Microsoft goes on the attack in battle for tablet supremacy

Microsoft’s Windows 8 tablets are supposed to challenge the dominance of Apple’s iPad. And this time they’re coming out fighting, with two ads that challenge Apple head to head. Here’s the first one, which tries to convince you that Windows has the better numbers in terms of weight, size and being able to do more stuff.

Should we all be working a four day week?

Momentum is gathering behind the idea that Monday to Friday jobs may not be so hot for the company or for society as a whole. This isn’t a new idea. Philosophers from Confucius to Karl Marx and Bertrand Russell have contended that we work too much. Other radical philosophers have argued that we shouldn’t even bother working at all.

Open plan offices bad for focus

Most of us now work in an open plan office, which we’ve come to know as the typical workplace domain. But this may not be the ideal layout, according to one of the world’s most prominent design firms Gesler.

A regular day at the office for Daniel Keatings

 
This is just a normal day at the office for Daniel Keatings, a leading gymnast who is currently sponsored by Opus Energy, a UK energy firm. With the help of the UK energy firm, Daniel is hoping to make the cut for the 2016 Olympics. Opus Energy helps the gymnast out with competition entry fees and travel expenses -- and in return, he stars in these awesome videos.

Flouting summer dress codes in the office

 
In an ideal world, we’d all be able to wear whatever we choose. Dress codes wouldn’t be an issue because we’d all be comfortable with the status of our relationships – work or social, formal or friendly – that we wouldn’t need to dress ‘appropriately’. Hell, who even cares what you or anybody else thinks is appropriate!

Is your office causing you ill health?

According to new research by ergonomic specialists Fellowes, the majority of office workers suffer ill health as a result of their working environment. Seven out of ten office workers said they have suffered headaches, back pain or depression as a direct result of their office.

Very concept of office job confuses Redditor

It’s unclear whether it was a wind-up or not, but one Reddit user posted an astoundingly dense question on the site: “What exactly do people do in office jobs?”

Putting business speak in your office's swear jar

 

Meaningless phrases regularly slip into the wider lexicon through office culture. You know, yawners like, “I’m looking for everyone to give a hundred-and-ten-percent. We need team players who work hard, have good attention to detail…”

Business etiquette from a New York Times grumpster

The New York Times knows a thing or two about style, etiquette and manners. As one of the world’s most prestigious news sources, it has its fair share of pedantic readers itching to spot an error in style or tone. Its letters pages are always full of such immaculate fussiness, and it even calls itself the world's most authoritative newspaper.

Top 5 most annoying office habits

The boss of Yahoo recently banned employees from working from home. This means a reluctant return to the Yahoo office for some of internet giant’s more elusive colleagues. Besides the obvious irony of an a web firm banning working from home when we used to think the internet would enable us all to do just that, it poses the question of what was so bad about office work in the first place. Besides the daily commute, which will figure in most white collar workers’ pet hates, it’s often our co-workers who make the office so unbearable. So if you care enough about your colleagues to make life a little more bearable for them, you can start by not doing any of this stuff.