With gas prices rising rapidly, the advantages of working from a home office seem to be increasing. Not only is the act of commuting stressful for many, but now it is costing you a lot more to get to your job.
Unfortunately the telecommuting trend seems to be reversing a bit. Some of the [...]

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In a recent post I mentioned that the Arawak Beach Inn confiscates your electronic devices upon checking in. It’s their way of helping to ensure that you have a peaceful, stress-free vacation.
However, not everyone is willing to go to this extreme. For those, myself included, who like a bit of outside communication at [...]

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“Where did I put that document?” is often a common plaint when desks are stacked with piles of paper. However the same thing may happen with our electronic files even though, being out of sight, they don’t scream for organization.
The best way of handling electronic documents would be to have obviously labeled folders, and [...]

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Here’s one more dig at multitasking: a study reported by the Wall Street Journal (January 3) suggests that drivers who are talking on cell phones drive slower and that interferes with the flow of traffic.
Are you surprised by that? Probably not. In my time management seminars, one of our focal points is [...]

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Did you receive some new tools this Christmas? By tools I include electronic games, cell phones, and cameras along with traditional tools that now may include sonic tape measures and self-leveling lasers.
If you are like so many of us, even a couple of weeks later you are still trying to figure out some of the [...]

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As we’ve seen in the news lately, air travel is taking more and more of our time. Not only do we need to get to the airport early enough to park and go through the extensive security measures, now we have to count on delays in our flights. According to the Chicago Tribune, in the [...]

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The Blackberry outage that occurred last month reminded many people of how much their lives depend on a smoothly functioning electronic world. When 61 million subscribers, used to instant communications, suffered a blackout, two things resulted:

Initial panic or, at a minimum, frustration
A backlog of mail, slowing productivity the next day
While that shutdown was not something [...]

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Managing time becomes difficult when you get lost browsing through miscellaneous Internet sites. Internet involvement can consume many hours of in an already-tight schedule. Consider the following:
More than 1 in 20 adults surveyed said their relationships have suffered from excessive use of the Internet.
An additional 12% said they frequently remain online longer than they [...]

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Writing this after just deplaning from a business trip, I’ve been observing how many people on the plane snapped open their cell phones as soon as the wheels touched down. Conversations began in front of me, behind me, and next to me. While pulling their luggage from the overhead racks, they were still [...]

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