Plenty of modern-day office workers don’t like the office environment — the cubicles, the fluorescent lights, the stale air, the lack of greenery. But what if your office environment might actually be destroying both your physical and your mental health? Here are eight ways your office is, quite literally, killing you.

1. Sitting at your desk all day is horrible for physical health.

Are you sitting down for this? No, really — are you sitting down? There’s a good chance you are, and that’s not a good thing. According to a 2008 study conducted by Vanderbilt University, the average American sits for 7.7 hours each day. All that sitting greatly increases the risk of an early death. In women, sitting for more than six hours per day correlates with a death rate 94 percent higher than physically active women who sat for less than three hours per day. For men, the numbers are a little bit better but still bad — men who sit for more than six hours per day are 48 percent more likely to die earlier than their physically active counterparts.

Why does sitting for long periods of time lead to much higher death rates? For starters, there’s obesity. Sitting means you’re not being physically active, and not being physically active means you’re much more likely to be overweight or obese. The extra weight, in turn, leads to musculoskeletal problems, along with increased risk of cancer and chronic disease.

Furthermore, merely through the act of sitting at your job, your blood sugar and blood pressure are higher than someone who stands at work. All that sitting adds up over time, leading to chronic health problems and an early death.

2. Not to mention it’s ruining your back.

We tend to think of construction workers, landscapers, and nurses as having jobs that stress their backs — and it’s true, those jobs can endanger your spine if you don’t take proper precautions. Office workers, however, are also at high risk for spinal problems over time because of the poor posture most of us adopt when we sit in front of a computer all day long.

The first thing that happens is that sitting forces our back into a right angle, an angle which the human spine is not really designed for. That right angle posture then starts to flatten out the natural curves in the spine. The flattening process means the back doesn’t absorb shocks as well as it’s supposed to, and that in turn begins to create various spinal injuries and chronic back pain. As anyone who’s dealt with ongoing spinal problems knows, chronic back pain severely reduces the quality of our life. Over time, the pain, lack of mobility due to the pain, and inflammation can actually lead to an early death.

3. Staring at computer screens all day really will ruin your eyes…and more.

Remember when you used to sit too close to the television set and your mother chided, “Don’t sit so close! You’ll ruin your eyes!” Mom’s comment was pretty close to the truth. When the Vision Council studied the effects of screen time on the eyes of American adults in early 2015, they discovered that 61 percent of us experience trouble with irritated eyes, dryness, and blurred vision. That statistic shouldn’t be surprising, given how their study also revealed that almost a third of us spend 8 to 9 hours each day staring at some kind of screen.

If only eye strain were the least of our worries. Researchers in London found that people who stare at a screen for at least four hours of leisure time were nearly 50 percent more likely to die from any cause during the time period of their study. And during the same time frame, screen-watchers were 125 percent more likely to die from a heart-related ailment. Perhaps the worst news of this London study is that exercise doesn’t undo this risk. Spending four or more hours per day during your leisure time in front of a screen, even if you also exercise, means you are far more likely to die before your peers.

4. Don’t forget about your hands and wrists.

While we readily associate computer work with eyestrain, we sometimes forget about the toll keyboards take on our hands and wrists. Carpal tunnel syndrome is more prevalent in women than in men, but extended periods of time spent typing or otherwise working on a computer will increase the risk of carpal tunnel for both men and women. If you add to that other risk factors that are associated with prolonged sitting, such as the obesity mentioned above, carpal tunnel might be creeping closer towards your hands and wrists.

5. Even if you’re not sitting down, your office building itself might be making you sick.

Not all the health risks of office work are associated with sitting in front of a computer all day. Many office workers might be at greater risk for illness because the building they work in has SBS, or Sick Building Syndrome.

In the late 1970s, tenants of new houses, buildings, and nurseries began to complain about a variety of ailments, from asthma to cancer, that they believed was associated with the building they lived or worked in. When the World Health Organization studied the problem in the mid-1980s, they found that about 30 percent of buildings in the West were likely to make their occupants sick. It was in this report that the WHO coined the term “sick building syndrome.”

Probably the most common symptoms associated with SBS are irritations and infections of your eyes, ears, nose, and throat. The causes include mold, mildew, faulty HVAC systems, and the solvents and chemicals used in carpets, ceiling tiles, and cleaning products.

