That doesn't mean just putting in more windows. A new, super high-tech ceiling makes it seem as though workers are outside. And it's having impressive results.READ»
The headset manufacturer Plantronics doesn't much care where its employees work, and to prove that it's new offices are outfitted with a cornucopia of features that make telecommuting simple, easy, and encouraged.READ»
What powerful features will Android Ice Cream Sandwich tablets have for us in 2012? How much more clever will iOS get? The sky seems to be the limit in both cases. Unfortunately, we can't say the same for Microsoft.READ»
Microsoft's latest and greatest upgrade to its business productivity code--with a whole new cloud-based system--launches today. Will the cloud help or hurt Office's future?READ»
Every office is a community, and most are weird little communities. Here are a few things I have learned to sort out the strangeness and up the niceties in the contractor lifecycle.READ»
If you're looking for an excuse for your poor work performance, tell your boss it's the office's fault. Here are the three worst environmental productivity killers--and how to cure them. READ»
The field of workplace design can feel absurdly like political debate. You’ve got experts on one side barnstorming for freewheeling open-office plans and experts on the other side espousing the 9-to-5 equivalent of a ...READ»
Designers, like Brick Tamland in Anchorman, love lamp. Every awards competition seems to attract desk lighting concepts that could make the lowliest information-worker feel like she took over Steve Jobs's office.
The latest ...READ»
In the end, the only thing we grown ups really want is to get back to kindergarten.
So suggests the new work facility of Youmeet. Youmeet is a company in Utrecht, the Netherlands, that provides meeting space for creative ...READ»
Is Microsoft getting nervous about Google's very cheap, very powerful office software? Microsoft's new Office 2011 suite for Mac costs up to 50% less than the last version, and we think we know why.READ»
The wonderful work-life world of designer/inventor Steven M. Johnson. From his days at Honda, to his musings on office life, we look at a career of daydream creation.READ»
Any executive for whom Sun Tzu's The Art of War is the perfect encapsulation of their business philosophy might like industrial designer Alex Marshall's office toys. There's a Post-It gun, designed, apparently, for "extreme ideation ...READ»
How is Microsoft going to keep people from leaving Microsoft Office and moving to, say, Google Docs and Spreadsheets or Zoho? Well, Chris Capossela, Senior Vice President of Information Worker Group at Microsoft, tells me how ...READ»
Think you know what work might look like in the future? Zoho's evangelist (and guy who setup their data center) Raju Vegesna shows me how he can gather data from the Internet, process it in a spreadsheet, and build a ...READ»
Want to work with a ton of cool startups like iPhone app developer Shazam? Well, then you'll want to check out Thinkspace which is run by Peter Che up in Redmond, WA. Right near Microsoft's campus. Here Peter gives us a tour and talks ...READ»
A mainstay of the office furniture set, Steelcase is branching into less institutional territory with it's Coalesse brand. Like Bernhardt Design, it is pulling together creative, young, international designers to develop furniture ...READ»
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This week, as befits a child of the English Midlands (not to be confused with Middle Earth, no Orc or Hobbit, I), I thought I'd get all Shakespearean on your asses. First, I'd just like to state that my editor, the bounteous ...READ»
