Work at Home Business Ideas

WIRED:
In the fall of 1972, when David Galenson was a senior economics major at Harvard, he took what he describes as a “gut” course in 17th-century Dutch art. On the first day of class, the professor displayed a stunning image of a Renaissance Madonna and child. “Pablo Picasso did this copy of a Raphael drawing […]

BradentonHerald.com:
It’s Sunday evening, the weekend is winding down and you’re beginning to think about the work week ahead. What are your feelings?
Do you find yourself excited and challenged, looking forward to another week of doing something you love?
The most fortunate among us get to feel that way on a regular basis.
Or are you instead feeling […]

USA TODAY:
Picture a mad scientist in his laboratory, cackling with glee as he tries to unlock the secrets of the human mind. Now, consider the unsettling possibility that the scientist may be on to something.
Marketing expert Martin Lindstrom is that scientist, caught up in the excitement of research in his new book, Buyology. Lindstrom first […]

arstechnica.com:
From gigahertz to bogomips, dot pitch to DPI, it’s hard to exist in the electronics age without getting bombarded by figures that are supposed to help you understand what, precisely, you’re getting for your money.
But really, how many of us understand the implications of a few extra megahertz in the memory interface on a graphics […]

The Lawrence Journal-World:
Stay-at-home workers have a simple way to stay sane while working at home: Don’t do all the work at home.
“I have to get out at some point during the day,” says Robin Ward, who’s been handling freelance design projects out of her western Lawrence residence since coming to town in 2000. “I feel […]

Daily Mail:
There is a theory that the spark of genius lurks hidden within all of us.
Now scientists are developing a ‘thinking cap’ that could turn that theory into practice and unlock the amazing potential of the human brain.
The device uses tiny magnetic pulses to change the way the brain works and has produced remarkable results […]

The New York Times:
E-mail has become one of the dominant forms of workplace communication, but new research suggests it also may be the most deceptive.
Researchers at Rutgers and DePaul Universities studied how e-mail influenced communication among 48 graduate students. In the study, they told students they had $89. Each student could then divide the money […]

arstechnica:
Economists have known for years that people tend to overbid on items up for auction. But experts did not know the reason behind our seemingly irrational behavior.
Economists and neuroscientists from New York University teamed up to study this classic economic problem, and they published their results in Science. Using brain imaging along with carefully constructed […]

BusinessWeek:
If you start a new business today, you stand a reasonably good chance of surviving for two years. But after two years, success rates drop. According to the Small Business Administration, only 44% of new businesses make it to their fourth year. But these numbers shouldn’t discourage you if your business is also your passion.
How […]

USA Today:
If cold, hard cash has a soft and fuzzy side, longtime financial adviser Susan McCarthy aims to expose it in her new book, The Value of Money.
Money and emotion inevitably go hand in hand, McCarthy says, despite the commonly held view that we shouldn’t let our feelings interfere when it comes to financial decision […]