Most SBS symptoms can be stopped by addressing basic building maintenance issues. For example, water-stained ceiling tiles should be replaced, and roof tiles should be cleaned of mold and algae. Some plants, most notably plants in the Sansevieria genus, have a reputation for absorbing toxins and can therefore be used as low-cost air purifiers.

6. Air pollution is no longer something that comes just from cars.

While faulty HVAC systems are often to blame for sick building syndrome, even the tools within your office might be the cause of the building’s air pollution. Copy machines, for example, emit ozone — actual ozone — and breathing that ozone in can wreak havoc on your lungs. And it’s not just the ozone, it’s also the toner. The air inside office buildings is often filled with microscopic particles of printer toner. Breathing in that toner all day long is, at best, the equivalent of smoking a couple of cigarettes each day. In worst case scenarios, the lungs of office workers can develop siderosilicosis, the same disease that coal miners get.

Fortunately, copy machines have filters on them that are supposed to stop this problem. The question is: When’s the last time anyone in your office has changed that filter?

7. You need sunlight, not fluorescent lights.

Another part of your building that might be making you sick is right above your head — the fluorescent lights. Even as far back as the early 1980s, scientists have known that fluorescent lighting is associated with a higher risk of cancer. But cancer isn’t the only danger that comes from fluorescent lighting. Consider this list of problems associated with fluorescent light:

• Hyperactivity in children
• Migraines
• Anxiety disorders
• Hormonal disruption in females
• Sleep cycle disruption
• Increase in rates of breast cancer

8. When you’re light-starved, you’re more likely to get depressed.

Another serious mental and physical health side-effect of that lack of natural light is depression. About a third of office workers get up before the sun does and get home after the sun has already gone to bed, at least during the winter months. And once inside their office buildings, many of them are unlikely to see the sun for more than a few minutes of the day. A 2015 study published in Chronobiology International suggested that the lack of light significantly affected both melatonin and cortisol levels, hormones that help our bodies regulate stress and sleep. Low levels of these hormones are also associated with increased depression.

In turn, chronically depressed people tend to die at least five years younger than people who are not diagnosed as depressed. This correlation between depression and a shorter lifespan has long been suspected by mental health experts, but a 2012 study by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs confirmed it.

Maybe It’s Time to Start Working From Home?

Between migrant toner particles and harsh fluorescent lighting, cubicles that lend themselves to stress and the cleaning product the janitors used to wax the floor the night before, your office job really might be destroying your physical and mental health. Maybe it’s time that you told your boss you want to work from home. And if that doesn’t fly, maybe it’s time to start looking for a new job. One with no fluorescent lights, a treadmill desk, and a set of toxin-absorbing houseplants.

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We’ve all probably done it without thinking twice: You go to a coffee shop and get online using the shop’s free public WiFi. Before you connect, a security alert pops up and asks you if you really want to connect to it because the network is an unsecured network. You don’t even skip a beat as you ignore the warning and connect anyway.

That, of course, is exactly what hackers are hoping you will do.

There’s nothing wrong with using the free WiFi hotspots that are cropping up in commercial and public locations all over the world. For the most part, if you protect yourself by following some basic, common sense security tips, your data and personal information will stay safe. Not following these tips, however, is a little like parking a really nice car in a really bad neighborhood and leaving the keys on the front seat and the doors unlocked. Just as you would naturally lock your car doors when parking in a public place, you should lock the entry points of your computer and/or mobile devices when you’re getting online with public WiFi.

Below, you’ll find eight security tips that are critically important but easy to follow. Use these tips when you’re on a public WiFi connection and you can count on being reasonably safe.

1. Always ask an employee for the name of the store’s network.

When you’re in a public place and looking for a network, it’s not uncommon to find several different networks listed. Two or three of these might be unsecured networks that are easy to log into.

For example, let’s imagine that you visit a coffee shop called “Ben’s Beans.” As you open up your Internet browser, you might find one network that says “FREE COFFEE SHOP WIFI” and a second one called “FREE BEANS WIFI.” Which one is the network that actually belongs to Ben’s Beans? Your first instinct might be that the “Beans WiFi” is the correct network. Your second instinct might be that both of them belong to the coffee shop. However, what are the consequences of guessing wrong?

