What has happened to the Paperstone office this Halloween? The sales team are spooked, customer services are creeped out and the web team have the willies! A loud cackling can be heard from the stationery cupboard as pumpkins sprout from desks and ghosts and ghouls circle the cauldron that’s appeared in the kitchen. Our head […]
An unbelievably realistic “digital human” has been created by a computer games artist using lots of imagination, software and hardware. Chris Jones from Victoria, Australia, has unveiled “Mr Head”, who blinks, smirks, and has “astonishing realism”. A video of Mr Head (also known an Ed) has gone viral on YouTube. Mr Jones is an illustrator […]
Even in this digital age, paper is an essential part of our lives. At home and at work, we use paper for writing on, drawing on, and for wrapping things up. We use paper every day but we don’t spend much time thinking about where it comes from- we just take our notepads, post-its and […]
If you’re a business owner or manager, how do you get your name “out there”? Despite the digital revolution, business cards are still an important marketing tool, and they have a captivating history. Several different forerunners morphed into today’s compact and stylish business card. First, there was the bearer card, which appeared in England and […]
November is National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo) and this event celebrates all the weird and wonderful blogs out there! To take part, you have to post something on the NaBloPoMo website every day for the whole of November, and you will also have fun looking at all the other blogs posted there! If you don’t […]
There’s a theory that we all have at least one novel within us. Put this idea to the test by signing up for National Novel Writing Month in November. You can find out if you’re a budding Henry James or Charlotte Bronte in this exciting literary challenge- and it’s completely free to take part. The […]
Are you ticked off by loud typing, nauseated by nail clipping or does gossiping really get your goat? We surveyed 1,000 office workers across the UK to discover the horrible habits that send us desk jockeys into a jitter and created an infographic below. Sadly we couldn’t include them all (there were too many!). Have […]
Working in an office can sometimes be a pain in the neck, if you’re one of millions who suffer from back pain at work. October 6- 12 is Backcare Awareness Week and this year the spotlight is on office workers and the problems they encounter with back and shoulder pain. The campaign is organised by BackCare, […]
Adventures in Stationery: A Journey Through Your Pencil Case by James Ward – Review by Kaz G. James Ward, author of Adventures in Stationery, knows that a book about stationery could be boring. As the organiser of the Boring Conference, and the I Like Boring Things blog, he’s fully aware that others see everything he […]
October is Make a Difference Month when we are all encouraged to contribute to our communities and make the world a better place. The event is organised by the Community Service Volunteers (CSV), a UK-based volunteering and training charity which has been around for more than 50 years. In the past 12 months, CSV has […]
How to plan the office Christmas party Whether you count down the days, or desperately scrabble around for an excuse not to go, the office Christmas party is an event on almost every company’s calendar. So, how do you plan a party that everyone will enjoy? It’s a tricky balance to get Bob from Accounts […]
Top tips to improve your time management skills Despite what people say, time is not a commodity. It cannot be traded, expanded or reduced. It is fixed. Our perception of time, however, is another concept. How often do you think at 4pm “Where has the day gone?” and go into panic mode to try to […]
Planning in business is essential Everything from the monthly sales drive to a new product launch or project needs planning. It promotes joined-up thinking and good decision-making throughout the whole organisation. “A goal without a plan is just a wish”, observed the famous writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery, summing up a key business principle. Each business […]
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