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Dubai's New Remote Work Visa Program Will Allow People to Live in the Emirate for One Year

Dubai is now on the growing list of places offering new programs to lure remote workers.

Erin Blaskie

The Transactional Nature of Remote Work & How It's Killing Workplace Culture

Today’s remote work environment is not remote-work-done-well.

This is …

GitLab

Embracing asynchronous communication

Asynchronous communication is a significant differentiator in a world where businesses are increasingly remote. …

UN Development Programme

Understanding digital nomads

The lifestyle of digital nomads is seen as reflective of current and coming trends. By seeing who they are and what they do, …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #135

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 30 new remote jobs, a feature on Doist and the week’s top remote work …

Hakai Magazine

The Island That Humans Can't Conquer

A faraway island in Alaska has had its share of visitors, but none can remain for long on its shores.

The Economist

Zoom and gloom

The transition to remote work is welcome. But it will be painful.

Harvard Business Review

Navigating Office Politics When There Is No Office

Even without the office, it’s naïve to expect office politics to disappear, much like a company’s culture …

Preetam Nath

Why you should write

Before proceeding further, I must make one thing clear. While I personally prefer writing, the message here is to create …

Manuel Darcemont

Advice to my young self: to succeed in your career, forget side projects and focus on your job

To develop my career, I was spending a lot of time outside work reading technical books, doing toy projects, going to …

Slack

Rewiring how we work: building a new employee experience for a digital-first world

The pandemic has given us a golden opportunity to redesign the world of work. We have no choice but to work differently. We …

Life & Muse

The home office reveal: A battle of form and function

Conventional wisdom says we spend a third of our lives in bed, so we should invest in a good mattress. By that measure, we …

Work Life by Atlassian

How to debug distributed teamwork, as suggested by new research

We surveyed thousands of workers across the globe to see how COVID-19 and the sudden shift to working from home has affected …

WIRED

How Work Became an Inescapable Hellhole

Instead of optimizing work, technology has created a nonstop barrage of notifications and interactions. Six months into a …

TODAY

It's not you, it's work. The pandemic workday is 48 minutes longer with more meetings

According to a recent study from the National Bureau of Economic Research, the average workday is 48.5 minutes longer than it …

Dropbox

Dropbox goes Virtual First

Starting today, Dropbox is becoming a Virtual First company. Remote work (outside an office) will be the primary experience …

Ars Technica

Yesterday's corporate network design isn't working for working from home

In the Before Times, telework was an interesting idea that tech companies were just starting to seriously flirt with as a …

The Verge

Microsoft is letting more employees work from home permanently

Microsoft is allowing more of its employees to work from home permanently, the company announced Friday. While the vast …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #134

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 37 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Reddit

Anyone else worried about being old and broke?

Any of you guys have the same fears about being broke when old? Any advice on how to handle those fears, or even how to avoid …

Fast Company

How I designed the ultimate Zoom-friendly home office

A director at Facebook recently redid his remote work setup to include a DSLR camera, standing desk, and Samsung Frame TV. …

Vasili Shynkarenka

How to remember what you learn

Make it time-based, apply metacognition & active recall, and learn what you’re curious about.

Bloomberg

Microsoft CEO Says Remote Work Can Feel Like 'Sleeping at Work'

Online meetings can make employees tired and make it difficult to transition from a work mindset to private life, the …

The Jungle Gym

The Minimum Viable Good Life

Let me tell you a story about the future of work.

My blog

I built a lay-down desk

You probably have seen an ads for the altwork desk a $7000 desk that let you work laying down. Spending a big part of my day …

Point Nine Land

Want to look better than natural on your next video call?

With the entire world moving into social distancing about six months ago it became clear that if anything I’ll spend …

Farnam Street

Why Life Can't Be Simpler

When we wish for things to be simpler, we usually mean we want products and services to have fewer steps, fewer controls, …

PhocusWire

Airbnb courts digital nomads as it continues push for long-term stays

“Historically, we think of digital nomads as a very millennial thing,” says Airbnb vice president and general …

Business Insider

Google's CEO says the future of work involves a 'hybrid model' and the company is already reconfiguring its offices for employee 'on-sites'

“We firmly believe that in-person, being together, having that sense of community, is super important for whenever you …