I recently shared a screenshot of a pop-up note from Slack, the group-chat software my colleagues and I use, with the caption, “Oh, a fresh, more focused Slack.” Little did I know, this update would cause a wave of complaints and frustrations. Some even jokingly declared they would take the rest of the month off …
Tired of receiving work emails on a Sunday afternoon? Well, according to Axios HQ, a communications software company, Sunday afternoons might actually be the best time for bosses to send emails. In a study analyzing nearly 9 million company emails, it was found that emails sent between 3pm and 6pm on Sundays had a 94% …
Two summers ago, a patient gazing out of his hospital window in Belgium spotted an abandoned magpie’s nest made of plastic and wire in a tree. Coincidentally, he had just read an article about a Dutch biologist who studies bird nests constructed from discarded materials. Intrigued, he sent an email, leading to a visit from …
Switching from driving a stick-shift car to an automatic one was a change I didn’t mind, as I relinquished control of gear-changing to a machine. However, when spell checkers became available, it was a different story. I didn’t want a mechanical device constantly correcting my typing and changing words like “hte” to “the.” Being a …
If you’re planning a summer break, one important task to complete before leaving is setting up an out-of-office auto-responder for your inbox. While it may seem like a simple task, many of us make mistakes when creating these messages. The first mistake is not using one at all. Angela Karachristos, a career coach with experience …