9-to-5, the day shift, or 12-to-8, the graveyard shift, it’s all work. And work calls upon workers to labor daily or overnight. Labor day celebrates those of us who work for a living, in factories, at the United States Post Office, in hospitals, shops, offices. Thanks to New York’s Labor Day Parade in 1882, and […]
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Category Archives: Work
Writers rites
How has technology changed your job? My job, in as far as it is to write, and these days, that is what I do, is greatly changed. The keyboard allows me to write coherent thoughts. The technology preserves my scribbles, in their now legible form. I eschew A.I. assistance, being a purist. Without its help, […]
Writers rites
A.I. in the form of Grammarly or whatever the auto spell check might be employed by my writers platforms interferes with my artistry.
Work it
What do you listen to while you work?
Work is behind me. Retirement ahead. When I did work, there was no hold music to keep me company.
Today’s workplace is different from the one I inhabited. Headsets were not the fashion then.
You worked in relative silence, the tap tap tap of your computer keys broke in; colleagues would stop by your desk with questions; there might be a meeting to interrupt your morning’s quiet.
I tune into 60s rock or my Carole King Pandora feed when I wander about taking pictures or inspiration. I wear a pair of earphones to keep my listening private.
Times change. It’s good to keep up.
