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...find, as they hurtled from destination to destination, that a hotel room in Melbourne was the same as one in Manila. Innkeepers were accused of rolling out design templates such that no matter where you awoke in the world, the features of your room-the bedside panel, the writing desk-looked identical. Indeed, the very words Holiday Inn or Hilton took on a pejorative connotation: they were globalization's earliest villains, blamed for destroying a sense of place with an imperialist approach to style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vive la Différence | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

Exactly. I put on a really ugly suit, sit under fluorescent lights and waste a lot of time at my desk. Sometimes I'll go, "Oh, that's right. I'm not in an office. I'm on a hit TV show making oodles of money and making people laugh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 19, 2007 | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

...books, galaxy screen saver on the desktop--even the whiteboard scrawl. Alvelda's excitable demeanor and wool sweater also serve the scene, as does his stellar résumé, which lists degrees from M.I.T. and jobs with NASA and the Defense Department. But signs of accomplishment--the Emmy on his desk, framed patents and a photo with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger--bespeak a former government technologist who isn't afraid to show off a little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Programming Provocateurs | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

...Keep tabs on your working space just as you manage your mental space. "The things that belong are supplies, reference material, decoration and equipment," Allen says. "Everything else is in process." In other words, if random chotchkes are gradually taking over your desk despite being neither functional nor sentimental, neither useful nor amusing, observe that and do something about it. Set your own standards, Allen says, but once you've recognized that something is out of place, do something about it to improve your peace of mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Five Secrets to Getting Things Done | 3/3/2007 | See Source »

...copies of his “Journal of Wine Economics†lie on a desk in his darkened office, a nod to what he calls his “little obsession...

Author: By Alexander B. Fabry, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wine, Academics Prove Good Mix | 3/2/2007 | See Source »

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