Communication, culture, connection. These are often cited as things that will be hard to cultivate or maintain in a remote work environment. Nonsense! All three of those are easily solved by adding emojis to your communication repertoire. It’s true that text has limitations when compared with talking in-person, where you can (sometimes) deduce intent through … Continue reading Emojis: the secret to distributed work
I really do love my new office setup. I sat at my desk working today and heard an alarming CLANK from the window sill. Our cat’s tail had whacked the ceramic salad plate that holds one of my plants. I peeked over my computer monitor — since my desk now faces the window — to … Continue reading Cats and leaves
I sat outside most of the afternoon yesterday. Wind rustled the leaves in the trees, the sun shone bright in a crystal blue sky, and goldfinches entertained me throughout. On my lunch break, I sat on the deck and watched a sunshine yellow finch bob on the seedhead of a spent echinacea flower. The spiky … Continue reading Goldfinch delight
It’s slipper season again. I bought a new pair last week, and my husband teased me about my love for slippers. Something something about how many pairs I go through. My feet get cold. What can I say? I’ve had a lot of slippers through the years, and once I started working from home, they … Continue reading Slippers I’ve worn
A few weeks ago, I found myself avoiding my home office. I’d start my day down there, but by midmorning I was desperate to get out. My office space is a diminutive utility room in our finished basement. It’s half underground, and along with my desk and bookshelf, it houses the fuse boxes, water heater, … Continue reading Office refresh
I hit a big milestone at work yesterday. A bucket list milestone. The company I work for, Automattic, makes the WordPress.com blogging software: the software I use to publish this blog. This same software powers the internal communication tool we use so that 1532 of us in 82 countries can work together without having to … Continue reading One Million Words
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