It has been a long-drawn discussion whether all of these advances in technology has made us fat, particularly office junkies who spend a good part of our lives hacking away at keyboards and staring at monitor screens.
Perhaps the only movement you’d do is to walk towards the coffee dispenser to drown vats of [...]

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Now this is absolutely a killer home office set-up I found on Digg. This is Stefan Didak’s home office.
Now my home office rig seems so… so pitiful compared to this rig. It makes me cry.
Anyway, you can view the gallery here and his FAQ (yes he has for this rig!) here.

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As a follow-up on my office ergonomics tips for business owners post, I’m posting this one on telephones.
I’ve seen far too many front desk people cradle phones between their shoulder and neck. It’s really bad for them. So if you ever do that, you might want to consider these tips on phone ergonomics:

Don’t cradle [...]

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Starting a small business may force you to beg and borrow rather than invest immediately on high-end stuff. And there’s a good reason for that. You really have to manage you cash flow first.
But what if you workers will be sitting on worn-out chairs? Sooner or later, they’ll be complaining about bad backs. Discomfort, [...]

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I know the feeling of just being stuck in your desk for a good part of the office day rushing some important reports or business plan. If stress has crept up on you, then you better relax a bit. But you’ve got not much time, right? How about thirty seconds?
Here’s one good stretching exercise [...]

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Nothing sustains businesses more than satisfied customers. And BW Online has chosen their picks on who are the best in satisfying their clients.
And here they are:

USAA
FOUR SEASONS HOTELS AND RESORTS
CADILLAC
NORDSTROM
WEGMANS FOOD MARKETS
EDWARD JONES
LEXUS
UPS
ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR
STARBUCKS
THE RITZ-CARLTON
AMICA INSURANCE
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
WASHINGTON MUTUAL
CABELA’S
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL
PORSCHE
APPLE Electronics
PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS
HERTZ
FEDEX Shipping
JW MARRIOTT HOTELS & RESORTS
T-MOBILE
BUICK Automotive
LINCOLN Automotive

Source: Business Week Online

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Google Apps for Your Domain is the collection of Google applications (already in circulation) that you can freely post on your domain. Much like this one:

It really helps small organizations provide Google services for all its users. So far, it features:

Custom Start Page
Gmail
Google Talk
Google Calendar
Google Page Creator

Now news has it that Google [...]

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I’ve been rally hyping on office suites for their use as free and quick (no set-up required) document manager and collaboration software. So far I’ve only really used Google Docs and Spreadsheets until I stumbled upon a few others that you might want to consider.
Here they are:

Google Docs and Spreadsheets
Ajax 13
ThinkFree Office Online
Zoho Office [...]

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There’s a lot of things to sell over the Web like products, services, and ideas. In essence, to sell these things, you got to have a good grounding on some marketing basics. Forget about SEOs and blogging tools for a minute and let’s get back to some old school marketing basics -which by my [...]

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Some critical decisions don’t need to be made immediately. And when you’re faced with one and you have the luxury of time, then don’t do anything, especially if your gut and that little voice inside your head are telling you different things.
It’s, most of the the time, best to take your mind off it [...]

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Here’s something for a quick laugh. Ever wonder how your job is making you age disgracefully? You might want to check out this cool Flash-based “aging” progam. It’s Age-o-matic from Careerbuilder.com.
It lets you load a picture. You set some details about work environment with quips like “If my job was an animal, it would [...]

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Disgruntled employees are proven to be management headache. While most won’t probably bring a gun along with his lunch bag and start a shooting spree during the mid-day crunch, they’re still liable to hurt your company even in small doses. Retaliation may come in many forms from the petty stuff like the theft of [...]

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Losing count of what you have and what you spend can be a dangerous thing. I’ve come across people who have made the fatal mistake of overspending or, worse, spending money that they don’t have and won’t probably earn in a long time.
But here’s one advice to help you not to get into that [...]

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Perhaps one thing that most people neglect is their business cards. If you collect other people’s business card (some even have those little albums for them) try to see which ones stand out. The problem with business cards today is that many of them are too lame. Home-made ones are a dead give away [...]

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Who ever said that napping in the office is for slackers? Surely it depends on when and how you take your naps. But after pulling a late night in the office last night, how will you be able to muster enough strength to get through another day? And the rising competitive nature of the [...]

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