One strategy that hackers use to access user data is to set up what’s called an ad-hoc network that looks like a free public WiFi network. Instead of connecting to the coffee shop’s router, however, what the unsuspecting coffee customer is actually connecting to is the hacker’s Internet connection. By connecting to this ad-hoc or peer-to-peer network, the hacker is able to intercept any Internet traffic that’s not sent via a secured site, which is a site that has the “s” at the end of the “http” part of its address.

If you’re simply surfing the Internet, such as looking at sports scores and reading the news, that’s not too bad. If you’re entering credit card information but you’re doing it via an “https” site, that’s also not too bad. However, there might be some sites, such as your personal email account, that you use but which are not encrypted. An eavesdropping hacker could therefore easily gain access to your personal email account. If you make the common password mistake that many people do of using the same password for multiple accounts, or if you store sensitive information such as credit card numbers or login information for other sites in your email account, your private data is suddenly at high risk.

All of these problems can be avoided simply by asking a store employee, “What’s the name of your WiFi network?” The cheery Ben’s Beans barista might then say, “It’s called ‘free Beans WiFi,'” and the next thing you know you’ll be connected to a legitimate Internet source.

2. Turn off any “automatically connect” options on your mobile devices.

To make it easier for those of us who are not as tech-savvy, laptop and mobile device manufacturers have given our devices the option to automatically connect to any WiFi hotspots that the devices detect. The danger of connecting automatically is highlighted by the points made above. If you connect automatically to the wrong network, you could be throwing the doors of your device wide open to a hacker.

3. If you use Chrome or Firefox, get the browser extension called “HTTPS Everywhere.”

HTTPS Everywhere is a plugin for Chrome and Firefox that turns all sites into encrypted sites. The plugin was designed as a collaborative project between The Tor Project, which is an organization dedicated to online privacy, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), an organization that has been around since the dawn of the Internet and has been dedicated to keeping access free, safe and unregulated by governments. The extension can be downloaded from CNET’s download.cnet.com site. While libertarian groups like the EFF might be interested in protecting you from the NSA snooping program, HTTPS Everywhere also protects you from commonplace hackers.

4. Turn on your firewall.

Firewalls come preinstalled on most laptop computers, but many of us have them disabled because, at some point in the past, they caused us connectivity problems. While it might be ok to turn off your firewall if you’re connected to a secure network in a place that you know and trust quite well, such as your home or your office, it’s wise to turn the firewall back on when you’re using a public WiFi hotspot.

Firewalls provide what’s called inbound and outbound protection. By providing inbound protection, firewalls stop hackers from installing malicious software on your computer that could compromise your security, such as a keylogger application. A keylogger is a program that logs all of your keystrokes. Cyber criminals are most interested in using keyloggers to record your passwords, credit card information and other sensitive information. By providing outbound protection, the firewall stops files or information from being sent across a network without your consent. For example, imagine that a hacker already installed a keylogger onto your machine without your knowledge. The hacker would also set up the keylogger to send him or her all the keystrokes it recorded at set intervals of time. The firewall’s outbound protection would stop that information from being sent to the hacker.

5. Get smart about passwords.

As already mentioned, one of the main ways hackers compromise our security is by using keylogger software. In 2011 and 2012 alone, the following businesses and organizations all fell victim to malicious keylogger attacks: Lockheed-Martin, Sony, LinkedIn, American military drone planes, the Iranian nuclear program and Oakridge Nuclear Weapons Lab. If these “big name” organizations can be hit by keylogger attacks, individuals on personal mobile devices are certainly at risk.

One of the most sensitive pieces of data that a keylogger can record is a password. However, a keylogger onlyrecords keystrokes. A password that you copy-and-paste or a password that includes a two-step identification process cannot be recorded by a keylogger. In the case of copying and pasting a password, the only thing the keylogger would record and report back to its owner would be “Ctrl C” and “Ctrl V.”

Therefore, when you’re using public WiFi, avoid typing in your passwords, just in case a keylogger is watching you. How do you avoid typing in passwords? Use a password storage site like PassPack.com or LastPass.com. Instead of typing in your password, you can use the two-step identification process on these sites’ secure servers, copy the passwords you have stored and paste them into the password field of the site you’re logging into.

