Alex sounds like a good guy and also pretty similar. Refreshing article :)

Because I can stream Netflix from my phone just by switching the input and opening the app. It’s been essentially seamless for me. I also use my TV for speakers at parties so I can control the music from anywhere in my house from my phone. No cables ( the tv is wall mounted so a 20ft hdmi cable and my laptop on the…

I think the emphasis was on avoiding things you HAVE to do. So if you decided you wanted to do some building or gardening then do it because it makes you feel good, not because you have to do it on your day off, if you can. This idea is full of snags and will vary from person to person.

And thank you for sharing yours and taking the time to reply!

When I was a new guy last year I had an amazing welcome from the existing team, so much so that only 3 weeks in I was able to give the next new guy an awesome welcome too. Because of that we created a really strong team ethic that the existing team had never had before.

Looking at the comments I think a lot of people have a problem with being direct without turning it into a conflict. Another point is that some of the time if you're direct with a PA person they will probably cave and do what you want without having any real discussion so the internal madness still increases even…

This is probably my favourite post on lifehacker that I've seen. From one of my favourite lifehacker writers, thank you :)

Another neuroscientist here, yes I agree the digit span works well in this context as a good way of describing working memory in a way that most people can understand. But It'd be concerning if we hadn't moved beyond what we knew in 1974.