The Self-Governing Office

In this week's New York magazine, Matthew Shaer examines workplaces that use "horizontal management" rather than hierarchical management—which basically means that things are run without traditional bosses and more like King Arthur's round table where no one is seated at the head, and everyone sort of self-governs themselves.

The Open-plan Office

Do you work in an open-plan office? Would you be better off in a cubicle? Quartz explains why open-plan offices make us less productive (and also more likely to get sick).

XOXOOXOXOX For Days

Women use “xoxo” and men do not, write Jessica Bennett and Rachel Simmons, and those women are using it IN WORK EMAILS. They try to suss out whether it’s a good or bad thing, but my thought is: I love loving everyone and I love everyone loving me. SMOOCHES. KISSES. HUGZ. XOXOX. CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT? (IT’S IN THIS EMAIL.)

I tried to look up how many of my emails use xo or a variation but it was impossible without looking up every combo (x, xo, xox, xxo, xoxxo, xoxox, xxoxoxoxoxox, AND SO ON), so my best guess is “all of them.”