Furthermore, follow basic password common sense. Don’t use the same password everywhere; make passwords long and complex; use password generators, such as StrongPasswordGenerator.org; don’t include obvious information in your password, such as the names of your children or birthdates; and change your passwords on a regular basis. If you don’t follow these basic password rules, all it will take is one successful public WiFi attack to compromise all your secure data.

6. Turn off file sharing.

In case you follow all the steps above but a hacker is still able to infiltrate your computer due to an unsecured or poorly secured network, take the extra step of protecting your data by turning off any file sharing features on your computer. File sharing is great for home networks when you want to be able to share certain files between machines at home; in public places, file sharing isn’t so great. Turning off file sharing is especially important if you keep any kind of personal or private data stored on your computer, such as credit card numbers or social security numbers.

7. Use your phone instead of the WiFi network.

Much more secure than a public WiFi network is your 3G or 4G phone connection. As long as you’re not about to go over your monthly data allowance, getting online via your phone is a better option than connecting via WiFi when you’re in a public place.

Another way to use your phone to protect yourself when getting online in a public place is to turn it into your own hotspot. Whether you can do this or not will depend upon your phone and your phone plan. If you travel frequently and can afford to do so, using your phone as a hotspot is convenient and more secure than using public WiFi.

8. Use a virtual private network (VPN).

In a nutshell, a virtual private network, or VPN, behaves like a local area network, or LAN, without being local. When you connect to a VPN, it’s as if you’re connecting to your own private home network or office network, but you connect to the VPN through the Internet. That’s the “virtual” part of this private network.

Without delving into the technical details of a VPN, there are lots of advantages to using a virtual private network that don’t have anything to do with Internet security. For starters, subscribing to a VPN means that you’ll have a high-quality connection wherever you can get online. From a security point of view, however, the advantage of a VPN is that all the data traveling across the network is secure and encrypted. A VPN is close to fool-proof when it comes to securing your data while using WiFi in a public place. Of course, you should still take other precautions like the ones mentioned above, but VPNs are far more secure than a regular, open WiFi network.

Conclusion: Don’t Put Yourself Unnecessarily at Risk

By choosing to ignore some or all of the eight points mentioned above, you’re also choosing to make your private and personal data far more available to cyber criminals. Remember, having your identity stolen or dealing with credit card or bank fraud is a little like a bad car crash: None of us really think it could happen to us until it does. Just as you hopefully wouldn’t drive on the regular highway without your safety belt on, hopefully you won’t choose to drive on the information superhighway without first making sure that you’re safe.

Don’t think it can’t happen. People can and do have important personal data stolen everyday online. Sometimes they’re aware that it’s happened right away; sometimes they don’t find out until their credit has been damaged nearly beyond repair. Your data is even more vulnerable when you’re using public WiFi. Therefore, to make yourself safe, be sure to follow at least some of the eight ideas for securing your data on public WiFi networks listed above.

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San Francisco is the perfect city for coworking spaces. For starters, there’s the cost of real estate in San Fran, which, as most everyone knows, is the highest in the United States; one-bedroom apartments frequently rent for $3,500 per month or more. Renting an office space in San Francisco, meanwhile, is even more expensive than renting an office space in Manhattan.

Despite the high cost of commercial and residential real estate in the Bay Area, tech workers and start-up companies continue to flock to this creative epicenter of Northern California. Whether you’re a geek with a million dollar idea or an artist about to change the world, San Francisco is still the place to be.

That’s where coworking spaces comes into play. A coworking space, in case you’ve never heard of it before, is an office space that’s shared by a variety of individuals and/or small companies. Some coworking spaces can be rented by the hour; others can be rented by the week or the month. Instead of one small company shouldering the heavy burden of San Francisco rent, a collection of entrepreneurs, freelancers, and start-ups can get together and share that burden. Think of it as a commune for white collar workers.

Take a closer look at these seven coworking spaces in San Francisco, which are some of the most popular in the city according to online reviewers.

1. PARISOMA

Location: SoMa
Pricing: $50/mo. for a “mailbox;” full-time rates start at $345/mo.
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PARISOMA is everything that a San Francisco hipster could dream of in a coworking space. With permission to bring your dog to the office, a free indoor bike parking garage, 24/7 access, and regular events like the monthly Creative Mornings and hackathons, PARISOMA is a dream come true for many of San Francisco’s brightest geeks. A roomy, modern, loft-type space, PARISOMA consists of open desks and soft seating on the lower level, with more private spaces on the upper level.

