Balance, Design, Products, Technology
January 20, 2012
By Cerentha Harris
1. Well Appointed Desk for their coverage of the home office.
2. Dezeenscreen for their lovely video on the Sharing Plug – a new plug that offers a good solution to home office cable chaos.
3. Hongkiat for their post on 5o great work stations.
4. Unclutterer for their round up of organizing tips.
5. 20×200 for their great collection of affordable art. Perfect for sprucing up the home office.
6. MarketingTech Blog for their infographic on the rise of the mobile worker. We certainly aren’t alone!
7. Scientific America ran an interesting article in early January on the mobile worker and how technology is aiding the transition from office to home office.
8. Desire to Inspire for the crazy workspaces post.
9. Chictip has a good post on home office set ups.
10. The Selby for his coverage of Olaf Hajek’s home and home work space.
Balance, Design, Products, Technology
October 21, 2011
By Cerentha Harris
Where we’ve been this week…
1. There’s a new Alexander Girard book for kids due out November 1.
2. Dwell for their “Houses We Love” series. The one above is a floating home in Seattle’s Portage Bay.
3. Living Etc is a UK interiors magazine with an excellent site. Check out their home tours section. I liked the home office below.
4. Muji for their online stationery store that is packed with cleanly designed goodies.
5. Habitus is an Australian architecture journal focused on the Pacific Rim and has an excellent house section on its website. Check out this eco-house in Singapore (below).
6. Core77 for their photo tour of designer David Week’s workspace.
7. Selectism for their post on Jasper Morrison’s sleek book ends (below).
8.Debbie Millman’s Design Matters podcasts on iTunes. Podcast Number 9 is with our very own Steve Frykholm.
9. Inc Magazine’s roundup of cool home offices.
10. PSFK for their Top 10 Creatives series. So much inspiring design out there!
Technology
June 7, 2011
By Cerentha Harris
Dropbox has quickly proven itself to be one of those “must have” applications. Its seamless interface make syncing files between your multiple computers are breeze. While your primary reasons for using Dropbox may be the ones advertised on the site, with some third party hacks and settings tweaks there are some truly awesome uses for your Dropbox account.
DropTunes: Playing audio files from your Dropbox account is already something that can be done. However, DropTunes takes the pain out of clicking each individual file and creates playlists from the music folders that you store in your Dropbox. Additionally, DropTunes give you a nice user interface to adjust volume, pause, and even click forward and back tracks.
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