Office Archive

Whether you’re working from home or at the office, a desk job has many perks. For one thing, you don’t have to go out in foul weather. For another thing, your risk of getting severely hurt on the job is virtually nonexistent. You get to spend most of your day in a chair, in a comfortable heated or air conditioned environment. This is one reason …

Over the past two years, remote work has become a more and more popular option. Even as the pandemic – hopefully – moves into its final phase, many people continue to work from home. In retrospect, this shouldn’t be surprising. Businesses pay a lot of money to rent commercial office space. If an employee is just as productive from home, the rent on their cubicle …

If you or a loved one is hearing impaired, it can be tough to keep in touch via phone. Texting is just fine for basic tasks, but it’s not exactly conducive to in-depth conversation. Even with voice-to-text, longer messages get chopped up, and sometimes come in out-of-order. Not only that, but if your eyes aren’t what they used to be, it can be tough to …

As we age, our bodies don’t always work as well as they used to. It’s harder to move around, and tasks that used to be routine are a lot harder to do. One of the most frustrating aspects of aging is our deteriorating vision. To be fair, a lot of issues can be fixed with a good set of glasses, or even with reading glasses. …

The world went paperless years ago. But there are a couple of holdouts, a few things which everybody still does with paper. Perhaps most notably, business cards. They remain the most common way to quickly exchange contact information, and like any form of paper-based media, they can end up creating clutter. If you’re only managing two or three business cards, then it’s no big deal …