For all those people who complain about my pictures of food, somebody else’s pictures of babies, Justin Bieber photos, and the like, here’s something to try: get rather. This sounds like a handy tool for anyone who hasn’t been blessed with patience or can’t figure out the “unsubscribe” button.
A few weeks back, there was this story about Sarah Sharp quitting Linux kernel development due to some issues she had with communications on the Linux kernel mailing list (aka LMKL). Â I never cared much about this sort of things, so I skipped the story altogether (people disagree, no big deal). Today I was catching … Continue reading On acting professionally
It’s been said many times that you can’t buy happiness with money.  The Washington Post runs the article about the research that begs to differ: Not only did the extra income appear to lower the instance of behavioral and emotional disorders among the children, but, perhaps even more important, it also boosted two key personality traits that tend … Continue reading Money vs. happiness
One of the very few things we still rely on from Microsoft at work is Office 365. Not because it is so great, but because I simply didn’t have the time to move away yet (quiet Christmas season is coming soon). Most people don’t get exposed much to it anyway, using Evolution or Thunderbird email … Continue reading Office 365 Lync Online SRV DNS records on Amazon Route 53
Remote work is a complex subject. Â More and more individuals want to do it, yet very few companies offer it. Â Communications, project management, knowledge sharing, remunerations, time tracking, team building – are just some of the issues. Here’s the list of 10 companies that are very successful with their remote work cultures (read the article … Continue reading Top 10 companies winning at remote work culture and their secrets