly for programmers, but some related technical jobs. LinkedIn interestingly enough doesn’t let you create a remote job (as I’ve seen when

we’ve

HOW TO INSTALL AND TRY WORDPRESS ON YOUR HOME COMPUTER If you’ve never used WordPress or even the free / hosted version on WordPress.com, you might have no idea what it really means to “be on WordPress” - how the interface works, what you’ll need to do with your server, and if you’re really going to like it. Luckily, there's

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CONTACT – WHEN I HAVE TIME BY SARA ROSSO Have a question, comment, or inquiry? Get in touch. I'm not interested in: paid links, text advertising, link exchanges and I'm not currently looking for guest blog posts. I also can't review your resume, sorry. For questions and inquiries: Check my archives to see if I've already answered your question, or search my site.Ask away! Read How to Ask SPEAKING – WHEN I HAVE TIME BY SARA ROSSO I often speak at events about various topics including digital strategy, product marketing, technology, communication, branding, writing, community, self-publishing and ebooks, and of course, WordPress. You can see my upcoming speaking & events on SaraRosso.com. Get in touch if you're interested in me speaking at your event. I also post many of my presentations here on this HOW TO GET A REMOTE JOB (AND PITFALLS TO WATCH OUT FOR Glassdoor will let you filter on remote jobs when searching. Skillcrush’s 25 sites to find remote work. AngelList has a category for remote work at hundreds of startups. Stack Overflow — mainly for programmers, but some related technical jobs. LinkedIn interestingly enough doesn’t let you create a remote job (as I’ve seen when

we’ve

HOW TO TALK TO STRANGERS (AKA NETWORKING) Here are my tips about how to walk into a room full of people and talk to strangers: 1. Find an opening. This is either a physical or a verbal opening. When you go to an event, you’ll see these groups of people talking, in twos and threes, or larger, and to be honest, they’re not looking around for you. They’re not waiting for you to

come

THE LIFE LIST: WHY TO HAVE ONE, HOW TO CREATE ONE I want to introduce you to something that’s been a good friend of mine for more than 10 years. The List. Also known as The “Stuff I Want to Do Before I Die” List.A Life List. Some may call it a Bucket List, but my List has been around since before the movie. 10 LESSONS FROM 4 YEARS WORKING REMOTELY AT AUTOMATTIC 10 Lessons from 4 Years Working Remotely at Automattic. 4 years ago today I started working full-time for Automattic. Four years seems like a lifetime, but it’s a pretty short time in my work history, and it’s been the most life-changing job so far for me. I’ve had years where I spent 40+% of my year away from my home base (with only

two

WHAT I’VE LEARNED AS A SERIAL (COMMUNITY) FOUNDER: THE During my presentation this past weekend in Paris, I focused on the various stages of community and how the leadership roles and individual member roles change and shift over time. If you haven't been following me long, you might think I've been involved mainly in the WordPress community. I've never founded a company but I've been a LESSONS LEARNED FROM FOUNDING A REMOTE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM Mentor Everywhere – Cohort #1 Applicants by the Numbers. 79 mentees and 55 mentors applied for the program.Automatticians (my colleagues) accounted for ~40% of all mentors since we shared the initiative organically through our networks and with some partner organizations. 4 FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR THE INDEPENDENT WOMAN Following up on my post, To My Girlfriends: How to be an Independent Woman in a Relationship, and how much it’s been shared – privately, and a lot on Facebook, which makes me happy because it’s a topic we should be talking about more. I wanted to share some additional resources to add to your regular personal finance rotation. You can also see past posts about some personal finance HOW TO INSTALL AND TRY WORDPRESS ON YOUR HOME COMPUTER If you’ve never used WordPress or even the free / hosted version on WordPress.com, you might have no idea what it really means to “be on WordPress” - how the interface works, what you’ll need to do with your server, and if you’re really going to like it. Luckily, there's

