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20 votes
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San Francisco office sells for a stunning 90% discount from 2016 price
28 votes -
Return to office policies do not improve company value, but do make employees miserable: Study
83 votes -
The home-working revolution is harming younger workers: Bosses who insist on a return to the office are demonised — but turning up is better for your career
18 votes -
‘Don’t mess with us’: WebMD parent company demands return to office in bizarre video
68 votes -
With offices sitting empty, US landlords are ‘handing back the keys’
18 votes -
Bosses imposed rigid policies requiring return to the office. Now they’re facing a wave of legal battles.
39 votes -
The future of the office is cozy
20 votes -
Join me on an exclusive tour of two remarkable fire stations in Columbus, Indiana
3 votes -
Can someone recommend me a great bluetooth keyboard for my home office?
Looking for a good wireless (probably bluetooth, but happy to hear if something other than bluetooth is recommended for a good reason) keyboard to use with my home laptop/dock setup. I've ben...
Looking for a good wireless (probably bluetooth, but happy to hear if something other than bluetooth is recommended for a good reason) keyboard to use with my home laptop/dock setup.
I've ben using my laptop's keyboard while plugged into my dock which is probably less than ideal ergonomic-wise and am looking to improve things.
I don't need to be a fullsize or compact keyboard - I think my sweet spot would be middle size with a number pad. I'm somewhat aware of mechanical keyboards but will admit my complete ignorance as to their benefits (other than sounding nice when you type?) and so am open to those if there are more tangible benefits that I'm just totally ignorant about. Battery life would be important as charging it constantly could get a bit annoying.
Appreciate any input you all have!
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Are you using WiFi 6E in a home/home office setting? Have you seen any benefit to the 6GHz channel?
I'm curious if anyone here is currently using the 6GHz channel with WiFi 6E devices and whether you're seeing a benefit in your experience. Do you feel it was worth purchasing a router/access...
I'm curious if anyone here is currently using the 6GHz channel with WiFi 6E devices and whether you're seeing a benefit in your experience. Do you feel it was worth purchasing a router/access point with WiFi 6E over WiFi 6? I've been following the rollout of WiFi 6E for a while but I haven't heard much real world feedback.
Context: I have 3 access points at home all at the WiFi 5 standard and I'm considering updating each to WiFi 6/6E. I have few (if any) 6E devices at the minute but would plan to keep the access points for at least 5 years or more.
P.S. this is my first post so apologies if it's in the wrong location or a duplicate. I searched and found no other WiFi 6E discussions ✌️
33 votes -
Meeting bloat has taken over corporate America. Can it be stopped?
46 votes -
Zoom CEO reportedly tells staff: Workers can't build trust or collaborate... on Zoom
52 votes -
The Baťa Skyscraper in Zlín, Czechia is a landmark of architecture. And inside it, the office of Jan Antonín Baťa... is an elevator.
13 votes -
The war on remote work has nothing to do with productivity - the goal is avoiding a commercial real estate crash
132 votes -
Want employees to return to the office? Then give each one an office.
116 votes -
Grindr has issued a return-to-office policy requiring US staff to relocate to other cities, just two weeks after its workers announced they were unionizing
31 votes -
Remote work to wipe out $800 billion from office values, McKinsey says
84 votes -
Outdoor office build, ideas and tips please
I'm in England, this is going to matter with this. My wife's business has outgrown a small office space. She does HTV clothing and accessories, mugs, etc. Basically, personalised vinyl and...
I'm in England, this is going to matter with this.
My wife's business has outgrown a small office space. She does HTV clothing and accessories, mugs, etc. Basically, personalised vinyl and sublimation. The equipment she uses is large, A3 printers, dye cutter (Cricut but about to get an A2 bad boy) and probably an A2 printer too.
I've been looking for 5m squared log cabins and similar. Something like this would be an ideal shape. One wall, floor to ceiling, will be dedicated to storage of vinyl, mugs, t shirts, etc. hence thinking there's no point in going A frame style.
I'm assuming 15cm deep concrete base by whatever size the cabin will be, squared, plus 30cm to make sure the base is big enough.
Thoughts?
Do I build something myself or spend out on the Lego cabin style everyone seems to be selling in 44mm timber? Do I put in the base and build my own cabin around it using straight timber and sheet materials from merchants?
There's two main factors for me, cost and insulation. As she's using it for storing clothing it needs to not get damp so it'll need to be a good material and probably will need a dehumidifier in and on all year round when the door is closed. Do I sheet in layers with insulation foam?
Anyway, you get the idea. Links and general advice is welcome.
14 votes -
So you want to turn an office building into a home?
41 votes -
Does anyone have recommendations on an office or gaming chair for short people? Preferably something that doesn’t absolutely break the bank?
My girlfriend and I have been in the market for new computer chairs at home, as we have been getting increasingly uncomfortable in our existing chairs. We are both shorter people (both under 5’5”)...