Home to more than 200 companies, membership at PARISOMA starts at just $50 per month for the right to spend one day there per month. For $345 per month, members can have a spot at one of the open desks any time they want along with 3 hours per month of conference room use; for $595 per month members can have 6 hours of conference room use and an open desk. Companies interested in private offices and 12 hours of conference room use per month should contact PARISOMA directly. As is the case in most coworking spaces, members get free coffee and tea, free WiFi, free office supplies, and a members’ breakfast every Friday.

2. NextSpace

Locations: SoMa, Union Square, Potrero Hill, Berkeley, San Jose
Pricing: Community Membership, with access to members and mailing lists, starts at $25/mo.; other membership options range from $59/mo. to $2,560/mo.
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NextSpace has several different spaces sprinkled throughout the Bay Area. In addition to the four spaces listed above, NextSpace also has locations in Santa Cruz, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Besides the office space, shared conference rooms, and other benefits that are standard for most coworking spaces, NextSpace also offers a number of other perks to its members, including:

• Zipcar: NextSpace members get a free membership with Zipcar, along with half off the annual Zipcar member dues.
• Rewardii: Rewardii is a site that offers deals on software and services. NextSpace members can request whatever deals they want; Rewardii will coordinate the crowdsourcing to make it happen.
• NextKids: At some NextSpace locations, parents have an opportunity to get work done while their kids play nearby in activities and games that support child development.

3. Sandbox Suites

Locations: SoMa, Union Square, South Park, Berkeley, Silicon Valley
Pricing: $50/mo. for a mailbox and discounts; $295/mo. and up for a desk, conference room hours, and business hours access; $345/mo. and up for the above plus 24/7 access
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In many ways, Sandbox Suites offers the same kind of San Francisco coworking environment that the other places on this list offer. One attribute of Sandbox Suites that sets it apart, however, is the quiet. Several online reviewers commented on how quiet the environment is, especially compared to other coworking spaces, but not to the extent that it’s “too” quiet.

Part of the reason for the quiet inside Sandbox Suites might be their phone conversation policy. Members are welcome to have a chat on the phone, but they are asked to keep their conversations to five minutes or less unless they are speaking in a private conference room. This phone policy helps reduce the noise pollution at Sandbox Suites.

Another unique feature here is the security. Sandbox Suites uses both video cameras and thumb-print monitoring to secure the space. If your thumb print isn’t registered in the system, the door won’t open for you. For people who need to store belongings overnight, Sandbox Suites offers personal lockers.

4. 20Mission

Location: The Mission
Pricing: Book a half-day pass in advance for $12.50; rent by the month for $300 and up
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20Mission is a new work/live/play space in the Mission. Most of the coworkers are doing just that — working there. However, 20Mission also features 41 bedrooms as living spaces. While the living spaces look like any comfortable apartment bedroom, the workspace itself is clean, white, and almost stark; it doesn’t have the hipster’s loft feel that a place like PARISOMA or NextSpace does. According to 20Mission, part of the reason for the antiseptic feeling of their coworking space is that the building was only recently renovated and they’re still working on making it warm and cozy. They invite their members to help with the decoration of the new space.

Like the other coworking spaces mentioned here, 20Mission hosts events geared towards its members. Unlike some of the other venues, 20Mission’s events have a more light-hearted, playful feeling to them. For example, “Button Smashing Night” encourages members to participate in video game tournaments, while the December 2013 Christmas Party had an “ugly sweater” dress code theme.

5. Citizen Space

Location: SoMa
Pricing: Drop-in pricing ranges from $8 per hour to $60 per week; membership prices range from $150 per year to $425 per month.
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With lots of natural light, bamboo floors, and high ceilings, Citizen Space has a funky, converted loft-feel to it that most of its visitors love. Bathrooms are co-ed and themed with things like music and the “TikiRoom,” adding to the creative vibe that people love about Citizen Space. Four blocks from the BART station, Citizen Space is easy to get to and filled with creative types and entrepreneurs. Reviewers say that the space is clean and quiet, unpretentious, and includes a well-stocked kitchen and all the coffee you can drink.

