When Stanford scientists went to China to test the benefits of telecommuting recently, they measured the expected upticks in productivity remote work policies often provide. The home office isn’t for everyone.”. So what’s to be done to make working from home, well work? Is it really because you don’t want to do it? Sign up for a free trial. MORE >>

Via Robyn Jay , a wonderful post from Harriet Wakelam on the "dark side" of creativity and how our participation in social networks may help or hinder that process. First, Harriet puts her finger on something I've experienced myself: I have recently been through one of those 'life reinventions'.  During the process  I switched off from my networks. MORE >>

A few places left at the Manchester (UK) Teachmeet on Tuesday 17 January): [link]. events MORE >>

Our self-forming Ethernet fabrics allow you to deploy new switches, migrate virtual machines, and reconfigure your network as your business needs demand, without a moment of interruption. It’s an automated, on-demand network designed for today’s high-bandwidth applications. And perhaps, best of all, it’s here today. MORE >>

February 4 2012 is the United Kingdom's National Libraries Day "a national celebration of libraries, librarians and library staff." events MORE >>