My girlfriend and I have been in the market for new computer chairs at home, as we have been getting increasingly uncomfortable in our existing chairs. We are both shorter people (both under 5’5”) and the problem we’ve been coming across is in most chairs (even the ones I’ve found for “short” people) tend to have seat depths of 16+ inches. What ends up happening is the edge of the seat ends up pushing into our calves leading to bad posture because we can’t sit up fully to the back of the chair unless our lower back gets leaned forward a bit due to the size of the seat depth. This leads to bad posture and back pain.
So I’m curious fellow short people of Tildes, does anyone have any recommendations for a more comfortable and ergonomic chair for short people?
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Those of you with standing desks, how are finding them and would you recommend?
I work from home 5 days a week and have done for years with the same chair (it’s nothing fancy). After a couple of hectic days at work this week I’ve found my back hurting. I’ve never had this...
I work from home 5 days a week and have done for years with the same chair (it’s nothing fancy). After a couple of hectic days at work this week I’ve found my back hurting. I’ve never had this issue before as I usually take pretty regular breaks.
I’ve been toying with the idea of a sit stand desk so when I’m busy I can still take a break from sitting.
Does anyone else have experience and insight into the pros and cons?
Thanks
40 votes -
The delinquency rate of US Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS) backed by office properties jumped to 4.5% by loan balance in June
22 votes -
An Australian project management company is suing Twitter for $700,000 in unpaid bills
28 votes -
What is productivity, and is it a reasonable lever to force a return to office?
25 votes -
Twitter evicted from Colorado offices over unpaid rent
28 votes -
Google has officially changed its mind about remote work
62 votes -
Amazon employees stage walkout over return-to-office mandate, climate goals, and layoffs
11 votes -
Google’s eighty-acre San Jose mega-campus is on hold as company reckons with economic slowdown
7 votes -
So you want to turn an office building into a home?
10 votes -
Engineering the world’s most complex office building, in Antwerp, Belgium
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My company offers a stipend of $150/quarter to improve my home office
It's six months and I haven't spent it yet. What do I need that I don't realize I need? I already have multiple monitors, keyboards, etc. Separate headphones (that I don't use because I don't need...
It's six months and I haven't spent it yet.
What do I need that I don't realize I need?
I already have multiple monitors, keyboards, etc. Separate headphones (that I don't use because I don't need to shut the door often), microphone (doesn't make a difference), and other obvious tech toys. I bought a new UPS right before I started the job.
It's a nice problem to have: "I don't need anything." But surely I should spend money on SOMEthing?
12 votes -
Cake in the office should be viewed like passive smoking, says UK food regulator
13 votes -
Why India doesn’t build skyscrapers
9 votes -
Gothenburg is on a $100bn building spree
6 votes -
What Twitter’s move to shutter offices signals for Big Tech
11 votes -
Is the open-plan office heading to the grave?
5 votes -
CF Møller's kaleidoscopic Lego campus debuts in Denmark
4 votes -
Fall on walk from bed to desk is workplace accident, German court rules
17 votes -
Cows using virtual reality and the future of work
5 votes -
Google's 'hypocritical' remote work policies anger employees, after a senior executive announced he's moving to New Zealand in what some workers consider special treatment
13 votes -
The filing cabinet was critical to the information infrastructure of the 20th-century. Like most infrastructure, it was usually overlooked.
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Work from home expert Nicholas Bloom, a Stanford economist, says office space will get more collaborative, and you’ll still be working from home (just not as much)
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At some point, many people will return to office life, at least part time. How do you think that'll affect work behavior and the tools for it (Slack, Zoom, etc.)?
What product features would you hope the vendors would add in preparation for that eventuality? For example... For the last year, we all have had “one connection, one face on screen.” That’s given...
What product features would you hope the vendors would add in preparation for that eventuality?
For example... For the last year, we all have had “one connection, one face on screen.” That’s given everyone a kind of equality, where we each have an equal seat at the table. (With or without cat filters.) Now we have to contemplate returning to an environment where SOME people are in the office, and thus huddled around a conference table, and the rest of the team is working from home. It was like that in the Before Times, but now everybody is more cognizant of the disadvantages… not the least of which is the poor video organization in conference rooms. Few companies are smart enough to install a camera that’s pointed at the people around the conference table, for instance, however simple/cheap an option that is.
14 votes -
20,000 honey bees took over a tech company’s empty office during lockdown
23 votes -
Amazon unveils a proposed design for "The Helix", the second phase of its Arlington, Virginia headquarters
9 votes -
Tomorrow’s World: Office of the Future (1969)
7 votes -
I built a tiny home office… then I lost my job
9 votes -
Lawn chairs and kitchen tables - Ergonomics in the involuntary work-from-home era
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Amid protests, Norway's government has begun tearing down a landmark building adorned with giant murals by Pablo Picasso
5 votes