TheJobBored

How many times have you wanted to convince your boss that this, the fifth meeting on the same subject, with the same people going over the same material and resulting in the same outcome - yes, this very meeting you’re almost sleeping through today - is a colossal waste of both time and money?
Well, now […]

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I always GOT the character Milton from the movie Office Space. Sure, everyone thinks of him as a bit unhinged, but I think he’s actually quite rational. I mean, even if it’s just a stapler, it’s his stapler. It’s reliable, functional, never jams and it’s that color of red that reminds him of his boyhood […]

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Last week we told you about Hulu, a great and future hope for wasting time and watching tv at work. Yes, NBC is involved… with Fox. And yes, Hulu is so far pretty cool, and filled with potential (still in beta, remember).
Last week, NBC ALSO launched NBC Direct. Since it clearly sucks, we’re not going […]

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There have been several studies recently that have shown a lot of people - young people especially - don’t like using voicemail much anymore. I have to admit, I’m one of those people: voicemail is a pain… you have to take several minutes out of your day to wait through long menus and boring […]

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Big fan of All Songs Considered? Big fan of good music in general, no matter what the genre? NPR has always done a great job with music, and they’re slowly but surely joining the Web 2.0 world (last year they finally switched over to free podcasts of This American Life, and you can get […]

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Not so much Cube as Pod…
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2G3untYEHs]

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After my rant against the telecos earlier this week, perhaps I should balance things out by highlighting a company that does it right. I’ve been a user and a fan of GrandCentral.com for about a year now… sometime after they announced beta invites, but before Google bought them.

GrandCentral asks, “How many phones have you got?” […]

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I can’t stand the cell phone carriers. I know, it’s a pet peeve, and I should get over it. But cellphones are such an integral part of our work and our lives (and our worklives) that I’ve come to believe the general assh*lishness of the cell carriers is a major issue we should address […]

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It’s no secret that the life of a modern office worker is filled with batteries. From the mandatory cell phone to the almost mandatory laptop… and even to the occasional ephemera like that digital camera or handheld gps.
Battery management can be a key to productivity (backup batteries, anyone?). But what are the best practices for […]

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