http://www.brightsparkblog.co.uk Think about it Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:33:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Working from home may be something of a dream to many can quickly become a nightmare of organization and productivity, therefore the following is a brief look at four key tips for maximizing home office efficiency for any home worker: Portion Out Tasks – Group tasks together that are similar ... http://www.brightsparkblog.co.uk/2012/01/05/four-steps-to-home-office-efficiency/ Some people make light of company web-sites, and to be honest I can see where they're coming from. Many company sites are dull, boring, lifeless, hopeless wastes of time. Yes they mean well and most of the time they are successful, but do they ignite the passion of a generation? ... http://www.brightsparkblog.co.uk/2011/10/31/what-we-can-learn-from-company-web-sites/ Are you one for the outdoors? Do you enjoy rummaging around in the woods and exploring the undergrowth of uncharted forests near you? I am one and I do! Both are things I used to do as a child, and any time I get the chance I still try to ... http://www.brightsparkblog.co.uk/2011/08/14/river-clear-up-day/ You can make extra time in your day just by better organizing the way you approach your everyday jobs. Look at each area you are involved in at work and see where you can make improvements. Here are ways you can improve productivity: Communication: One of the most important skills ... http://www.brightsparkblog.co.uk/2011/07/25/improve-your-productivity/ I’ve been using an energy monitor in my house the past week or so and it’s interesting to see what happens on a day-to-day basis. I’m not sure exactly how accurate it is but what are really fascinating are the massive jumps that occur when using certain household items. For ... http://www.brightsparkblog.co.uk/2011/07/04/monitoring-your-energy-usage/ Throughout my life, people have called me ’the ideas monster’. Explaining why is very simple as I have now done it about a thousand times: they call me this because no matter what time of the day it is, ideas come out of me thick and fast and I always ... http://www.brightsparkblog.co.uk/2011/06/14/be-an-ideas-monster/ Forget nuclear power and solving world peace: if you ask me, it’s ideas that will save the world from its troublesome ways. The only problem with this picture? Not enough of us actually write our ideas down. My old college professor, when he wasn’t moaning about things like celebrities and ... http://www.brightsparkblog.co.uk/2011/05/28/the-moaning-professor-has-a-point-after-all/ I admit it: when I first heard about Country House Rescue, presented by that Ruth Watson (?) woman with the blonde fringe and aggressive streak, I was thinking it was going to be another rubbishy documentary. Oh, how I was wrong. In fact, it turns out that this new-ish programme, ... http://www.brightsparkblog.co.uk/2011/04/30/a-bit-of-country-house-rescue/ People don’t know. They THINK they know, they know how to use Google to get information, and they think that qualifies them as KNOWING! Well, my name is Shazzer and I am here to tell you that this is not the case, actually, far from it. For example, upon seeing ... http://www.brightsparkblog.co.uk/2010/10/20/meet-me-i-am-shazzer-and-i-will-teach-people-a-lesson/ ’I am leaving, leaving on a night train’ I hum along making my way speedily to the train station. It could be Shanghai in ’94 with hordes of people on cheap bicycles, it could be Boston in ’90 with the dropped ’r’s’on the "T". It could be London in ’03 ... http://www.brightsparkblog.co.uk/2010/10/06/on-my-way/