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Our World in Data

Are we happier when we spend more time with others?

The main result, he concluded, is that social connections are one of the most important factors for people’s happiness …

OneZero

Don't Put Your Work Email on Your Personal Phone

Mobile Device Management potentially gives your company the ability to spy on your location, your web browsing, and more.

The New York Times

The Airport Lounge Is Much Improved, if You Can Squeeze In

The airport lounge ain’t what it used to be.

Once seen as quiet retreats for businessmen on expense accounts looking to …

Bonnie Eisenman

What I Know About: Being Sick at Work

I’ve spent a lot of time working on skills to make it easier for me to exist in a professional environment. This …

Fast Company

Airlines are finally fixing the middle seat

“There’s no justice in air travel,” an airline industry insider once told me. A third of passengers on …

Ambition & Balance - by Doist

Why We're Betting Against Real-Time Team Messaging Apps Like Slack

Group chat apps like Slack are built for a specific kind of communication — one-line-at-a-time, real-time conversations. This …

The New York Times

Why 'Find Your Passion' Is Such Terrible Advice

Are you passionate about your work? Fulfilled in every aspect of your career?

If yes, congratulations! You’ve done what …

Julian Shapiro

Writing Well

This handbook is for:

1. Aspiring writers who fear publishing themselves online: This will provide you with confidence in your …

Forbes

He Built A $1 Billion Business Where All 700 Employees Work Remotely

Sid Sijbrandij knows a thing or two about building, scaling and even walking away from companies. His current venture, …

ArchDaily

A Series of Maps Reveals the Difference in How Cities are Perceived by Tourists and Locals

Artist Eric Fischer has developed a project that explores precisely the difference in perceiving - and photographing - a city …

Just Well Mixed

Why airplane windows have round corners

If you’ve ever had the window seat on an airliner, you’ve probably noticed that the corners of the window were …

Justin Jackson

How to be more social at events and conferences

Too often, we think about networking in terms of what we can get. We’re doing it for ourselves; to fill our emotional …

The Conversation

Walking and cycling to work makes commuters happier and more productive

Our study, involving 1,121 full-time workers who commute daily to work, made several important findings:

• Those who commute …

The Hustle

How much money can you make on Amazon Mechanical Turk?

Mechanical Turk offers workers the freedom to complete menial tasks for small sums of cash. But is the platform really a …

MEL Magazine

The Loneliness Epidemic Is So Bad, World Leaders Have Been Forced to Intervene

When politicians are staging national interventions to force us to connect with each other — and actually spending real money …

The Guardian

Listen up: why we can't get enough of audiobooks

In this time-poor, podcast-friendly world, audiobooks are booming. So what is the science behind them – and do they change …

Reddit

Some Honest Thoughts About the DN Lifestyle (from a Dreamy 21 Year Old Who Actually Did it)

After successfully having lived the digital nomad life for the last 7 months, I’m feeling compelled to give back to the …

Jan Harasym

How to survive an open office.

However, for me, if I have some work that really must be done I end up doing it at home. When I’m in the office I just …

CNN

Tokyo commuters told to work from home to avert Olympic transport nightmare

More than half a million people in Tokyo are being asked to work from home as part of a trial scheme aimed at tackling …

TEDxTUHH

How to travel the world with almost no money

Many people daydream about traveling the world, but all of them have the same excuse - lack of money. Tomislav, after …

The Economist

Will a robot really take your job?

A notorious forecast about the automation of jobs has been hugely misunderstood, says one of its authors.

Gizmodo

How to Recline Your Airplane Seat Without Being a Dick

The experience of being reclined on is especially bad if it comes suddenly, mid-flight, after you’ve settled in and …

The Walrus

Why Being Bored Is Good

Technology keeps us constantly stimulated. What do we lose when we no longer have nothing to do?

BBC

How to be a better tourist

Over-tourism is suffocating cities around the world. Here’s what you can do to avoid being part of the problem – short …

Reddit

Travelling made me less career driven?

Now back in the UK I’ve been brought up by my parents to get a good education, work extremely hard through …

Noteworthy - The Journal Blog

How I Made $8,000 per Month Podcasting, and Why You Probably Don't Want To

Small podcasts can make real money.

I run the Disrupting Japan podcast. Like many podcasts, the show dives deep into a small …

New York Magazine

The Best Way to Tour a City Is Through Its Grocery Store

Grocery stores have the gritty, hustling authenticity of a bodega or street cart with the propriety and promise of Whole …

Derek Sivers

Change careers like Tarzan

So my advice is: Change careers like Tarzan.

Don’t let go of the old one until the new one is supporting you.

And make …

The New York Times

It's Never Going to Be Perfect, So Just Get It Done

In other words, just getting it done — whether that’s a decision you have to make or work you have to do — will leave …