However, it should be noted here that Citizen Space suffered a spate of negative reviews on Yelp.com with regards to their Living Social and Groupon deals. Almost all of the negative reviews seem to be related to these deals and not to the space itself. Therefore, if you’re looking for coworking spaces in San Francisco, definitely keep Citizen Space on your list, unless you’re planning on buying a Living Social deal from them for a photography class.

6. Hatch Today, formerly The Hatchery

Location: SoMa
Pricing: Not available online
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People who love Hatch Today love it, with the kind of unconditional absoluteness most people reserve for talking about their dogs and their children. It’s hard to find five-star reviews of coworking spaces in San Francisco that express quite the same level of adoration that the five-star reviewers of Hatch Today express. What do they love about it? For one, the weekly happy hour, which they say is a great time to meet other people in the community and have excellent drinks from an excellent bartender. Another aspect they love is the location. One is on Second Street, which is close to everything a person would need on Second Street but still on a relatively quiet block. The other location is on Harrison Street. Members are happy that they are located right in between both BART and CalTrain.

Like a few other coworking spaces mentioned on this list, Hatch Today gives members a mailbox and 24/7 access to their desks. Unlike some of the other spaces listed here, Hatch Today also gives members private lockers. There are more than a dozen conference rooms, equipped with whiteboards and with room for more than 20 people. All in all, Hatch Today is definitely a coworking space worth checking out if you’re looking for a place in SoMa.

7. WeWork

Location: SoMa, Golden Gate
Pricing: Prices start at $45 per month for a one-person desk and $650 per month for a private office. For two to six-person office, prices range from $1150 per month to $3000 per month. Prices are slightly higher than that at the SoMa location.
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Friday brunches. Happy hours. Office hours with industry leaders. Parties. Cupcakes: These are the things people say they appreciate about WeWork. The other thing people like about it is how simple it is to get started. For example, you’ll notice above that the pricing structure at WeWork is very simple and very straightforward, unlike some of the other places that we’ve reviewed on this list. As one reviewer put it, there are no hoops to jump through at WeWork. You just write them a check and you’re done.

Maybe it’s easier because WeWork is a national business, with locations in San Fran, Chicago, New York, L.A., Boston, and Seattle. WeWork members also get access to ZipCars and — get this! — health insurance if they want it. It doesn’t end there, either: Each summer, WeWork members from around the country are invited to go to summer camp. Yes, an actual summer camp, complete with canoeing and rock climbing, just like you might have participated in when you were a kid. With perks like these, WeWork takes the “community” idea of coworking and takes it to the next level.

Summary

These seven Bay Area coworking spaces are certainly not the only ones to choose from in the region; San Francisco is a particularly good environment for coworking spaces, so many coworking businesses thrive here. The seven spaces listed above, however, are all alike in that they have received exceptionally high reviews from their members. Each of them has a slightly different “feel;” a place like PARISOMA is more likely to attract entrepreneurs and telecommuters, while 20Mission’s seats are filled with just as many freelance artists as start-up businesses. Given the different culture at each coworking space, it’s important to check out several before deciding on a coworking home. Visit in the middle of the work week to get a feeling for what the space is really like when many of its members are present.

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Long-distance relationships can be very hard. Even when two people care for each other a great deal, the distance between them can strain even the strongest relationships. Smartphone apps can’t eliminate that strain completely, but they can at least help to close the gap a little bit. Here are eight apps to help you and your sweetie maintain your long-distance relationship.

1. Whats App

Whats App allows you to send text messages for free to anyone else who has the app. For couples who have oceans in between them or limited texting plans, Whats App is especially useful in keeping the monthly cell phone bill to a reasonable level. When foreign text messages cost an arm and a leg to send, it can quickly put a damper on romance. Download Whats App for Android, iPhone, or iPad and eliminate your texting bill with your sweetheart.

2. Avocado

Avocado trees, apparently, only bear fruit in pairs. That’s why the app creators chose the name “Avocado” for keeping “couples on-the-go” connected. Billing itself as a messaging and calendar app for couples, Avocado allows couples to set up joint to-do lists, message one another, set reminders for important dates and anniversaries, share calendars, and send pictures, sketches, and stickers. Pre-written, frequently used messages like, “Need anything before I come home?” and “Miss you” are designed to save couples time while still making it easy to show each other that they care. Overall, Avocado is a cute app that will supplement the other apps you already use to keep in touch with your significant other, with the added bonus of being able to share things like grocery lists, date night ideas, and calendars with the most important person in your life.

