Dispatches from the chronically CC’d. Published whenever we feel like it.
- A taxonomy of “circle back” — when it means goodbye, and when it means war.
There are at least eleven distinct dialects of the phrase “let’s circle back.” We mapped them.
- We surveyed 400 office workers on which mug they hate the most. The results are unanimous.
Spoiler: it’s the one that says “But first, coffee.” It has been the one for four years.
- In defense of the calendar block titled “Focus” that is just a nap.
Productivity, like grief, comes in stages. One of those stages is unconscious.
- Meet the man who has been “OOO until further notice” since November 2023.
He has not been fired. We have so many questions.
- The unbearable lightness of “no rush, but” — a sentence study.
A linguistic post-mortem of the most rushed phrase in modern professional English.
- Ranking 24 standup formats by how soon you can leave.
From “Round-robin with a talking stick” to “Just slack it,” ranked by attrition rate.