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About Words From Web Worker

Back in 2004, new terms were being coined as we tried to understand this phenomenon and its participants: “virtual workforce,” “web workers,” “freelance economy.” It was enormously disruptive — both to how work got done and to workers’ lifestyles. Words From Web Worker(WFWW) was started to address all of that and share our views on these trends and take advantage of the software to find ways to work more efficiently and get more done with technology.

At WFWW, we’re quite content to be the odd blog out.
We don’t have a fancy logo to go alongside our name in the press. We don’t make the same ad deals or shake the same hands as everyone else.

And all of this is fine by us.

We’re independently spirited, fiercely unconventional people who do things a little differently. Where others may value the bottom line, we value—well—values. We answer to no one but you. And we don’t operate this way for the fun of it, even though it is incredibly fun. We operate this way because we believe it’s the right thing to do.
We believe in principle over profit margin.
We believe that secrecy is trumped by honesty. And personal interest by community.
We believe that the web is more cared for than owned. But most importantly, We believe in you.

We’re all about making technology meaningful for everyone, with subscribers from many backgrounds: marketers, lifehackers, high school teachers, software engineers, designers, students, and more.

Have some questions? Feel free to get in touch with me directly -- I love hearing from people.

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