Officials in the German government are being encouraged to take daily naps with the goal of increasing productivity and overall efficiency. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

"Computers make us more productive. Yeah, right. Lifehacker recommends the software downloads and web sites that actually save time. Don't live to geek; geek to live." picked by rachelsometimes 1 year ago

Great picks of online to do lists for better productivity. My personal favorite is Remember the Milk. picked by addoccini 6 months ago

One Bangkok municipal office introduces daily nap time for civil servants.

Imagine! Not getting busted for sleeping on the job! picked by tundramonkey 2 years ago

Rajen Sheth, manager of Google's enterprise products, shows how a company can increase productivity by using Google Apps. 18 minutes. picked by henkspaan 1 year ago

Study says modern technology allows people to multitask and do the equivalent of 43 hours of activity in a normal 24 hour day. picked by Wingnut 2 years ago

A new-age idea makes productivity even simpler. {NSFW Language} picked by camro77 1 year ago

Australian coal miners are being taught to explore their wives and understand menopause in order to have a healthy sex life, which in turn will make them happy, productive workers. picked by proverb 11 months ago

There are many exciting games you can play on your iPhone via the Safari browser. They are free and sure to further reduce your productivity :-) picked by brucki 4 months ago

"This group of engineers, who had won an award for efficiency and productivity, actually had the president of the company stand up at the awards dinner and berate them -- tell them that they were not good workers, they were lazy slackers, and many of them should leave the company. Then he pointed to the door. This was apparently his way of motivating people, or keeping them from getting 'a bi... read full post picked by Maven 1 year ago

Nurses in Cádiz, Spain, have been told that they have to wear a skirt if they want to earn a full wage. Those at the San Rafael Clinic who choose to wear trousers instead will lose a 30 € productivity bonus every month.

Sure, that makes perfect sense.
If percentage of visible skin is directly proportional to productivity. picked by teresag 5 months ago

As far as addictive games goes, this one sets the bar high.

Loss of productivity at hand - You are hereby warned! picked by devadander 6 months ago

Desktop Tower Defense is a fun flash based puzzle / strategy game where you have to protect your desktop from invaders by buying towers to attack them and building a maze for them to follow. picked by runninutes 1 year ago

Microsoft is developing Big Brother-style software able to remotely monitor a worker's productivity, physical wellbeing and competence. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

This one is going to be a lot harder for some readers compared to others, and that’s totally understandable - don’t worry too much about it. Coming from a background where in fact in 1998 I lived on a bench on a grassy hill just up the road from my current house, moving on in 1999 to an oh so fabulous studio apartment, where everything aside from the bathroom was in one room, things ca... read full post picked by sat789 1 year ago

A hormone that can literally stop trees branching out has been discovered by an international research team, who say the find could improve productivity of crops around the world. picked by AutumnLotus 3 weeks ago

For all of you Super Smash Brothers Fans out there: Sonic the Hedgehog has just been officially added to the roster.
We are getting a Wii at work and I can already feel the productivity going dowwwwn. picked by gymclothes 11 months ago

Third in the series of the tower defence series by the same bloke. Vector TD is good, and bloody addictive! my record is level 40, now get killing those creeps! picked by davethefish 1 year ago

In a relatively short amount of time, we have become a nation of caffeine addicts. Science has barely had time to study the effects of consumption at this volume. New research does, however, suggest that caffeine may not give us the instant jolt of productivity, alertness, and happiness we think it does. And most of us, it turns out, are using the drug all wrong. picked by BernardBlack 1 month ago

Brent Christner, LSU professor of biological sciences, in partnership with colleagues in Montana and France, recently found evidence that rain-making bacteria are widely distributed in the atmosphere. These biological particles could factor heavily into the precipitation cycle, affecting climate, agricultural productivity and even global warming. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago