We don’t know about you, but for the past few years we’ve shared a printer with a group of people. We frequently prefer to read things on paper rather than online — especially if we’re marking something up or comparing documents — and so it’s annoying when we get to the printer to discover that … Read More about Tool of the Trade: PDF Factory
On Friday, we mentioned that one of our best uses for business cards (after we’ve taken the information from them) is to use them to keep delicate necklaces neat and tidy. Some readers asked for pictures, so we spent some time this morning cutting up old Corporette business cards (and then spending far too long … Read More about How to Cut a Business Card to Store Necklaces Neatly
2017 Update: We’ve updated links below, but come check out our more recent discussion of 9 ways to use a wrap at the office! We were thinking last week of the multitude of uses for the wrap, of which every woman should buy one or two to keep at the office. (Pictured: Made to order fabric … Read More about Tool of the Trade: The Wrap
Facebook continues to grow in popularity, and it’s now entirely possible that your coworkers, bosses, former teachers–as well as your real friends–will see everything you post on there. Or at least they will if your privacy settings aren’t set just so. By setting things up properly, though, you can prevent everyone but a handful of … Read More about Tool of the Trade: Facebook’s Privacy Settings
Wondering how to use ShopStyle to cut down on time spent holiday shopping or otherwise hunting for the perfect item? Here are our tips.
The most junior person on the team — whether woman or man — frequently gets assigned the more secretarial duties, such as FedExing letters, contracts, briefs, and document productions to the same people over and over (and over) again. (And, instead of re-delegating the secretarial task to the secretary, the junior person often ends up … Read More about Tool of the Trade: FedEx.com
For the busy woman, shopping online is sometimes all the schedule will allow. (Whose bright idea was it to have store hours from 10 AM to 8 PM, anyway?) It’s actually our preferred mode of shopping — so long as we don’t pay for shipping. For some reason, no matter how great of a discount … Read More about Tool of the Trade: Retail Me Not
We remember a long, long time ago, when we used to love shopping sale racks. Buying stuff at full price was no challenge, we thought — it was only worthy of purchase if it was at least 66% off. We got some great deals — a pair of Banana Republic pants for $6.99, the perfect … Read More about Tool of the Trade: Shop It To Me
In this feature, we’ll explore one tool that makes the busy woman’s life easier in some small way. Every busy woman’s got a growing pile of things to do — immediate things to do at home and at the office. Things to do at some point in the future (update the resume, congratulate Theresa and … Read More about Tool of the Trade: Remember the Milk
2015 Update: If you’re looking for a similar way to help with focus on Chrome, you may also want to check out Morphine. In this feature, we’ll explore one tool that makes the busy woman’s life easier in some small way. The thing we keep hearing from our lawyer friends is that the pay is … Read More about Tool of the Trade: LeechBlock
