I’m writing this post in Hawaii, also known as paradise. It’s awesome. I’m only here for a week and I’ve been encouraged by my good boss to work as little as possible. But not working is sort of impossible for me. I love my work.
This is a lovely place to be, since there have been […]
Entries Tagged as 'Productivity'
What’s the difference between work and play?
May 14th, 2008 · No Comments
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And on Friday, she napped
April 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Tina Rosenzweig takes a disco nap on my lawn at the end of a long week.
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(not) Flex time in Ohio
April 3rd, 2008 · 3 Comments
American Public Media’s program Marketplace broadcast a story on April 2nd about a big change happening for Ohio state workers. For the past fifteen years, thousands of these workers used flextime schedules to fit a 40-hour work week into less than the standard five days or working a schedule different than the traditional 8 – […]
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What’s the sound of coworking?
December 8th, 2007 · 8 Comments
What’s your ideal level for background noise while you’re working?
“I work in loud music — hard-rock stuff like AC/DC, Guns ‘n Roses, and Metallica have always been particular favorites.” – Stephen King
Stephen King isn’t alone in preferring high volume accompaniment to his writing. Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Michael Chabon also is rumored to crank it […]
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Do you really even want a 4-hour work week?
November 14th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Last Sunday’s New York Times featured a profile of Timothy Ferriss, author of a new, bestselling book, The The 4-Hour work Week: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich. Ferriss is causing a big stir, particularly among the workaholic Silicon Valley set, for suggesting that rather than fantasize about having more time off, […]
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