Blog: The Way We Work

Day-before-vacation efficiency

A posting on BNET raises the question: What if we could always zip through the day?s work, plus those backloads, at the same rate we do when we have a deadline looming ? say, our plane departure for a vacation...

Using commute time to text his novel

You gotta give this Italian IT guy credit. A report on PC Magazine.com tells how Robert Bernocco composed an entire 384-page science fiction novel ? now published through Lulu.com -- by texting on his cell phone, this during his daily...

At the root of corporate lingo

Check out this ?corporate speak glossary? at Portfolio.com, compiled by Caroline Waxler, who burrows down to the underlying meaning of some popular business buzz phrases, such as: ?Assign ownership -- To dump responsibility on someone else as quickly as possible.?...

Farewell to Success

How embarrassing is this? Samir Husni, known as Mr. Magazine, reports that Success magazine is closing ? for the third time. Makes you wonder if they?ve given thought to the credibility they could garner if next time they re-launch as...

Bad boss Michael

Fans may be in withdrawal over no more Tony Soprano or Harry Potter, but devotees of NBC?s The Office can take heart in knowing that our favorite noodle-headed boss, Michael, is only on hiatus and will return to outrage us...

Dress way down day

Sure, it sounds like fun to be encouraged to wear shorts and tee shirts to work. But office workers in Shanghai who were asked to do that, as reported by Reuters, are facing this: a 104-degree day, with the likelihood...

Moving from business to schools -- a culture shift

An excellent question comes from a reader in response to a piece a couple of weeks back on how people from the corporate world are transitioning into classroom teaching. Just what are some of the cultural differences between the two...

Author with ?rock solid positive attitude?

In response to this weekend?s Money & Career piece on how authors are getting books published through print-on-demand services, Saurabh Chowdhry, 30, in Bayside wrote to say: ?I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1999 during only my first year...

From blog to print

If your grandma and grandpa still don?t quite grasp the notion that you are writing every day but that your work is readable only on the Web, you might be interested in Blog2Print.com, a print-on-demand service from SharedBook Inc. that...

Book publishing 101

How many professional people do you know who say they want to write a book to share their expertise? Probably as many as I know, which is quite a few. As for the actual writing, well, they?re on their own....