a way you can play

WHEN I HAVE TIME BY SARA ROSSO Your Year: A Reflection and Planning Exercise for the Year Gone By and the One Ahead. January 2, 2020. “Your Year” is one part looking back at the year which just passed, one part looking forward, choosing a focus word, and some goal setting for the upcoming year in four areas: health, relationships, wealth/financial, and career. 3 TIPS TO COLLABORATE EFFECTIVELY ACROSS OFFICES AND During my appearance on the Product Marketing Experts podcast I spoke deeply about building longterm remote culture, something I’ve written a lot about since I’ve been working in remote organizations for 11+ years, and how many organizations are working remotely “for now.” What the pandemic has made clear is that many office-based organizations are far more distributed or remote ABOUT – WHEN I HAVE TIME BY SARA ROSSO When I Have Time was created in 2009 by Sara Rosso, MBA, product marketer, and digital strategist who also writes about food and travel at Ms. Adventures in Italy.Sara has worked in technology for more than 20 years, for such companies as Hewlett-Packard, OgilvyInteractive, Automattic (WordPress.com & more), and now CloudBlue. THE 3CS OF ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR A GOOD REMOTE WORKER Ritual first #espresso of the year (macchiato, with fresh peppermint whipped cream). Not inside a local coffee shop this year, but in a stolen moment in my car, thankful for some time to think about the year behind me and the year looking forward. A MILLION WORDS PUBLISHED AT WORK IN A REMOTE COMPANY A Million Words Published at Work in a Remote Company. Three years ago, I shared 10 lessons from working 4 years remotely, and today I passed another milestone while working at a remote company. After almost 7 years of working at Automattic , today I published my millionth word. The amazing thing is every single one of these words

is searchable

YOUR YEAR: A REFLECTION AND PLANNING EXERCISE FOR THE YEAR "Your Year" is one part looking back at the year which just passed, one part looking forward, choosing a focus word, and some goal setting for the upcoming year in four areas: health, relationships, wealth/financial, and career. MINIMALISM, STUFF, LETTING GO, AND JOY It’s the letting go which comes hard to me — letting go of gifts which I don’t use or appreciate, items I’ve outgrown, items I’ve never fully enjoyed, and items I shouldn’t have bought in the first place. The space that those objects occupy in my life is at the very least clutter, and definitely “mind trash” in other ways (love HOW TO GET A REMOTE JOB (AND PITFALLS TO WATCH OUT FOR Glassdoor will let you filter on remote jobs when searching. Skillcrush’s 25 sites to find remote work. AngelList has a category for remote work at hundreds of startups. Stack Overflow — mainly for programmers, but some related technical jobs. LinkedIn interestingly enough doesn’t let you create a remote job (as I’ve seen when

we’ve

WHAT ARE EBOOKS? ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF The arguments seem to fall into three categories: Tactile loss : I like the feel and smell of paper / I can’t read on a screen. Lending loss : I want to lend my books to who I want. Library loss : I want a library that will last forever. While the first two are considerable arguments, the tactile loss argument is probably the most obvious and HOW TO INSTALL AND TRY WORDPRESS ON YOUR HOME COMPUTER If you’ve never used WordPress or even the free / hosted version on WordPress.com, you might have no idea what it really means to “be on WordPress” - how the interface works, what you’ll need to do with your server, and if you’re really going to like it. Luckily, there's

a way you can play

WHEN I HAVE TIME BY SARA ROSSO Your Year: A Reflection and Planning Exercise for the Year Gone By and the One Ahead. January 2, 2020. “Your Year” is one part looking back at the year which just passed, one part looking forward, choosing a focus word, and some goal setting for the upcoming year in four areas: health, relationships, wealth/financial, and career. 3 TIPS TO COLLABORATE EFFECTIVELY ACROSS OFFICES AND During my appearance on the Product Marketing Experts podcast I spoke deeply about building longterm remote culture, something I’ve written a lot about since I’ve been working in remote organizations for 11+ years, and how many organizations are working remotely “for now.” What the pandemic has made clear is that many office-based organizations are far more distributed or remote ABOUT – WHEN I HAVE TIME BY SARA ROSSO When I Have Time was created in 2009 by Sara Rosso, MBA, product marketer, and digital strategist who also writes about food and travel at Ms. Adventures in Italy.Sara has worked in technology for more than 20 years, for such companies as Hewlett-Packard, OgilvyInteractive, Automattic (WordPress.com & more), and now CloudBlue. THE 3CS OF ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR A GOOD REMOTE WORKER Ritual first #espresso of the year (macchiato, with fresh peppermint whipped cream). Not inside a local coffee shop this year, but in a stolen moment in my car, thankful for some time to think about the year behind me and the year looking forward. A MILLION WORDS PUBLISHED AT WORK IN A REMOTE COMPANY A Million Words Published at Work in a Remote Company. Three years ago, I shared 10 lessons from working 4 years remotely, and today I passed another milestone while working at a remote company. After almost 7 years of working at Automattic , today I published my millionth word. The amazing thing is every single one of these words

