Archive for October, 2007

Reception Area - Cubicle Survival Guide

October 29, 2007 by Joey

 
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Drawing parallels from the kitchen area, find out how to make your reception area more welcoming.
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Organization - Cubicles Survival Guide

October 22, 2007 by Joey

 
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Are you a piler of filer? Find out how one workspace can accommodate three different types of organizing methods.
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Green - Episode Notes

October 21, 2007 by Joey

While the Green Episode focused more on ideas and less on products, I’d like to share where I got some of the numbers and links to some of the certifications mentioned.
Buildings have a profound effect on the environment, which is why green building practices are so important to reduce and perhaps one day eliminate those [...]

Workspaces and Chairs Now on YouTube and Current TV

October 21, 2007 by Joey

I’m slowly rolling out each episode on YouTube to make it easier to watch and share. If you prefer to get the episodes this way, you can subscribe to the Cubicles Channel.
I’m also putting the episodes on Current TV for the chance they might get greenlit for broadcast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHfSA5ZUs5o

Workspaces on YouTube and Current TV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T7e7UjWv3o

Chairs on YouTube [...]

How to Make Your E-mail Greener

October 9, 2007 by Joey

Yesterday I received an e-mail and found this great line (in green font) in the signature:
Please consider the environment before printing my email
It’s a simple reminder that makes people think twice before clicking print.

Green - Cubicles Survival Guide

October 8, 2007 by Joey

 
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In the United States alone, buildings account for 38% of CO2 emissions, making them one of the largest producers of greenhouse gases. This comes from energy to heat and cool, power for the many electronics, power to light the interior, and many other factors.
This episode explores what is being done to make buildings, and the [...]

Meetings - Links Memo

October 7, 2007 by Joey

I couldn’t find any of the exact products mentioned in Meetings, so there won’t be show notes. Instead here are some links that expand on some of the ideas in Meetings.
Cisco TelePresence

This is the next generation of videoconferencing. I first saw this featured in some episodes of 24. As you can see from the picture, [...]

Groups - Links Memo

October 5, 2007 by Joey

Here are some articles and examples expanding upon how we mostly work in groups.
The State of the Cubicle
Covering factors that create a fluid workspace, two of them are:
Adaptability for teams: Steelcase researchers use the term “huddling around content” to convey the idea that teams typically meet for very specific purposes and may need access to [...]

Happy Cubicle Day

October 1, 2007 by Joey

I have no idea how official this is, but apparently today is National Cubicle Day. I stumbled upon this when a Google Alert brought the October listing in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette to my attention.
After doing a search, there is the National Cubicle Day website, that lasted for all of one year. That was on [...]

Meetings - Cubicles Survival Guide

October 1, 2007 by Joey

 
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Meetings, bloody meetings. Occasionally they can be productive, but most of the time you’re left twirling in your chair while simple issues that could be resolved over email are discussed. This episode focuses on some cool, high tech meeting spaces that will hopefully make things more productive.
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