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You gotta figure the good people at Lifehacker have seen about every trick in the book. They just celebrated their 3 year anniversary, and over that time they’ve published hacks for everything from being more productive to making a DYI energy-free refrigerator.
I guess they’re starting a top 10s series, and today they have a list […]

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I went down a link path today and learned a lot about a new term: Presenteeism. Follow along with me and learn about a new way of thinking about having a sick workforce.
Firstly, the NYTimes blog had a post talking about something we’ve all probably thought to ourselves many times over the years: If you’re […]

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I’ve been looking around all day for a valentine’s day post.
There’s plenty of good stuff on Digg, but it’s mostly Not Safe For Work, and that would sort of defeat the purpose of this being an at work blog.
But then I found this little bit on Marketwatch. It’s totally tongue in cheek, but still fun.
Do […]

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Technology is reaching the point where I can carry my entire office in my pocket. And various software packages now allow me to access my office materials from any computer anywhere in the world.
It almost feels like we’re getting to that mythical point where being physically present in an office will seem quaintly unnecessary.
Or maybe […]

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If you’re one of those busy workers who depends on Starbucks to be your office on the go, there’s some important news out today.
Ever since I can remember (the early 2000s at least) the wifi connection at Starbucks was served up by T-Mobile. I never have used Starbucks routinely enough that it made sense to […]

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Chalk this up as another inevitability of our age.
Ever since social networks have been around, they’ve sort of been like the music your parents wouldn’t like because the music was too loud. You could post pictures from your keg party because you knew no one of any authority or importance would know how to/be interested […]

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Our worklife has invaded our homes… and the beach-head is called our home office.
Almost everyone I know has some sort of home office setup. And most new houses that are built (if any new houses are being built…) these days include a home office instead of a den/breakfast room.
I’m not an accountant or anything close, […]

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This has been all over the interwebs this weekend, but I thought it would make for a useful and productive Monday morning post back on Thursday when I first saw it:
From ScottHYoung, 7 Tips for Morning Alertness Without the Caffeine
My favorite tips:
Don’t Skip Breakfast. Wake up early enough to get something to eat. Skipping […]

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I got locked out of my house last year and my cell phone was inside the house. It was then that I realized I no longer had many people’s phone numbers memorized. In fact, I could only think of one number off the top of my head for anyone local I could call for help.
That […]

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From the “not sure what to make of this” file, BuzzFeed alerts us to a new “trend” out of Japan: employers giving their employees heartbreak leave to grieve after a bad breakup.
Now, the trend only consists of one small company so far. And it’s odd that this is a Japanese company. I thought the Japanese […]

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