is searchable

YOUR YEAR: A REFLECTION AND PLANNING EXERCISE FOR THE YEAR "Your Year" is one part looking back at the year which just passed, one part looking forward, choosing a focus word, and some goal setting for the upcoming year in four areas: health, relationships, wealth/financial, and career. MINIMALISM, STUFF, LETTING GO, AND JOY It’s the letting go which comes hard to me — letting go of gifts which I don’t use or appreciate, items I’ve outgrown, items I’ve never fully enjoyed, and items I shouldn’t have bought in the first place. The space that those objects occupy in my life is at the very least clutter, and definitely “mind trash” in other ways (love HOW TO GET A REMOTE JOB (AND PITFALLS TO WATCH OUT FOR Glassdoor will let you filter on remote jobs when searching. Skillcrush’s 25 sites to find remote work. AngelList has a category for remote work at hundreds of startups. Stack Overflow — mainly for programmers, but some related technical jobs. LinkedIn interestingly enough doesn’t let you create a remote job (as I’ve seen when

we’ve

WHAT ARE EBOOKS? ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF The arguments seem to fall into three categories: Tactile loss : I like the feel and smell of paper / I can’t read on a screen. Lending loss : I want to lend my books to who I want. Library loss : I want a library that will last forever. While the first two are considerable arguments, the tactile loss argument is probably the most obvious and HOW TO INSTALL AND TRY WORDPRESS ON YOUR HOME COMPUTER If you’ve never used WordPress or even the free / hosted version on WordPress.com, you might have no idea what it really means to “be on WordPress” - how the interface works, what you’ll need to do with your server, and if you’re really going to like it. Luckily, there's

a way you can play

CONTACT – WHEN I HAVE TIME BY SARA ROSSO Have a question, comment, or inquiry? Get in touch. I'm not interested in: paid links, text advertising, link exchanges and I'm not currently looking for guest blog posts. I also can't review your resume, sorry. For questions and inquiries: Check my archives to see if I've already answered your question, or search my site.Ask away! Read How to Ask SPEAKING – WHEN I HAVE TIME BY SARA ROSSO I often speak at events about various topics including digital strategy, product marketing, technology, communication, branding, writing, community, self-publishing and ebooks, and of course, WordPress. You can see my upcoming speaking & events on SaraRosso.com. Get in touch if you're interested in me speaking at your event. I also post many of my presentations here on this HOW TO GET A REMOTE JOB (AND PITFALLS TO WATCH OUT FOR Glassdoor will let you filter on remote jobs when searching. Skillcrush’s 25 sites to find remote work. AngelList has a category for remote work at hundreds of startups. Stack Overflow — mainly for programmers, but some related technical jobs. LinkedIn interestingly enough doesn’t let you create a remote job (as I’ve seen when

we’ve

HOW TO TALK TO STRANGERS (AKA NETWORKING) Here are my tips about how to walk into a room full of people and talk to strangers: 1. Find an opening. This is either a physical or a verbal opening. When you go to an event, you’ll see these groups of people talking, in twos and threes, or larger, and to be honest, they’re not looking around for you. They’re not waiting for you to

come

THE LIFE LIST: WHY TO HAVE ONE, HOW TO CREATE ONE I want to introduce you to something that’s been a good friend of mine for more than 10 years. The List. Also known as The “Stuff I Want to Do Before I Die” List.A Life List. Some may call it a Bucket List, but my List has been around since before the movie. 10 LESSONS FROM 4 YEARS WORKING REMOTELY AT AUTOMATTIC 10 Lessons from 4 Years Working Remotely at Automattic. 4 years ago today I started working full-time for Automattic. Four years seems like a lifetime, but it’s a pretty short time in my work history, and it’s been the most life-changing job so far for me. I’ve had years where I spent 40+% of my year away from my home base (with only

two

WHAT I’VE LEARNED AS A SERIAL (COMMUNITY) FOUNDER: THE During my presentation this past weekend in Paris, I focused on the various stages of community and how the leadership roles and individual member roles change and shift over time. If you haven't been following me long, you might think I've been involved mainly in the WordPress community. I've never founded a company but I've been a LESSONS LEARNED FROM FOUNDING A REMOTE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM Mentor Everywhere – Cohort #1 Applicants by the Numbers. 79 mentees and 55 mentors applied for the program.Automatticians (my colleagues) accounted for ~40% of all mentors since we shared the initiative organically through our networks and with some partner organizations. 4 FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR THE INDEPENDENT WOMAN Following up on my post, To My Girlfriends: How to be an Independent Woman in a Relationship, and how much it’s been shared – privately, and a lot on Facebook, which makes me happy because it’s a topic we should be talking about more. I wanted to share some additional resources to add to your regular personal finance rotation. You can also see past posts about some personal finance HOW TO INSTALL AND TRY WORDPRESS ON YOUR HOME COMPUTER If you’ve never used WordPress or even the free / hosted version on WordPress.com, you might have no idea what it really means to “be on WordPress” - how the interface works, what you’ll need to do with your server, and if you’re really going to like it. Luckily, there's

