I would've loved to have a teacher like this, one that puts a lot of time into his work to make the class much more fun and interesting (not to say I didn't have any, but just that one more is always nicer). Judging from the comments, laughter, and clapping in the background, it seems like the students loved it as well. That will definitely earn him some points with the students, especially when some of the more dry and tedious subjects come up in class. But then again, with this teacher, there may very well be no dry subjects if he can add his fun to them.
My co-workers and I are always talking about how we should have someone or something that goes and gets us food so that we don't have to worry about getting it ourselves. While this snack bot is not yet advanced enough to fetch us warm meals from restaurants of our liking, it still is a step in the right direction.
This would be a welcome addition to our office. And the fact that it's developed by my alma mater would make it even nicer to have around, plus it would give me some more bragging rights around the office.
I can hear the health and ergonomic experts saying that this would be harmful because it would further decrease your need to get up and walk around, but hey, more drinks mean more bathroom breaks, right? And aren't bathrooms further than the snack rooms in most offices? Think about it...
Take a look at this article entitled It's not just about how many hours you work. I would have to agree with him and say no, hours really is not a good measure of productivity. Why? Well because how productive you are during a hour varies from person to person. In fact, it varies from hour to hour between the same person. I've noticed this with myself. There are times when I'm on a roll and get loads of high-quality work done in very little time. Then there are times when I just can't seem to pick up any momentum and have a hard time getting anything productive done.
So during my low productivity times, is the answer to work more hours so that I can get the same amount of work done? Absolutely not. Working more hours during this time will just mean that I will spend more time being unproductive. As the author of the above article points out, your brain needs to take a break in order to be productive; it can't just keep working at full-speed all the time. In addition, he makes another point which I've found to be true for myself. Stepping away from my work often helps me solve the problem. When I'm away, my subconscious goes to work, such that when I get back to work, my mind has already solved the problem and all that's left to do is implement it. If instead of taking a break I continue to work at the problem, I may or may not solve the problem. Sometimes you just need to step away from the front lines of the problem to be able to grasp the whole situation from a distance.
This doesn't mean that every time you come across a problem you should step away and when you return it will magically be solved by your brain. I'm just saying that often times, a break and step-away is what is needed. So this brings us back to the argument. If you do believe that breaks are productive, then how do you measure productivity in hours? You work lots of hours and don't get much done because of mind blocks...so high hours = low productivity? And then you step away and have an epiphany and solve the problem almost instantaneously on return...so low (almost zero) hours = high productivity?
So where do we stand then? The entire work world revolves around the hour, so it's not going anywhere anytime soon. Productivity will continue to be judged based on the hour for a long time to come, and there is not much that can be done about that. Just don't get sucked into blindly believing the hours = productivity argument, because now, you know better. When doing estimation and planning and when measuring your own productiveness, you should use different metrics to see how well you're doing.
Yes, you read right. Music that plays at the whims of your feet (and other body parts, if you're falling down...). Plus, it's healthy for you.
Would this make you more inclined to use the stairs? If I had these at work, I just might start using the stairs more...all nine stories of them! Okay, probably not, but I might take a few stories and then fall back to the elevator for the rest.
Would this make you more inclined to use the stairs? If I had these at work, I just might start using the stairs more...all nine stories of them! Okay, probably not, but I might take a few stories and then fall back to the elevator for the rest.
What if you lived your life in Twitter, limiting your conversations to 140 characters at a time. It would definitely lead to some weird and hilarious conversations. Just keep in mind that "You're fired" can be said in multiple ways, all of which require nowhere close to 140 characters...
[via Twatif?]
Now who doesn't need this? I don't care what you say, there has been some point in time at your work where you wish you had this stamp (even though you probably wouldn't realistically use this, well, unless your colleagues were really understanding or you were looking to get kicked to the curb).
The need of this stamp has a direct correlation to the amount of bureaucracy in your company-- the more the bureaucracy, the more you'd want to ink this pattern across the crazy documents that may make their rounds through your desk.
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