To hell with efficiency — I work best in bursts
I’m only just now getting back into the groove on this blog. I’ve been neglectful over the last few weeks as summer’s ended and things have ramped back up at my day job. That’s not good, and it’s...
View ArticleWired Magazine on Telecommuting
Drawing on our commuting theme from yesterday, the latest issue of Wired has a great article on telecommuting, a favourite topic of mine. I thought these stats were interesting: Last year, researchers...
View ArticleIs your business cool? Five small changes for a more Y-friendly workplace
ITWorldCanada.com has the scoop on a survey of 27,000 Canadian university students, the results of which are pretty interesting: The study found that two of the top five places to work were tech...
View ArticleTwitter’s place at work
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about twitter because, well… that’s what twitter users inevitably end up doing. Twitter is almost infuriatingly great. Infuriating because it doesn’t make sense to...
View ArticleThe economic downturn will mean doom for Gen Y, except for when it doesn’t
Weird editorial in the Financial Times UK today from Michael Skapinker, which is a neat name. He titles it A dose of austerity for a pampered generation, and is sort of all over the map. Look, he...
View ArticleDo workaholics always lose touch?
Just an idle thought to keep this site going this week: do people who exhibit so-called “workaholic” tendencies inevitably end up out of touch with the the latest goings-on? I think they do. I don’t...
View ArticleYou want exceptions to be made? Be exceptional
A simple thought for this week: if you’re a young worker coming into an organization with policies — whether they involve start time, sick days, internet use, music playing, dress code, whatever —...
View ArticleStupid HR Policy Tricks: Here’s how many days you can be sick this year
I’ve been sick for a month. Ever since I vomited on New Year’s Eve. This wasn’t your normal ring-in-the-new-year ten-shots-of-tequila vomiting, though: this was hardcore “I am mostly sober – why is...
View ArticleGen Y & IT Policies: The IT World Canada Interviews
One of the things I missed during my month of sickness was the publication of a series of five articles from IT World Canada about a new report called Freedom to Compute: The Empowerment of Generation...
View ArticleFive Observations on Telecommuting
I’ve been telecommuting frequently for about a year and a half now. Some weeks I’ll do only one or two days at home, and the rest at the office. Other times, I’ll spend very few days in the office....
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