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Now Everyone Can Fly—but probably shouldn't

Whenever I argue the costs of air travel should better represent the true costs—including the pollution—people push back. …

CNN

The pandemic forced a massive remote-work experiment. Now comes the hard part

It’s been one year since Covid-19 was declared a pandemic and businesses started closing their offices. Millions of …

Bloomberg Businessweek

Sick Days Don't Look So Good Now That You Can Work From Home

Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, remote work had started to chip away at sick days. Slack messages saying “I’ve …

Hacker News

Those who quit their jobs to travel the world, how did it go?

In light of the pandemic and countries slowly opening up again, I thought I’d ask this question that appeared back in …

The Atlantic

Stockton's Basic-Income Experiment Pays Off

A new study of the city’s program that sent cash to struggling individuals finds dramatic changes.

Flightradar24 Blog

Troll Research Station: how to operate an airport in Antarctica

With the summer season coming to a close and most personnel flying home this week on an Icelandair 767, we wanted to learn …

Big Think

Talking with your hands alters the perception of your words

A new study found that words are more accurately heard when accompanied by hand gestures.

NPR

Workers Are Moving First, Asking Questions Later. What Happens When Offices Reopen?

Companies will need to be careful how heavy-handed they are in ordering workers back to their cubicles. “The good news …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #205

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 44 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Julien Odent

Lean into procrastination

When you procrastinate, your brain is sending you a message. It’s telling you that it has already solved the problem, …

The Startup

4 Practical Ways to Avoid Zoom Fatigue

I’ve been trying to figure out why, exactly, I’m so drained at the end of every Zoom meeting — and now we know. A …

The Washington Post

Like summer camp for grown-ups: The pandemic is changing the digital nomad scene

From nomad villages to “slowmadism,” the uptick in remote work has ushered in a new wave of nomads.

Elad Blog

Back To The Office

There are 3 future models for work, with lots of gray area in between. Each company will chose their own model from below. I …

André Jonas

Remote Work Interviews, Part I: Applying

In the following 2 months I’ve applied to remote positions with over 10 companies hiring remotely such as 1Password, …

Skift

Digital Nomad Visas May End Up Being a Bureaucratic Hell for Big Companies

There’s momentum building to make remote work a reality at some of the more progressive multinational companies, but …

Basecamp

The Basecamp Guide to Internal Communication

The how, where, why, and when we communicate. Long form asynchronous? Real-time chat? In-person? Video? Verbal? Written? Via …

Off Grid Permaculture

Free Land — Living Off Grid With No Money

If you are like me, the biggest obstacle to the dream of living off grid is money. Today, I thought I would help out wannabe …

Another Podcast

Who's in the office? Notes on a year of remote work.

We left the office a year ago and haven’t been back, but now we’re starting to plan a return. What will surprise …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #194

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 48 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Jumpstart

Asynchronous communication for meaningful decisions, fair evaluations and fast learning

Not a week goes by and another company publishes its commitment to embrace post-pandemic remote work.

The overwhelming answer …

Insider

Zillow is adopting a hybrid model of work, but its CEO says it's trying to prevent one major downside: a 'two-class system' where those who come into the office are viewed as better employees

What Barton is alluding to is that idea that employees who choose to report to the office either some of the time or …

Insider

Japan has appointed a 'Minister of Loneliness' after seeing suicide rates in the country increase for the first time in 11 years

Japan has appointed a “Minister of Loneliness” to take try and reduce loneliness and social isolation among its …

Insider

Lead urbanism expert Richard Florida's response on how big cities will thrive during the new era of remote work

One of the great ironies of the pandemic is that it fundamentally changes the game of economic development from chasing …

NBER

Housing Consumption and the Cost of Remote Work

Prior to the pandemic, the expenditure share on housing was more than seven percent higher for remote households compared to …

Ynetnews

Israel is surprising location for digital nomads

Likely to be one of the first countries to open its borders thanks to its world-leading vaccination drive, Israel could see …

Reuters

Share of U.S. workers holding multiple jobs is rising, new Census report shows

The share of Americans working more than one job to make ends meet has been growing over the past two decades, and the pay …

BBC

How your space shapes the way you view remote work

The quality of your workspace shapes your work-from-home experience – so perceptions on whether remote work is succeeding …

McKinsey Global Institute

The future of work after COVID-19

Considering only remote work that can be done without a loss of productivity, we find that about 20 to 25 percent of the …

Motherboard

U.S. Airports No Longer Have to Build Their Own Terrible Trains

The byzantine bureaucratic rule that made useful airport connections to mass transit difficult is finally gone. Its legacy …