My Review Of Bond Collective In East Austin I visited Bond Collective in East Austin on Friday, October 6, 2023, at 2:30 PM. Rating: 4.9 stars Bond Collective in East Austin is a beautiful, modern coworking space with a slant toward community: people work out in the park, attend multiple events per month, drink coffee and beer together, and bring their pets. Who it’s for:…
My Review Of Common Desk in Austin I visited Common Desk (the 6th & Congress location) in Austin, Texas on Friday, October 6, 2023 @ 2:00 pm. Rating: 4.8 stars Common Desk’s 6th & Congress location is a beautiful, greenhouse-like space spanning two floors. It’s a hip and trendy spot downtown with a young, entrepreneurial crowd. Who it’s for: Younger, entrepreneurial, networking crowd I ranked…
You’re tired of choosing between your mouse and your cup of coffee every time you use your desk. (Shouldn’t there be room for both?!) You know you need to buy a longer desk, but you don’t have time to comb through thousands of reviews to figure out the best long desks for your setup. After working remotely for over a decade, we know what to…
You need a desk with shelves that will help you maximize storage space and, ideally, skip the sticker shock. The only downside is, you don’t have time to sift through hundreds of reviews. (Heck, you barely had the time to Google this article.) But you do know you need a new desk soon, or you’re going to lose what little organization you’ve been able to…
Patrick Lencioni popularized the phrase “Death by Meeting” in his 2004 book by the same name. But 2020–and the mass shift toward remote work without experience working remotely–introduced an entirely new beast. Deathy by Zoom meeting. I worked at a fully remote company for eight years. When we switched to a four-day work week, we knew meetings had to be cut way down to maintain…
My warm feet stung the cold wooden floor as I walked downstairs to get a glass of water. It was 8 a.m. on a Tuesday in the middle of winter. Boston winter. I was staring down the barrel of another solitary day of work in my living room. Starting a software business by myself, in the middle of winter, in the middle of a pandemic;…
Hailley Griffis is the Head of Communications & Content at Buffer and the co-host of the podcast MakeWorkWork. Hailley has great insights on both remote work and marketing (specifically PR) that I’ve been reading for a few years. If you haven’t heard of Buffer, it’s a social media management platform with the most unique, open, forward-thinking culture I’ve seen. Hailley joins us today to…
Here are my predictions for the future of the office. 1. When leases runs out, every company will downsize (at the very least). Remember: 77 of the Fortune 100 are hybrid. That’s from our RTO research you can read here. But… Hybrid for three days in the office/week = 40% unused office space Hybrid for two days = 60% unused space Hybrid work is the admission…
We get it. You’re still waiting on that spacious dream house you asked for. Until it arrives, you’re trying to find a desk that provides as much storage as possible and fits in your tight space. I’ve got you covered. Here are the pros and cons of the best storage desks below. We based our picks on customer reviews and put in hours of research…
While working remotely is not a new concept (I’ve worked remotely for more than 10 years), prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, only a small fraction of the workforce worked away from a centralized office or business location. Like many workers, you may have gotten your first taste of remote work in 2020, as social distancing to slow the spread…