Adjusting Your Office Chair Can Mean the Difference between Pain and Productivity

For most of us who work from a desk with a computer, the chair we use — whether in a home office or working from an employer’s space — may not have been chosen by us for that specific task. Whether it’s your chair of choice or not, proper adjustment of seat height and angle, lumbar support, and the angle of the back are critically important to productivity, say chair designers Tracy and Tom Hazzard, co-principals of their eponymous design firm Hazz Design.
 

Reduce the Risk of Extension Cord-Generated Fire, Electrical Shock and Property Damage

When in need of an extension cord in the office or at home, it’s imperative to know that just because a particular cord is long enough, it’s not necessarily the right one for the job. This is according to CableOrganizer.com Product Specialist Christina Hansen, who notes, "Many erroneously believe length is the only characteristic that sets one extension cord apart from another, but there’s far more that should be considered."

Supporting Today’s Organizational Challenges

OfficeMax’s workspace organization products from its private brand, [IN]PLACE®, offer a selection of versatile, portable and flexible office organization products with modern designs to support today’s organizational challenges in the home, place of business, or while on-the go.

Not Only Won’t It Die, The Number of Faxed Pages Is also Growing In Some Forms
By Steve Adams

     Let’s be honest. By now, you’d think that faxing would be dead, a victim of all those killer apps (such as email, texting and IM) that came after it. You would expect that the only place you’d see a fax or hear the screech of a fax transmission would be in a movie from the ‘80s, or at an exhibit at the Smithsonian. But you would be wrong.

Using the Power of Smartphones to Grow Your Business
By Ford Saeks

If someone had told Alexander Graham Bell that one day his invention would evolve into a device that could turn your lights on and off, he would have taken your temperature with a mercury thermometer, which incidentally, in 1876, hadn’t changed much in over 100 years.
    Remember when the cell phone first emerged? What started as a must-have device that didn’t tie you down has now morphed into a texting, tweeting, multi-tasking productivity and entertainment gadget that offers a wide range of possibilities for you and your business. The lightning-speed advancement of the Smartphone has left many companies scrambling to keep up with the technology and new opportunities.

Ways for Small Businesses to Save Money without Spending Money

By GREENandSAVE.com

Do you own a small business?  Are you strapped for cash?  Do you find it hard to pay your vendors or employees?  The economic downturn is prompting business owners to reexamine all costs to figure out where they can cut down.  The perception is that going green costs more money, but that isn’t true. The following are small adjustments that any business can take that will save a bundle — for free!

Video Production Technology

ej4, a company that has worked with Fortune 500s to produce thousands of promotional and training videos for hundreds of companies, has released Instant Video Presenter™ — a software application that allows users to create professional newsroom-style videos in minutes.

Avoid Injuries and Stay Healthy — From Head to Toe!
By Gregory Grabowski, PE, LEED AP

If you’re like most home business owners, you probably spend the majority of your time working at your desk.

How to Evaluate Your Home Office Equipment and Technology Needs
By Shawn Welsh, VP of marketing and business development of Telular Corporation

Tough economic times often lead to an increase in new small businesses, many which are home-based.

How You Can Develop New Markets 'Outside of Your Borders'
By Mark O'Neill

Picture the scene for a moment. The teacher is sitting tutoring the student. The copywriter is discussing the next multi-million dollar advertising campaign with their client. A model is showing her portfolio to a studio. A museum is closely studying ancient artifacts to decide whether they should bother bidding on them for their collection. A call center operator takes another call from a customer.