Wearing your seatbelt can save your life or reduce the injuries you may sustain in a motor vehicle crash. With all the knowledge we have, why is seatbelt use not at 100%? Maybe putting this sticker in every automobile will change that.
Category: culture
Take a break from your Blackberry
For everyone who lives by their Blackberry, here is a novel way to get some breathing time. Gizmodo reports on a Chicago hotel that offers to lockup your Blackberry. This is another way of accountability to allow you to get some freedom from that little device.
From Reuters
HP cuts back on telecommuting
Who would have thought. HP a leader in so many things, is withdrawing from telecommuting. This is such a short sighted move and is sure to cause many high performing individuals to look for alternative employment.
With gas prices ever increasing, increase pollution from moving people from one place to another, just so they can be in the same room and the decreasing amount of time parents have to spend with their families, this is just a no-win strategy.
The benefits of telecommuting have been documented for several years now. If there is a problem, it is most likely with people management skills of those involved with staff hwo are telecommuting. Having staff all in one place is not going to solve that problem.
The Torn-Up Credit Card Application
Rob at Cockeyed.com tested the safeguards credit card companies have against identify theft and fraudulent card applications. The Torn-Up Credit Card Application is a step by step account of how all the warning signs were ignored on a credit card application.
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