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Julien Odent

Lean into procrastination

When you procrastinate, your brain is sending you a message. It’s telling you that it has already solved the problem, …

The Startup

4 Practical Ways to Avoid Zoom Fatigue

I’ve been trying to figure out why, exactly, I’m so drained at the end of every Zoom meeting — and now we know. A …

The Washington Post

Like summer camp for grown-ups: The pandemic is changing the digital nomad scene

From nomad villages to “slowmadism,” the uptick in remote work has ushered in a new wave of nomads.

Elad Blog

Back To The Office

There are 3 future models for work, with lots of gray area in between. Each company will chose their own model from below. I …

André Jonas

Remote Work Interviews, Part I: Applying

In the following 2 months I’ve applied to remote positions with over 10 companies hiring remotely such as 1Password, …

Skift

Digital Nomad Visas May End Up Being a Bureaucratic Hell for Big Companies

There’s momentum building to make remote work a reality at some of the more progressive multinational companies, but …

Basecamp

The Basecamp Guide to Internal Communication

The how, where, why, and when we communicate. Long form asynchronous? Real-time chat? In-person? Video? Verbal? Written? Via …

Off Grid Permaculture

Free Land — Living Off Grid With No Money

If you are like me, the biggest obstacle to the dream of living off grid is money. Today, I thought I would help out wannabe …

Another Podcast

Who's in the office? Notes on a year of remote work.

We left the office a year ago and haven’t been back, but now we’re starting to plan a return. What will surprise …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #194

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 48 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Jumpstart

Asynchronous communication for meaningful decisions, fair evaluations and fast learning

Not a week goes by and another company publishes its commitment to embrace post-pandemic remote work.

The overwhelming answer …

Insider

Zillow is adopting a hybrid model of work, but its CEO says it's trying to prevent one major downside: a 'two-class system' where those who come into the office are viewed as better employees

What Barton is alluding to is that idea that employees who choose to report to the office either some of the time or …

Insider

Japan has appointed a 'Minister of Loneliness' after seeing suicide rates in the country increase for the first time in 11 years

Japan has appointed a “Minister of Loneliness” to take try and reduce loneliness and social isolation among its …

Insider

Lead urbanism expert Richard Florida's response on how big cities will thrive during the new era of remote work

One of the great ironies of the pandemic is that it fundamentally changes the game of economic development from chasing …

NBER

Housing Consumption and the Cost of Remote Work

Prior to the pandemic, the expenditure share on housing was more than seven percent higher for remote households compared to …

Ynetnews

Israel is surprising location for digital nomads

Likely to be one of the first countries to open its borders thanks to its world-leading vaccination drive, Israel could see …

Reuters

Share of U.S. workers holding multiple jobs is rising, new Census report shows

The share of Americans working more than one job to make ends meet has been growing over the past two decades, and the pay …

BBC

How your space shapes the way you view remote work

The quality of your workspace shapes your work-from-home experience – so perceptions on whether remote work is succeeding …

McKinsey Global Institute

The future of work after COVID-19

Considering only remote work that can be done without a loss of productivity, we find that about 20 to 25 percent of the …

Motherboard

U.S. Airports No Longer Have to Build Their Own Terrible Trains

The byzantine bureaucratic rule that made useful airport connections to mass transit difficult is finally gone. Its legacy …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #202

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 46 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Harvard Business Review

How to Be Funny at Work

Research shows that teams that laugh together are more engaged and creative. So how do we bring more humor into the …

George Blackshaw

"Location-Based Pay" - Who Are You to Complain?

Should remote workers have their pay reduced if they move somewhere cheap? It’s a popular debate as COVID ravages the …

Increment

Ask an expert: How can engineers ace their remote job interviews?

Best practices for crafting your resume, doing your research, and—hopefully—landing the job.

Spotify

Distributed-First Is the Future of Work at Spotify

Today, Spotify is proud to introduce Work From Anywhere (WFA), a new way of collaborating that allows Spotifiers to work from …

Rado's Blog

Measuring the output of remote teams

“Are people working” is the wrong question. The right question is, “are we delivering” and “are …

Levels

How Levels Does Meetings

Since we don’t have an office and can’t rely on everyone being in the same place at the same time, we tend to …

The New York Times

Reddit Is America's Unofficial Unemployment Hotline

As hiring stalls and the economy shows signs of slowing again, the continued popularity of r/Unemployment underscores how the …

Reset Work

How to succeed with remote and hybrid work

Almost a year later, what do we really know about how to manage remote work better? And how can we best prepare for the …