Is remote work making Americans’ vacation starvation worse?

Dec. 20, 2011 - 6:04 AM PDT Dec. 20, 2011 - 6:04 AM PDT

A handful of new surveys reveal many Americans are planning to work through the holidays, increasing both their vacation starvation and the risk of burnout. The dreary economy can’t help, but are new ways of working, including remote teams and constant connectivity, partly to blame? Read more »

Workaholism: an occupational hazard for web workers?

By Jessica Stillman

Jun. 16, 2011 - 8:08 AM PDT Jun. 16, 2011 - 8:08 AM PDT

Web work has many benefits, but less discussed are the downsides. Several experts feel that there is at least one serious one: increased workaholism. Does being on the cutting edge of connectivity and evolving workstyles make web workers more vulnerable to becoming workaholics? Read more »

Here’s How Facebook Wants to Keep Its Engineers Happy

By Colleen Taylor

May. 6, 2011 - 4:02 PM PDT May. 6, 2011 - 4:02 PM PDT

Last week, Facebook formally announced “Hackamonth,” an internal initiative that allows some engineers to leave their team to work on a side project of their choosing. The goal is to prevent burnout among the staff and should result in some cool new products. Read more »

Maximize Productivity Without Burning Out

By Dawn Foster

Jul. 8, 2009 - 9:00 AM PDT Jul. 8, 2009 - 9:00 AM PDT

I have definite workaholic tendencies that are starting to induce productivity-draining burnout. In addition to my freelance consulting practice, I am usually balancing a number of side projects, working on the board of a non-profit that I helped co-found, and attending various events around Portland to keep in touch with my freelancer peers and learn about new technologies. This isn’t the first time, I’ve had to deal with burnout. It usually creeps in slowly, and before I realize it, my work and technology hobbies have pushed everything else to the back burner. The feeling of burnout leaves me tired, stressed and less productive, so it’s time again for me to re-prioritize and take control to get my productivity back. Read more »

Regain Balance and Avoid Burnout

By Simon Mackie

May. 28, 2009 - 4:00 PM PDT May. 28, 2009 - 4:00 PM PDT

The trouble with not working a 9-to-5 office job is that often you work more, sometimes much more, than your cube-dwelling counterparts. The risk you run with an always-connected, always-working lifestyle, of course, is of getting burned out. And once that happens, not only will you […] Read more »

Can the WWE Pin Down Online Video?

By Chris Albrecht

Dec. 7, 2008 - 12:00 AM PDT Dec. 7, 2008 - 12:00 AM PDT

World Wrestling Entertainment is in the midst of a big online video push. In November they served up 25 million video streams. Read more »

In India, Get GigaOM Alerts Via GupShup

By Om Malik

May. 18, 2008 - 9:32 AM PDT May. 18, 2008 - 9:32 AM PDT

Rakesh Mathur, co-founder of Junglee and an investor in the parent company of GigaOM recently launched GupShup, an SMS-based Twitter-meets-Group chat service that had over 4 million subscribers now. Unlike Twitter, they have spent their energies on making the service SMS friendly. Given that PC penetration […] Read more »

How to Optimize the Founder's Mind

By Carleen Hawn

Jan. 30, 2008 - 1:01 AM PDT Jan. 30, 2008 - 1:01 AM PDT

Research shows that your brain function is both broadened and improved by “interdisciplinary exercise.” What does this mean? Be eccentric. Use your brain to think about lots of different things, even things that have nothing to do with one another. This builds new synapses, exercises existing […] Read more »

Founder Burnout and How to Avoid It.

By Carleen Hawn

Jan. 29, 2008 - 10:35 AM PDT Jan. 29, 2008 - 10:35 AM PDT

Courtesy of Brad Feld’s blog, we found a terrific set of posts today on the topic of burnout, an affliction that nearly all startup founders experience at some point in their careers. While it appeals to our entrepreneurial romanticism to “burn the candle at both ends,” […] Read more »

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