Category: Technology
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How Online Learning is Advancing My Career
Use Online Learning to Help Career I am naturally curious. I enjoy learning about all kinds of things. But mostly skills to advance my career and writing. Online courses have been my ticket to exploration and career advancement. I take these courses easily from my home. They are convenient and sometimes free of charge. They…
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Improving Telemedicine for People with Disabilities
Editor’s Note: This is a post by Gracie Stephens a freelance writer and editor. She enjoys writing a variety of topics but is particularly keen on education and medical news. When she is not writing her next piece, she spends her time reading and spending time with her three children and husband. Telemedicine Increasing Among…
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Exhausted with Inaccessible Job Searching? Use AIRA for a Rejuvenating Experience
Problems Applying for Jobs Online Still Exist About a year ago I talked about my challenges applying for jobs online. In a post for Inclusively I gave details on the struggles with inaccessible websites and online job portals. Unfortunately, a year later the problems still exist. As a freelance writer and blogger, I am regularly…
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Can You Hear Me Now? Why I Like Landlines and Smartphones
Telephone Memories Today, Apr. 25, is National Telephone Day and I am feeling somewhat nostalgic. I am reflecting on my usage of this important communication device invented by Alexander Graham Bell. I remember my first telephone. It was a white Princess model purchased from Bellsouth. It sat on my nightstand next to my bed. I…
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Feeling Anxious About Tax Filing? Stay Calm with My Stress-Free Organizing Tips
Although this year’s tax filing deadline is right around the corner on April 18, I traditionally file my taxes in February or March. I figure the sooner the better and to just get the whole maddening business out of the way quickly. But more importantly I file early because things get pretty busy and hectic.…
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Working From Home? Here’s 5 Safety and Security Tips.
Home Office Safety and Security Week As this pandemic continues on so does the attractiveness and ability to work from home. According to Findstack, 16% of companies in the world are 100% remote and 77% of remote workers say they’re more productive when working from home. With that being said it is important to make…
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Hoopla: My Favorite App for Reading Commercial Audiobooks
Discovered Hoopla App I have shared off and on about an audiobook reader app I discovered this year called Hoopla. Well, to be perfectly honest a librarian told me about it. We were preparing for our virtual book club and I couldn’t find the selection in audio format. So, she suggested using Hoopla. And why…
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Should You Use Visual Description at Video Meetings? Yes, and Here’s Why.
Microsoft Receives Backlash I was listening to a recent episode of Mosen at Large, one of my favorite podcasts, and the topic came up about describing yourself at video meetings. There has been some backlash on social media toward Microsoft. During their annual Ignite virtual conference Microsoft drew criticism in response to its corporate introduction,…
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Becoming a LinkedIn Rock Star: Chris Reed Shows Me How
I can’t believe it! The month of October is almost over and so is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Well, actually for me disability employment is every month of the year. As a blind freelance writer and blogger, I am working all year long. I spend the majority of my writing on the disabled so…
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My Writing Toolkit: Three Essential Instruments for Successful Freelance Writing
Creating Website and Blog It was this month 2 years ago when I decided to rebuild my website and launch my own blog. The desire to create a personal place to write my own thoughts and feelings about whatever was going on had been noodling around in my head for a long time. Prior to…
Empish J. Thomas 