a way you can play

WHEN I HAVE TIME BY SARA ROSSO Your Year: A Reflection and Planning Exercise for the Year Gone By and the One Ahead. January 2, 2020. “Your Year” is one part looking back at the year which just passed, one part looking forward, choosing a focus word, and some goal setting for the upcoming year in four areas: health, relationships, wealth/financial, and career. 3 TIPS TO COLLABORATE EFFECTIVELY ACROSS OFFICES AND During my appearance on the Product Marketing Experts podcast I spoke deeply about building longterm remote culture, something I’ve written a lot about since I’ve been working in remote organizations for 11+ years, and how many organizations are working remotely “for now.” What the pandemic has made clear is that many office-based organizations are far more distributed or remote ABOUT – WHEN I HAVE TIME BY SARA ROSSO When I Have Time was created in 2009 by Sara Rosso, MBA, product marketer, and digital strategist who also writes about food and travel at Ms. Adventures in Italy.Sara has worked in technology for more than 20 years, for such companies as Hewlett-Packard, OgilvyInteractive, Automattic (WordPress.com & more), and now CloudBlue. THE 3CS OF ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR A GOOD REMOTE WORKER Ritual first #espresso of the year (macchiato, with fresh peppermint whipped cream). Not inside a local coffee shop this year, but in a stolen moment in my car, thankful for some time to think about the year behind me and the year looking forward. A MILLION WORDS PUBLISHED AT WORK IN A REMOTE COMPANY A Million Words Published at Work in a Remote Company. Three years ago, I shared 10 lessons from working 4 years remotely, and today I passed another milestone while working at a remote company. After almost 7 years of working at Automattic , today I published my millionth word. The amazing thing is every single one of these words

is searchable

YOUR YEAR: A REFLECTION AND PLANNING EXERCISE FOR THE YEAR "Your Year" is one part looking back at the year which just passed, one part looking forward, choosing a focus word, and some goal setting for the upcoming year in four areas: health, relationships, wealth/financial, and career. MINIMALISM, STUFF, LETTING GO, AND JOY It’s the letting go which comes hard to me — letting go of gifts which I don’t use or appreciate, items I’ve outgrown, items I’ve never fully enjoyed, and items I shouldn’t have bought in the first place. The space that those objects occupy in my life is at the very least clutter, and definitely “mind trash” in other ways (love HOW TO GET A REMOTE JOB (AND PITFALLS TO WATCH OUT FOR Glassdoor will let you filter on remote jobs when searching. Skillcrush’s 25 sites to find remote work. AngelList has a category for remote work at hundreds of startups. Stack Overflow — mainly for programmers, but some related technical jobs. LinkedIn interestingly enough doesn’t let you create a remote job (as I’ve seen when

we’ve

WHAT ARE EBOOKS? ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF The arguments seem to fall into three categories: Tactile loss : I like the feel and smell of paper / I can’t read on a screen. Lending loss : I want to lend my books to who I want. Library loss : I want a library that will last forever. While the first two are considerable arguments, the tactile loss argument is probably the most obvious and HOW TO INSTALL AND TRY WORDPRESS ON YOUR HOME COMPUTER If you’ve never used WordPress or even the free / hosted version on WordPress.com, you might have no idea what it really means to “be on WordPress” - how the interface works, what you’ll need to do with your server, and if you’re really going to like it. Luckily, there's

