Open space office suck most of the times and for long periods sucks even more

(meanwhile the managers that decided sit in individual offices)

And please at least have some rules

"The open-plan office is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad idea"

"very different needs for quiet or concentration or use of phones or open conversation"
"number one argument for the open office, increased collaboration, is bullshit."

"It was a tyranny of interruption, distraction, and stress. The quality of my work suffered immensely, and so did my mental wellbeing."

https://m.signalvnoise.com/the-open-plan-office-is-a-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-idea-42bd9cd294e3



"Open office spaces don’t actually promote interaction. Instead, they cause employees to seek privacy wherever they can find it.

These open spaces might spell bad news for collective company intelligence or, in other words, an overstimulating office space creates a decrease in organizational productivity.

Not all channels of interaction will be effected equally in an open layout change. While the number of emails sent in the study did increase, the study found that the richness of this interaction was not equal to that lost in face-to-face interactions."

https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/13/yes-open-office-plans-are-the-worst/

#OfficePolitics #WorkplaceProblems ##HumansNotRobots

https://goo.gl/xVJRqq

"People will come into your life for Four reasons...to Add, Subtract, Multiply or Divide...choose wisely!" Jalen Rose (also a nice podcast Jalen & Jacoby)

Reality is always stranger....

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How To Identify A Toxic Culture Before Accepting A Job Offer

 Great article!

https://www.fastcompany.com/40476040/how-to-identify-a-toxic-culture-before-accepting-a-job-offer

"The problem is IT leaders and professionals -- even in the age of cloud and serverless computing -- still think too much in terms of servers and machines, and not enough in terms of meeting the challenges of meeting business competition at a high level"

http://www.zdnet.com/article/time-to-move-on-from-devops-and-continuous-delivery-says-google-executive/

Living Danishly: inspiring ideas from the world's happiest country

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1RXGltx4SI

"goods and services cost a little bit more because everybody gets a living wage"

"by now i don't mind paying a little more if i now the women serving it to me doesn't secretly hate me and wants to spit in it because she as a decent standard of living"

Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Law of Jante

#HumansNotRobots

#WannaCrypt quickfix summary before a new wave of #ransomware appears (2017-05-13)

1.disable SMBv1 (PowerShell 2.0 or a later version)
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters" SMB1 -Type DWORD -Value 0 -Force

Restart server

-----  ( EMC storage and others alert ---- see comments in Stop using SMB1 bellow)


2. install at least ms security essentials on server
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5201



3. install Microsoft Security Bulletin MS16-114
https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS16-114


4. updates for older operating systems ( Windows XP, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2003)
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/msrc/2017/05/12/customer-guidance-for-wannacrypt-attacks/

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Readings

Stop using SMB1
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/filecab/2016/09/16/stop-using-smb1/

How to enable and disable SMBv1
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2696547/how-to-enable-and-disable-smbv1,-smbv2,-and-smbv3-in-windows-vista,-windows-server-2008,-windows-7,-windows-server-2008-r2,-windows-8,-and-windows-server-2012

Microsoft Security Essentials
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5201

Customer Guidance for WannaCrypt attacks
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/msrc/2017/05/12/customer-guidance-for-wannacrypt-attacks/

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS16-114 - Important
https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS16-114

'Accidental hero' finds kill switch to stop spread of ransomware cyber-attack
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/13/accidental-hero-finds-kill-switch-to-stop-spread-of-ransomware-cyber-attack

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Rainy day droplets

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#window #sunset #reflexion

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