Month: June 2010
5 Reasons To Check In With Human Resources
The Human Resources department isn’t just for resolving serious work-related conflicts – or for new employees. It’s a commonly overlooked resource for both happy and unhappy employees. It’s a shame that employees only visit HR when faced with a tense situation. After all, they are quite literally “at your service,”Read More
How Do You Learn?
Idle hands are one thing, but what about an idle mind? As human beings, we thirst for knowledge. Heck, it’s the message behind the opening dialogue over top of every Star Trek opening – ever. We want to know more. We need to know more. How we do that isRead More
20 Free PowerPoint Templates that Don’t Suck
Want to spice up your presentations a little? Tired of the same old “default” themes that Powerpoint brings along for the ride? Check out these 20 free Powerpoint templates that…well…don’t suck.
Safari 5 – The World’s Most Productive Web Browser
Editor’s Note: Peter North, one of WorkAwesome’s newest contributors, is at Apple’s WWDC all week. He’ll provide little snippets for our readers to digest over the course of the week – to pass on what Apple and its developer community has to offer in terms of making all of usRead More
Will You Buy The iPhone 4?
The big technology news this week (so far) is that the iPhone 4 will soon arrive. After all the hype and, well…hyperbole, we’ve got a good idea of what it will and won’t do. Smartphones and mobile devices have been long touted as a productivity savior or suck as theRead More
iPhone 4 Adds New Features – and New Distractions
Editor’s Note: Peter North, one of WorkAwesome’s newest contributors, is at Apple’s WWDC all week. He’ll provide little snippets for our readers to digest over the course of the week – to pass on what Apple and its developer community has to offer in terms of making all of usRead More
It’s Okay to Stare
Imagine stopping in the middle of a busy work day, kicking up your feet on your desk, sitting back, arms cradling the back of the head in daydream mode. Now imagine that this is one of the best things you could do in the course of a busy work day.Read More
How Do You Handle Distractions?
Some people use headphones or a closed door to tell office mates when they’d rather not be disturbed. Some resort to web plugins to block certain websites that are just too good to resist (I’m looking at you, Facebook and ApartmentTherapy!). Others could work just fine with the TV blaring,Read More