There are some great firewalls out there, but for them to work properly, they must also be configured properly. The problem isn’t firewalls themselves – it’s the half-asleep, checkbox-ticking, “that’s how we’ve always done it” configurations that turn these security[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Let’s talk about the unspoken horror of workplace music—the sonic purgatory designed to make you question your life choices while you file TPS reports. Whether it’s the dentist-office jazz at your cubicle or the aggressively cheerful pop in retail, bad[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Half-Baked and Fully Broken: The Art of the Abandoned Project There’s a special kind of tragedy—or comedy, depending on how much you enjoy schadenfreude—in watching a grand project collapse into a half-finished mess because someone forgot to carry the zero[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s a special kind of genius in the way people—whether employees, students, or children—interpret instructions not as rigid commands, but as loose suggestions open to artistic reinterpretation. It’s not disobedience; it’s innovation. Why solve a problem the boring, intended way[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The modern workplace is less humans collaborating and more humans frantically appeasing their robot overlords. AI has slithered into every corner of office life, from the chatty Slack bot that suggests synergistic paradigm shifts (read: nonsense) to the HR algorithm[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The corporate world’s sudden obsession with the metaverse feels like watching your grandpa try to skateboard—equal parts amusing and deeply concerning. Companies that still can’t manage to run a glitch-free Zoom call are now pouring millions into creating virtual office[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Corporate America runs on a steady diet of motivational sludge. These vague, glittering phrases like “Innovate the future!” and “Embrace the synergy!” sound profound but contain all the nutritional value of a PowerPoint slide. These phrases are the linguistic equivalent[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Synergy” is the magical business buzzword that sounds like progress but usually just means someone’s about to reorganize the entire company into oblivion. No one ever says “We need more synergy!” and follows it with good news. It’s always the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve seen far too many cases where employees treat security protocols like vague suggestions and file organization like an abstract art project. You ask for a report, and suddenly you’re spelunking through 12 layers of shared folders, each named “Misc,”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The modern workplace is a bustling hub of productivity, innovation, and… people pretending to work while secretly playing Candy Crush at full volume with their speakers on. We’ve all seen them—the brave, the bold, the utterly delusional—who believe that alt-tabbing faster[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…