I would implore you all to use ISO 8601 for dates (year-month-day, biggest to smallest)! I sent a message out to my team at my job about this before discovered that XKCD actually made a comic regarding this haha. My favorite feature is that it allows for “natural” (lexicographical) sorting so that you can just sort your files on your computer by name! It also plays nicely with file paths on operating systems since it does not use / to delineate year-month-day.
The ambiguity between month/day in many date systems really hurts my brain. I admit that I sometimes use the US-standard of month/day/year for those individuals whose brains are likely not ISO 8601 compliant.
It's very easy to say that "#AI" is a #productivity multiplier and for some people in their work it is.
But we don't really have any studies to see if that's structurally true or whether for example the quick wins you gain from using generated scaffolding are eaten up by extra costs for reengineering, bugfixing or general maintenance later.
And that's just the pure "productivity" (which itself is very hard to measure). The effects on the demands with regards to output quantity, allotted time for task, expected quality haven't been studied yet either.
We. Just. Don't. Know. Yet.
So take these large promises with a shovel of salt.
Hi everyone, would you be so kind and share some things that help you move forward if you feel stuck? It could be an idea, an app, an image, a song, an action or whatever else gets you moving.
Don't hesitate to share things that seem too easy or trivial to you. They might be the biggest aha-moment for someone else.
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A new Centre for Cities report concludes that the UK has largely stagnated for the last 14 years.
There has been an increase in jobs but these are not 'good jobs' & have contributed to the continuing lack of any real growth in #productivity.
While differing by region, across the country we are between £20k-30k worse off annually than if the trend before the #Tories took power had continued.
Given the average income in the UK is currently around £35k you can see the difference they've made...
The research is in, and the findings are clear: positive work environments are far more productive than cut-throat "social Darwinist" workplaces.
The studies confirm what most of us have intuitively known for a long time: a bad workplace environment is bad for business.
"But a large and growing body of research on positive organizational psychology demonstrates that not only is a cut-throat environment harmful to productivity over time, but that a positive environment will lead to dramatic benefits for employers, employees, and the bottom line."
"First, health care expenditures at high-pressure companies are nearly 50% greater than at other organizations. The American Psychological Association estimates that more than $500 billion is siphoned off from the U.S. economy because of workplace stress, and 550 million workdays are lost each year due to stress on the job. Sixty percent to 80% of workplace accidents are attributed to stress, and it’s estimated that more than 80% of doctor visits are due to stress. Workplace stress has been linked to health problems ranging from metabolic syndrome to cardiovascular disease and mortality."
Stop responding to helpful comments at work with, “Nice!” Instead, just type “69”. It’s 50% more efficient, meaning you can do even more work.
After doing this for a week, I’ve been invited by HR to give a presentation to the company about how to be more efficient at work. Or at least, I think that’s what it’s about.
New figures from ONS suggest labour shortages caused by early #retirement & 'economic inactivity' are being compounded by a reduction in average working hours for #workers between 25-49.
While small in hours (less than two hours reduction since 1998), in aggregate this is like a further withdrawal of over 300k people from the workforce.
If the UK was not suffering from a stagnation in #productivity growth this would be less of problem...
our obsession with #productivity often comes at the expense of our mental well-being. We're constantly hustling, but sometimes, I wonder if we're forgetting to just be human and enjoy the moment.