a way you can play

WHEN I HAVE TIME BY SARA ROSSO Your Year: A Reflection and Planning Exercise for the Year Gone By and the One Ahead. January 2, 2020. “Your Year” is one part looking back at the year which just passed, one part looking forward, choosing a focus word, and some goal setting for the upcoming year in four areas: health, relationships, wealth/financial, and career. 3 TIPS TO COLLABORATE EFFECTIVELY ACROSS OFFICES AND During my appearance on the Product Marketing Experts podcast I spoke deeply about building longterm remote culture, something I’ve written a lot about since I’ve been working in remote organizations for 11+ years, and how many organizations are working remotely “for now.” What the pandemic has made clear is that many office-based organizations are far more distributed or remote ABOUT – WHEN I HAVE TIME BY SARA ROSSO When I Have Time was created in 2009 by Sara Rosso, MBA, product marketer, and digital strategist who also writes about food and travel at Ms. Adventures in Italy.Sara has worked in technology for more than 20 years, for such companies as Hewlett-Packard, OgilvyInteractive, Automattic (WordPress.com & more), and now CloudBlue. THE 3CS OF ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR A GOOD REMOTE WORKER Ritual first #espresso of the year (macchiato, with fresh peppermint whipped cream). Not inside a local coffee shop this year, but in a stolen moment in my car, thankful for some time to think about the year behind me and the year looking forward. A MILLION WORDS PUBLISHED AT WORK IN A REMOTE COMPANY A Million Words Published at Work in a Remote Company. Three years ago, I shared 10 lessons from working 4 years remotely, and today I passed another milestone while working at a remote company. After almost 7 years of working at Automattic , today I published my millionth word. The amazing thing is every single one of these words

is searchable

YOUR YEAR: A REFLECTION AND PLANNING EXERCISE FOR THE YEAR "Your Year" is one part looking back at the year which just passed, one part looking forward, choosing a focus word, and some goal setting for the upcoming year in four areas: health, relationships, wealth/financial, and career. MINIMALISM, STUFF, LETTING GO, AND JOY It’s the letting go which comes hard to me — letting go of gifts which I don’t use or appreciate, items I’ve outgrown, items I’ve never fully enjoyed, and items I shouldn’t have bought in the first place. The space that those objects occupy in my life is at the very least clutter, and definitely “mind trash” in other ways (love HOW TO GET A REMOTE JOB (AND PITFALLS TO WATCH OUT FOR Glassdoor will let you filter on remote jobs when searching. Skillcrush’s 25 sites to find remote work. AngelList has a category for remote work at hundreds of startups. Stack Overflow — mainly for programmers, but some related technical jobs. LinkedIn interestingly enough doesn’t let you create a remote job (as I’ve seen when

we’ve

WHAT ARE EBOOKS? ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF The arguments seem to fall into three categories: Tactile loss : I like the feel and smell of paper / I can’t read on a screen. Lending loss : I want to lend my books to who I want. Library loss : I want a library that will last forever. While the first two are considerable arguments, the tactile loss argument is probably the most obvious and HOW TO INSTALL AND TRY WORDPRESS ON YOUR HOME COMPUTER If you’ve never used WordPress or even the free / hosted version on WordPress.com, you might have no idea what it really means to “be on WordPress” - how the interface works, what you’ll need to do with your server, and if you’re really going to like it. Luckily, there's

a way you can play

CONTACT – WHEN I HAVE TIME BY SARA ROSSO Have a question, comment, or inquiry? Get in touch. I'm not interested in: paid links, text advertising, link exchanges and I'm not currently looking for guest blog posts. I also can't review your resume, sorry. For questions and inquiries: Check my archives to see if I've already answered your question, or search my site.Ask away! Read How to Ask SPEAKING – WHEN I HAVE TIME BY SARA ROSSO I often speak at events about various topics including digital strategy, product marketing, technology, communication, branding, writing, community, self-publishing and ebooks, and of course, WordPress. You can see my upcoming speaking & events on SaraRosso.com. Get in touch if you're interested in me speaking at your event. I also post many of my presentations here on this HOW TO GET A REMOTE JOB (AND PITFALLS TO WATCH OUT FOR Glassdoor will let you filter on remote jobs when searching. Skillcrush’s 25 sites to find remote work. AngelList has a category for remote work at hundreds of startups. Stack Overflow — mainly for programmers, but some related technical jobs. LinkedIn interestingly enough doesn’t let you create a remote job (as I’ve seen when

we’ve

HOW TO TALK TO STRANGERS (AKA NETWORKING) Here are my tips about how to walk into a room full of people and talk to strangers: 1. Find an opening. This is either a physical or a verbal opening. When you go to an event, you’ll see these groups of people talking, in twos and threes, or larger, and to be honest, they’re not looking around for you. They’re not waiting for you to