3. Facetime and/or Skype

Facetime if you’re both on iOS devices; Skype if you’re not: These two tools are essential for any modern-day long-distance relationship. Being able to hear your significant other’s voice is important when you’ve been away from each other for a long time. Being able to see them, if only on a screen, is even better. Even over the phone, things like smiles, shrugs, frowns, nods, and eyerolls do not come across. Skype and Facetime solve that problem. They’re the next best thing to having your significant other in the room with you — and they’re free.

4. Couple

Couple’s (formerly known as “Pair”) tagline is “share everything.” Designed for iPhone, Couple conveniently puts all your long-distance relationship tools in one place. It gives you quick access to Facetime, offers text and multi-media messaging specifically to your significant other, and, much like Avocado, it gives you and your partner access to shared to-do-lists, calendars to mark dates and anniversaries, along with photo, sketch, and sticker tools. Thumbkiss is another fun feature of Couple; you and your partner try to touch the exact same place on your screens at the exact same time. If you get a match, the phone vibrates to let you know you’re in sync. Essentially, think of Couple as being a social network designed for two people with some extra features meant to help couples stay close.

5. Feel Me

Feel Me takes the Thumbkiss idea of Pair and similar apps and puts it into a stand-alone app. For some couples, that might make sense: They’re not dating overseas and they each already have unlimited texting, so they don’t particularly need Whats App. They use tools like Google Calendar to share their calendars. They’ve got both Facetime and Skype, so they don’t see a point in adding an app that gives them quick access to Facetime when they already have quick access to Facetime. Furthermore, they’ve got native camera apps to take and send all the pictures and videos they want. For these tech-savvy couples, Feel Me is the one thing they don’t have already. A game for couples that’s not already included in one of their native apps, Feel Me gives couples a feeling of connection even when they’re far apart. The only caveat to Feel Me is that it’s only available for iOS.

6. TheIceBreak

One of the things that couples in long-distance relationships struggle with is keeping a feeling of intimacy and closeness even when they’re not seeing each other every day. Conversations that used to be fluid and easy sometimes seem to stall out over time, making both partners feel distant and tense with one another. TheIceBreak, as its name suggests, helps couples break through those walls and feel closer. It provides couples with a list of questions, such as “Do you think it’s more important for a couple to be friends or lovers?”, which can then be answered privately or publicly with TheIceBreak community. The app also includes a private wall for you and your significant other to send messages and photos back and forth. One testimonial on TheIceBreak website says that the app has helped to breathe new life even into a 13 year-old marriage.

7. Tokii

Although Tokii’s style is completely different from TheIceBreak, this app is also designed to help couples get talking to one another and be open about their thoughts and feelings. Tokii offers couples prompts, such as, “You make me feel…” and “Today I feel…” to tell their partner how they’re feeling that day. It also encourages couples to share their “Daily Mood” at the outset of each new conversation.

8. Between

Like Pair, Between is essentially a social network designed for two people. Free for both Android and iPhone, Between lets users share things like important dates, photos, etc. — one reviewer called it “DropBox for your relationship.” Although it was designed by a Korean company, Between supports 13 languages and is gaining traction rapidly in the United States. The company’s user data suggests that people who have the app spend more time with it than they do with almost any other social network app.

Summary

These eight apps are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to couples apps. For long-distance couples in particular, these handy apps give the relationship a feeling of closeness that makes all those miles feel a little less daunting.

Do you and your long-distance partner have an app that you use to stay close? Tell us about it in the comments section below.

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An Introduction to Bitcoins in 40 Seconds

“Bitcoin,” meanwhile, is the online-only currency that’s slowly gaining both traction and credibility as a legitimate way to pay for goods and services. You can learn more about the currency and its progress by reading bitcoin news, but to summarize the currency in a nutshell, bitcoin seeks to usurp banks and federal currency regulatory systems in favor of a monetary system that is 100 percent grassroots. Instead of new bitcoins simply being printed the way a U.S. mint would print dollar bills, new bitcoins are “mined” by individuals processing bitcoin transactions. By putting in the time and energy to processing these transactions, individuals are rewarded with a fraction of a bitcoin. At the moment, a single, whole bitcoin is worth hundreds of U.S. dollars, making the “mining” process quite valuable. Mathematical formulas govern the production of new bitcoins so that the currency does not inflate or deflate too dramatically.

