How to Choose a Computer Monitor (2025): Everything You Need to Know
All monitors have HDMI and DisplayPort to connect to a PC (or even VGA if it’s a really old one). Those are the basics. If you want the latest of these port standards in monitors, you’re looking for HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 2.1. More and more monitors nowadays include a built-in USB hub, which can […]
How to Go Paperless in 9 Steps
Wanting to get rid of paper in your life is easy. Following through with that promise to yourself is hard. I’ve been mostly paperless for close to 15 years, and the trick to it for me was to think about it the same way I think about taking care of my teeth. Staying organized is […]
How to Prevent Tech Neck and Sit Properly With Your Laptop (2025)
Branch Ergonomic Chair Pro Photograph: Julian Chokkattu Kristianne Egbert has worked in occupational ergonomics for nearly 20 years and is now a senior corporate ergonomist at Briotix Health, a workplace injury prevention company. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Egbert also says that repeated use of a laptop alone on a desk is going to have a huge effect […]
Where bacteria is living in your home office and how to clean it
My desk at the office is almost completely bare, minus the odd drinking glass or tissue box. At home it’s a different story, with work papers, personal bills and trinkets jumbled together on my desk. Put simply, I don’t feel compelled to keep a tidy workspace when it’s only really me who sees it — […]