come

THE LIFE LIST: WHY TO HAVE ONE, HOW TO CREATE ONE I want to introduce you to something that’s been a good friend of mine for more than 10 years. The List. Also known as The “Stuff I Want to Do Before I Die” List.A Life List. Some may call it a Bucket List, but my List has been around since before the movie. 10 LESSONS FROM 4 YEARS WORKING REMOTELY AT AUTOMATTIC 10 Lessons from 4 Years Working Remotely at Automattic. 4 years ago today I started working full-time for Automattic. Four years seems like a lifetime, but it’s a pretty short time in my work history, and it’s been the most life-changing job so far for me. I’ve had years where I spent 40+% of my year away from my home base (with only

two

WHAT I’VE LEARNED AS A SERIAL (COMMUNITY) FOUNDER: THE During my presentation this past weekend in Paris, I focused on the various stages of community and how the leadership roles and individual member roles change and shift over time. If you haven't been following me long, you might think I've been involved mainly in the WordPress community. I've never founded a company but I've been a LESSONS LEARNED FROM FOUNDING A REMOTE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM Mentor Everywhere – Cohort #1 Applicants by the Numbers. 79 mentees and 55 mentors applied for the program.Automatticians (my colleagues) accounted for ~40% of all mentors since we shared the initiative organically through our networks and with some partner organizations. 4 FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR THE INDEPENDENT WOMAN Following up on my post, To My Girlfriends: How to be an Independent Woman in a Relationship, and how much it’s been shared – privately, and a lot on Facebook, which makes me happy because it’s a topic we should be talking about more. I wanted to share some additional resources to add to your regular personal finance rotation. You can also see past posts about some personal finance HOW TO INSTALL AND TRY WORDPRESS ON YOUR HOME COMPUTER If you’ve never used WordPress or even the free / hosted version on WordPress.com, you might have no idea what it really means to “be on WordPress” - how the interface works, what you’ll need to do with your server, and if you’re really going to like it. Luckily, there's

a way you can play

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TO MY GIRLFRIENDS: HOW TO BE AN INDEPENDENT WOMAN IN A RELATIONSHIP

July 27, 2015

From a woman to other women: You can love wholeheartedly and also be responsible about your future. Here’s what I suggest you do. What I’ve Learned as a Serial (Community) Founder: The Community

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individual member

Stop Sabotaging Your Own Success: A Manifesto STOP SABOTAGING YOUR OWN SUCCESS: A MANIFESTO

February 16, 2012

I’ve spent a lot of time talking with (girl)friends about what’s next for them. I want to help them start to think about “what’s next?” without hearing “not until I…” or “maybe when I…” or “I’m not ready” or “after…” or the worst: “I don’t know.” Here’s my advice… THE IMPORTANCE OF REMOTE MEETUPS – FOR DISTRIBUTED LEADERSHIP TEAMS (AND REMOTE TEAMS IN GENERAL)

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Remote meetups have become instrumental as a tool for team building & bridging the gaps between in-person face time. YOUR YEAR: A REFLECTION AND PLANNING EXERCISE FOR THE YEAR GONE BY

AND THE ONE AHEAD

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“Your Year” is one part looking back at the year which just passed, one part looking forward, choosing a focus word, and some goal setting for the upcoming year in four areas: health, relationships, wealth/financial, and career. HOW I AM / HOW I ROLL – REMOTE TEAM ICE BREAKER

November 5, 2019

An easy and insightful ice breaker for any team, but especially helpful to be conducted remotely! THE 3CS OF ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR A GOOD REMOTE WORKER: COMMUNICATION, COMMITMENT, AND CURIOSITY

September 27, 2019

Why we need self-starters with these qualities to be a good remote

worker.

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MENTOR EVERYWHERE

May 16, 2018

Mentorship doesn’t mean you have to be in the same physical space. Here’s how we brought a remote philosophy to mentorship. A MILLION WORDS PUBLISHED AT WORK IN A REMOTE COMPANY

May 18, 2017

A million words published after 7 years of working remotely, and some tips on how, what, and why to document (and publish) at work. 4 FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR THE INDEPENDENT WOMAN (REGARDLESS OF RELATIONSHIP STATUS)

April 17, 2017

Following up on my post, To My Girlfriends: How to be an Independent Woman in a Relationship, and how much it’s been shared MINIMALISM, STUFF, LETTING GO, AND JOY

March 21, 2017

What are the ‘important things?’ Some thoughts on minimalism. LEAN IN…AGAINST FEAR

July 15, 2016

Does fear take a front seat in deciding if you want to pursue opportunities? Recognize fear in your self-doubt, and tell it to F

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