I bought a pack of large mug hooks from Home Depot and screwed about 6 of them into the back of the desk. All of my cables get held in the hooks, and I can easily get to any of them, remove them, or add new cables. I've never been happier.

My company uses Word exclusively, and track changes extensively. Here's some things I've learned:

Before I got married, everyone who had a legitimate need to contact me had my cell number. Same thing was true for my roommates. Our apartment complex "provided" a landline (we had no choice, it came with the lease). We all knew we didn't want to talk with anyone who called the landline. Our message:

@MemoK:

@erratapage: You're either a very fast reader, check out really short books, completely reliant on skimming, or in possession of a lot more time than the rest of us.

The biggest clutter-creator in my apartment is mail. To solve the problem, I immediately throw away all junk mail. Then, I open everything else. I get rid of the original envelop and all the newsletters and promotions that come with my bills, pay whatever I can right then, and then stick any remaining bills (along…

I use the win+r combo for anything I can:

@MK The reason you should have to do more work while a coworker is on vacation is because the amount of work that has to be done doesn't change just because someone's out of the office. Granted, a lot of things can be delayed, but IMHO simply sending an e-mail doesn't transfer responsibility from the sender to the…

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