Office Chatter

Have you ever ordered office supplies from a catalogue?

Our office chairs are pretty good, but this one looks amazing. It not only comes with clouds, but volcanoes. And Saturn.

Most of us want our ink cartridges to last a long time, but sometimes they live longer than we ever imagined.

We did it in school, but would you do it in the office?

What would that look like distilled into one hour? Experian Hitwise reckon they can tell us.

As the UK prepares for the cooler months ahead, coffee shops and the antipodean-trained baristas who run them are multiplying in London like rabbits during springtime. For most of us, the ‘gourmet coffee is the new tea’ movement hasn’t yet reached the office, so we make-do with instant coffee from a tin or packet. On the other hand, some lucky businesses may have recently invested in one of those new fandangled coffee machines that only someone with a rocket science degree can operate. Either way, we’d like you to tell us what coffee facilities do you have at work?

As a cock-up left commuters stranded on trains going to Liverpool, the question we have to ask is this: how do you amuse yourself when you're stuck on public transport?

An insightful article about the high-tech company reveals simple management ideas that small businesses, in any market, could copy.

Carpenter / puzzle maker / crazy genius; Kagen Schaefer has made a desk with a pipe organ in it.

Retailers could be losing out on big bucks by not making the best use of their online presence, according to a new report. Clearly, just being online isn't enough anymore.

The famous notebook company has turned to the dark side – and done a origami Star Wars video to celebrate a new Moleskine. (Insert heavy breathing.)

I promise you this isn't a joke – but snails can fly. Sort of. Some researchers at Kochi university in Japan have suggested that snails used to get around by 'hitching' rides with birds. Yeah, it sounds ridiculous. Snails don't have thumbs.

Get your pencil out! The Society of Authors is offering punters the chance to scribble part of a short story with five top writers starting from September 14, 2011 and the winner will get no prize! It’s all for fun, tho the SoA is also campaigning against the BBC’s decision to cut back its short story programmes on radio.