What’s your view on listening to music while you work? I ask because I’ve just come across an interesting study suggesting that people who have music on while they’re working may perform less well...
Editor's Blog Archive
David Prosser
David is Editor of Freelancing Matters magazine and a freelancer himself
One of the reasons I originally chose to work as a freelancer was the desire for a better family life: in my old job, I left home just after my young children got up and returned home after they’d...
David Prosser
David is Editor of Freelancing Matters magazine and a freelancer himself
“Blue Monday” has been getting it in the neck on Twitter and Facebook this week, with scientists deriding the idea as a PR stunt. They’re right, of course – there isn’t a jot of proper evidence to...
David Prosser
David is Editor of Freelancing Matters magazine and a freelancer himself
Is there a lesson that freelancers should learn from the collapse of retailers such as HMV and Jessops? I think there is: these businesses failed because they were unable to adapt to the changing...
David Prosser
David is Editor of Freelancing Matters magazine and a freelancer himself
Do the banks want my business? In theory, they jolly well ought to. Over almost two decades of employment I was a loyal customer of several institutions – I bought many of their products and...