Want to rock out in the office and still get work done? I will show you how with a free productive MP3 player with superb sound and shortcuts!
At the office or work at home job typing away and you have to answer the phone or another task presents itself? This handy free MP3 player will let you pause in no time then play when your done.
I have a lot of friends working in the office or that work at home, especially work at home moms who are writers and virtual assistants and have to answer the phone.
The trouble they have at times is that they want to listen to their music while they work but want to cut down the time it takes to open their music
player, pause it, and then answer phone. Although this is not a long process some people want to be as productive as possible! So I found them a solution in a MP3 player called Xion that isn’t a resource hog, free, looks and sounds superb and importantly has shortcuts!
“Xion” is created by Cliff Cawley of R2 Studios“. So far it’s the best free MP3 player for the office or work at home job with its extensive use of shortcuts. As a bonus it even has the ability to be run portably on a USB drive or a USB drive that supports U3 as well! Lets get rocking and be productive shall we?
Downloads Needed:
INSTRUCTIONS
- Download and install Xion MP3 Player.
- We are now going to configure the hot keys, so that we can be productive with our work at home / office job while rocking out! Right click on the Xion MP3 Player and select “Configure Xion“
- Go to the “Global Hot Keys” where we will set our 2 most important buttons. Pause and Play.
- Configuring Pause: Click on the Pause option, and click on “Assign Key.” In the field in front of “Assign” press “CTRL+ALT+[" or the keys of your choice. Now click assign.
- Configuring Play: Click on the Play option, and click on "Assign Key." In the field in front of "Assign" press "CTRL+ALT+]” or the keys of your choice. Now click assign.
- Now click close or you can setup the other keys if you would like.
Now the reason I chose those keys is because at your work at home / office job, while your typing away there is no way you have those keys setto anything else in most cases.
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More information:
Words From Xion Creator Cliff Cawley of R2 Studios:
Xion is a high fidelity, easily skinnable, out of this world audio player. Xion features a new standard in skin support. Baffled by script syntax? Pulling your hair out over slicing up skin elements? Crying over spilt milk?
Xion’s approach to skinning will remove all scripting and slicing requirements that other skin systems have placed on users. Xion will directly read a .PSD file and using layer names, instantly create your skin.
Xion also supports direct loading from Zip files which allow you to package several .PSD files in the one package. This has the added benefit of being compressed and therefore consumes less disk space.
System Requirements:
Works on Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME, Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003, and Microsoft Windows Vista.
You can find more information about Xion MP3 Player at http://xion.r2.com.au/
What Kinds Of Work At Home Jobs Are There?
There are many types of work at home jobs available. Here are a few types:
Work At Home Doing Data Entry: Doing data entry is a vary profitable way to make money from home for people with good listening and typing skills. We are constantly being deluged with information. As such there is a lot of call for that information to be transcribed or otherwise entered into databases on a daily basis. The amount of data being input seems to grow exponentially. Companies are looking for employees who are competent in the area of transcription as well as those who simply are capable of processing this data. This provides an opportunity to make money from home since much of this work is now being done via telecommuting rather than being done on location.
Work At Home Doing Document Coding: Document coding is data entry, but a bit harder than the average data entry. Document Coders, also called Coders or Remote Coders, checks images of things like letters, e-mails, reports, et cetera and type things like names, dates, titles and other information from those images into the empty text fields. It sounds easy and sometimes is, but the rules change a lot. There are usually different rules for different projects, which means coders have to learn and memorize several different manuals - sometimes several in a day!
Work At Home As A Virtual Assistant: A Virtual Assistant (or simply VA), is an independent contractor providing administrative, technical, or sometimes creative assistance to clients
Work At Home Doing Legal Transcription: Legal transcriptionists create and edit documents from legal professional’s dictations. Although no formal training is needed to become a legal transcriptionist, it is important to have a solid understanding of legal terminology and to have good command of the English language.
Work At Home Doing Medical Transcription: Medical transcriptionists convert doctor recorded reports into typed reports. It is important for medical transcriptionists to be familiar with medical terms, as well as legal standards and requirements that apply to health records. In most cases, companies prefer to hire candidates with previous experience or have a diploma or associates degree in medical transcription.
Work At Home Doing Customer Service: This type of work at home job deals with answering phones, you will be a sort of call center whether dealing with booking tickets for airline customers to troubleshooting problems for customers.
Work At Home Doing Freelance Writing: There are plenty of types of writing that are in demand. Here are a few:
- Web content writing - The range of topics for writing on the web are unlimited, as is the demand. All sites need good content. If you know anything about search engine optimization or are willing to learn, you may be able to command a higher rate writing keyword rich web content.
- Medical writing - Pharmaceutical companies need technical writers who are very knowledgeable about medicine and about FDA requirements.
- Technical writing - If you like computers and software, if you have an engineering background, or even if you like to take things apart and put them back together again, this could be a great field for you.
- Marketing and advertising copywriting - If you can effectively pitch a product or service or can get consumers to take a desired action, such as make a purchase or sign up for something, you could be highly successful in this area.
- Product catalog writer - Writing compelling product descriptions can lead to a great business or work from home job as well. Because so many stores now also have an online presence, and many of the smaller to medium sized online retailer operators are not terribly competent writers, the demand is out there for this type of writing.
- Blogging - Again, the topics are unlimited. Blogs need frequently updated posts and posting blogs is relatively easy as most use a word-processor-like software tool to write, edit and manage blog posts. If you are web junkie, you could have fun doing this if you write about topics you’re passionate about.
- Resume writer - Lots of demand here, as well, if you have the ability to craft great resumes or are willing to learn. Many job seekers don’t, that’s why your services would be in demand. You would be rewarded each time a client told you they landed a job in part due to the great resume you prepared for them.
- Business plan writer - If you’re business savvy and can write clearly, you can also offer your services writing business plans.
Work At Home Doing Proofreading: Proofreading involves checking written materials for accuracy in grammar, spelling, punctuation and style. A variety of businesses use this for the preparation of books, magazines, newspapers, research papers, reports, contracts and other documents for clients.
Work At Home Doing Translation: If you are a native speaker of a non-English language and are experienced in translating one or many foreign languages, there are many opportunities available this type of job. Translation services ranges from documents to Web Sites.
Work At Home Doing Telemarketing: Selling, advertising, or market research to gain customer’s attention and to make sales as much as possible over the phone. This is one of the most popular outsourced work in the world as well as difficult and challenging.
Work At Home Doing Online Tutoring: Work for internet based companies that offer help, within a variety of subject areas, to students of all ages. Many online tutor positions offer flexible hours. Most companies require a college education, teaching experience, and/or knowledge in the subject area they will be tutoring.
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Great post. I will read your posts frequently. Added you to the RSS reader.
LOL that phone thing happens all the time, I used to fumble with it but I learned. I usually just turn down the volume on my speakers because its quicker.
Cool tip
i gotta say that mp3 player is hot n dont make my comp as slow, my winamp is a resource hog im getting rid of that bastard, thx my dude
Cool! I didnt know there were so many types of work at home jobs!