editor's blog

As of today, it's legal for Singaporean companies to require candidates to include their age, gender, race and marital status on their applications. Surprisingly, a company in Singapore even demanded certification of tubal ligation from married women as a condition for employment. A backlash to recent discrimination cases have stirred the government to action, and they're promising reforms.

Heads-up for all you whistle-blowers-in-waiting… if you find yourself in the middle of another Enron or Worldcom, here’s a handy article to help you through the process. The most critical advice: always approach your company first and give them a chance to fix the problem.

According to Money Magazine, the number 1 job is.... drumroll please... Software Engineer. Yes, that's right, geeks have it pretty good in the workplace. The mag rated software engineering an 'A' for creativity and 'B's for flexibility and stress. But cheer up accountants, while according to the mag your job gets a 'D' for creativity, you get high marks for flexibility and come in as the 44th best job. And, apparently the editors at Money Magazine have it good too...

Spread some geek peace and nerd love.

(Note: this is Part II of the Geek War and Peace project...)

Can't we all just get along? We thought we'd do our own small bit to encourage peace among our fellow geeks. <podium speech> I have a dream.... that one day, geeks and nerds of all types, will join together and live in peace... </end podium speech>. To celebrate the goal of peace and prosperity for all geekdom, we've managed to get rival operating systems, browsers and search engines to hold hands. Hey, at least it's a start... next step: a geeky group rendition of Kumbaya and a nerd love-in.

Geek War and Nerd Fighting

While it's hard to believe in our go-go 21st century lives, we have a lot more free time than our parents did.

Work Games and Activities - Office Fortune Teller

Stuck with a decision? Maybe these can help, or at least provide a temporary diversion from your task at hand. Most of us, or at least for girls, as kids, have cut, folded, and played this fortune telling game. We’ve created grown-up work versions for all happy workin’ boys and girls... both for managers, and for the managed!

Real World vs. Geek World

Kris says... thanks to our friends at myGeek for sending us some geek trivia they've dug up (ok, and/or made up) and letting us share them with you!

May All Your Santas Be Happy Workers!

Work Propaganda Poster - Be a Happy Worker!

We wanted to play around with our oxymoronic call tag and create a Happy Worker poster reminiscent of the communist propaganda posters from the 50's and 60's - with a few twists of our own :). If you look closely, you'll see the odd employee about to be knifed in the back, bosses pickpocketing workers, the red handed theft of office supplies, sleeping on the job, and other 'common' workplace and office oddities.