Hint for those who work in a cubicle farm: This is
not at your desk.
«People want to know where things are in relation to them when they're
not at their desks,» says Michael Nova, founder and CEO of Kiyon, a La Jolla, California, company that has developed wireless network technology designed to overcome the spotty coverage of conventional wireless networks inside buildings.
Call at this time or after 5:00 p.m. and they're more likely to not be in meetings, and it's also likely that any gatekeeper or administrative assistant isn't at their desk and screening calls.
And hot damn woman, now I want to go attack my jar with a vengeance and it is AT HOME AND
NOT AT MY DESK!
For instance, while 8 - 9 AM is a great time for radio, particularly on stations like WTOP news, the same period is bad for internet advertising, since most staff aren't at their desks yet.
Did you ever notice that some of your most creative ideas come to you when you are
not at your desk?
It turns out that as I am speaking to him, Hare is
not at his desk at Duke but in a Congo forest where the bonobos live.
Fun fact: If she's
not at her desk brain working, you'll find her at the gym either bench pressing her body weight or hanging upside down from the gym rings.
If you are so swamped at work that you can't go outside, try and find a place you can eat in your office that is
not at your desk.
When she's
not at her desk with headphones in, cranking out articles on Chicago's music, dining, and nightlife scenes, you can usually find her at concerts around the city, watching horror movies, psyching herself into going to the gym, or obsessing over scented candles.
Good education policies are meaningless if students aren't at their desks,» Attorney General Harris said.
When she wasn't at her desk, she was always making notes.
At least when I wasn't at my desk and could simply hook the laptop up to multiple monitors.
Obviously that only works when
not at my desk, or not using my PC, but still a wortwhile idea, I think.
The author of The Naked Lunch is
not at his desk — perhaps he's out scoring drugs or a boy.
Outside of pubs, tattooed hipsters head - to - head in earnest conversation; the occasional red - faced, middle - aged man furtively nursing a pint of bitter, hoping nobody notices he's
not at his desk; decorators in whites splashed with Farrow & Ball colours taking meditative fag breaks, leaning against sunny walls.
Playing the Dobro and trying to be an engineer keep Jacob busy when
not at his desk.
This makes sense if you're me and keep the thing streaming via mobile every second that you aren't at a desk, but was otherwise a steep price to pay for occasional mobile listening.
Think about a time when you're
not at your desk in front of the computer.
One needs reference information, in which «lookup» content is often the requirement and this is more effectively done electronically, whereas at the other end, narrative reading for pleasure and perhaps
not at a desk, lends itself to print.
Computers have certainly helped clear up some of the visible mess of paper files (though perhaps
not at my desk), but they have created another kind of mayhem in the organization of a firm's information.
Not surprising, considering I keep Tweetbot open on my desktop in plain site pretty much all day (and if I'm
not at my desk, it's on my phone or that fancy tablet).
Not exact matches
The store's Answer
Desk — akin to the Genius Bar
at Apple stores — offers PC and phone support to customers, even if they didn't buy the device
at a Microsoft store.
But a micro-manager won't delegate something unless the person is actually better than they are
at the task — 120 % better — which means that nothing ever really gets delegated off your
desk.
I also make it a point to
not eat lunch
at my
desk.
People are salaried for the work they do,
not the specific hours they sit
at their
desks.
A core tenet of employee engagement is that there are few things more motivating to most workers than being heard; it's hard to imagine even the most jaded
desk jockey wouldn't feel a little bit chuffed when the person
at the top of the org chart looks her in the eyes and asks her what she thinks.
It's well known that sitting
at a
desk all day isn't a great idea.
The service, targeted
at small business customers, lets companies cut ties with their
desk phones while keeping features like auto attendant, phone number directories, and a feature that connects the caller to the next available employee if the first one isn't available.
At least preliminarily, he will sit on the firm's currency
desk, the person said, asking
not to be identified discussing internal plans.
The owners have created a culture where work - life balance actually means something, and the perks are
not a means for keeping employees
at their
desks.
That's because, as he explains in more detail on an October episode of his show, when you're stuck
at your
desk, «you're getting a lot of stimuli that you didn't ask for — like other people's conversations and phone calls.
Obviously, it isn't always easy to hold an empowering conversation with yourself
at your
desk.
So if you truly can't stop and grab a meal, make sure you have healthy snacks
at your
desk.
Don't just stop
at getting up from the
desk, though.
«I'm
not a person who can sit
at my
desk for long periods of time, I'm always on the move.
There were multiple coffee runs, a long lunch, and during the time I actually spent
at my
desk,
not much work really got done.
When I sat down
at my
desk with my to - do list, I genuinely couldn't fathom how I would accomplish anything on it without email.
Just because someone is bored
at his or her
desk or on a day off, it doesn't mean you have to entertain them.
Of course, personal trainers have very different lifestyles to the rest of us, so if you're sitting
at a
desk all day it's probably
not wise to copy their days exactly.
He says he's trying to tap into people who sit
at a
desk eight hours a day, or those who wouldn't normally go to the gym.
I found it often wouldn't track me while I was walking and then mysteriously add steps while I was sitting
at a
desk.
One - third will be
at their
desks, but they'll be streaming the game or competition instead of working, so don't be surprised if they take some extra time replying to your email or turn up late for a meeting.
Most job seekers don't spend all day sitting
at a
desk.
Sitting in a small conference room near her
desk — she has no office — and casually dressed in a Patagonia down vest with prayer beads on her wrist, she couldn't seem more
at peace with her journey.
We aren't self - aware enough to notice that a two - hour strategy session leaves us tired and exhilarated the same way a great exercise class does, while two hours
at a
desk balancing the books leaves us drained and cranky.
This may seem obvious, but I can't tell you how many times I've gotten great service from the owner, only to have Battle - Ax Bertha
at the front
desk ruin any chance of a referral from me.
If you don't have access to a wall outlet all day, or you happen to own a car with a wireless charge pad (like the Toyota Camry), or you tend to sit
at a
desk all day, wireless charging is helpful.
But it's
not just for the guy
at his
desk who wants to know where everyone else is; it's also helpful for the employee who's doing the walking around in a building or across a corporate campus.
When Jack Cheng, the founder of Steepster, looks
at his
desk and chair, he doesn't see a mere place to work, but a space full of memories that subtly cue him to behave in certain ways.