Why Apple will be okay without Steve Jobs

I’ve been struggling with what to write about the news that Steve Jobs has announced today that he will step down as Apple’s CEO until June, 2009.  I wanted to write something thoughtful that didn’t sound like a “me too” post, or write about how it’s plausible that Apple may be fibbing about the [...]

Feeling sick at work? It might be the open office floor plan.

An interesting piece from CNET News Australia: a study from the Queensland University of Technology’s Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation shows that open office floor plans, the ones where there’s no cube walls around workstations, lead to higher stress, and in turn can lead to higher frequency of illness for employees.
The high level [...]