Working in an office is so passé. If you haven’t heard yet, all the cool kids are working virtually now. Whether that be working from home, cafes (John’s pushing the limits in China), on the beach, or even “co-working” together at cafes or homes. And now that I think about it, I’ve been working in virtual teams [...]
Posts under ‘Productivity’
Being more productive with the standing desk
In an effort to find efficient ways to work, I came across the standing desk. Basically, instead of sitting at your desk, you stand.
Benefits
Better posture: I’ve found that you can’t really slouch when you’re standing. Sometimes I’ll end up putting my elbows on the table while reading something, but that’s the exception rather than the [...]
This is embarrassing…(or when procrastination wins)
Has it really been 6 months since the last blog post?
It starts small with denial
At first it was just a few days and a few weeks. We were busy working on a new website and with a consulting gig. Productive and paying work trumps all (not that we don’t appreciate the few bucks a [...]
Using that christmas feeling to give you a boost
Do you remember when you were a kid and couldn’t sleep the night before christmas because you wanted to wake up and open presents? That feeling of anticipation that lying there is just too boring. Is that the kind of feeling you have about your business?
All work and no play makes Jack a [...]
Use NetVibes as your Virtual Office
When you move from a corporate desk job (and HP and Microsoft are as corporate as you can get) to a virtual startup team, you miss out on a lot of things - steady salary, 401k matching, stock purchase plans, and, of course, the office! It wasn’t until a few months ago that I [...]
