A Third Space
We used to work in offices, now we work at home. Do we need a third space? Steve does.
2022-04-18
183 reads
Work environment
Making Video Chat Better
Video chat is how many of us see our colleagues every week. It's not a great system, but maybe it can get better.
2022-01-31
96 reads
Poor Work Management
The future of work is uncertain, but not everyone is ready for remote work to continue.
2021-09-20
294 reads
2021-05-17
225 reads
Office FOMO
There are many things we may miss about the office, but one of them is the chance to interact with and impress management.
2021-04-23
131 reads
2021-04-22
80 reads
Finding a Break
A year of remote work has made life hard, and harder to get a break from the same environment you are in most of the time.
2021-04-16
91 reads
Easing Back to the Office
Companies are starting to bring people back to the office. Microsoft has announced their policy, and Steve wonders if more will follow.
2021-04-12
126 reads
2021-04-09
142 reads
Working in a Distributed Fashion
With many of us working in a distributed fashion, Steve wonders if things have changed for the process flow you follow.
2021-03-22
142 reads
Blogs
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Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT I
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37What is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 3;See possible answers