Why Bitcoins and Coworking Spaces Are Coming Together

Because both bitcoins and coworking spaces appeal to the independent-minded “alternative” crowd, it makes perfect sense that more and more coworking spaces are beginning to accept bitcoin as a valid form of payment. Which coworking spaces currently accept bitcoins? Here’s a list of four to check out.

1. Coworking Space Toronto

Coworking Space Toronto is exactly the kind of place you might expect a coworking space to be. A light-filled, loft-like space filled with desks that can be rented by the hour, day or month, Coworking Space Toronto comes with free coffee, free tea and free WiFi for its coworking inhabitants. Its desks are typically filled with freelancers and start-up companies.

2. The Yard

About eight hours from Coworking Space Toronto is The Yard in New York City. Another bitcoin-accepting coworking space, The Yard has several different office locations sprinkled throughout the city. Designed specifically with entrepreneurs and start-ups in mind, The Yard hosts businesses ranging from new architecture firms to tea importing companies.

3. HuB

Sarasota, Florida, might be a long way away, in terms of both distance and culture, from New York City, but it’s similar in that it’s home to a number of artists and freelancers. While The Yard focuses mostly on entrepreneurial types, HuB in Sarasota caters to creatives. HuB started accepting bitcoin as payment in November 2013.

4. LAUNCH/CO

Meanwhile, halfway across the world, LAUNCH/CO in Berlin has become the first European coworking space to accept bitcoins. In the case of LAUNCH/CO, the acceptance of bitcoin came in response to a PayPal problem. When overseas travelers would try to pay LAUNCH/CO using PayPal, the Internet payment system would assume their accounts were being hacked from abroad and freeze the accounts. To make it easier for guests to pay, LAUNCH/CO started accepting bitcoin.

Conclusion: “I Think This is the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship”

Could these coworking spaces that accept bitcoin be, as Rick famously says to Louie in Casablanca, the beginning of a beautiful friendship? It certainly seems that coworking and bitcoin have some basic values in common: Both are built around an emerging 21st century economy that values mobility, freedom and flexibility. Both harness technology changes that would have made this mobility and flexibility impossible even just 20 years ago. Furthermore, both bitcoins and coworking seem ideal in a world where anyone can work from anywhere and everyone pays for everything online. It’s possible that these coworking spaces that accept bitcoins are just the beginning of a trend that stands to revolutionize our whole economy.

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Starting a company in another country, or expanding current company operations overseas, is no small matter. Even if business owners are prepared to handle new languages and new cultural values, they shouldn’t start crossing national borders until they’ve extensively researched the country where they’re considering doing business. What factors should business owners think about when starting a business overseas, and which countries are the best or worst for foreign business owners? Find the answers below.

Factors Businesspeople Should Consider Before Opening Their Doors Overseas

Both small businesses and large businesses are capable of making similar mistakes when it comes to moving or starting businesses overseas. In both cases, the businessmen and women involved might feel confident enough in their industry, product, or service that they fail to think about basic infrastructure and cultural questions that could impact their operations. Take a look at these five topics companies should carefully research before beginning business in a new country.

1. How long does it take to complete the basic set up of a new business?

Bureaucratic red tape exists in every country, but some countries have a lot more tape than others. In Canada, Australia, and the United States, for example, getting a new business registered and running should really only take 10 days or less. By contrast, trying to start a business in the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo can easily take five or six months.

2. If things don’t work out, how long will it take to close down the business?

Business owners don’t like to think about it, but not every business works out. If a business owner decides to sell a business or get out of the field, how long will it typically take to properly close down operations? Again, in the United States, it usually only takes a year or two. Even in China, it should only take a year or two. What if the business is in India? Don’t be surprised if it takes as long as six years to shut down the business.

3. Are foreigners allowed to own property?

If the business owner him or herself or other employees plan to move to the country to run the business, check to find out if foreigners are allowed to own property there. In some places, such as the Philippines, foreigners are prohibited from owning property.

4. What is the Internet infrastructure like?

Many Westerners have come to take high-speed, reliable Internet connections for granted; high-speed Internet seems as natural as having electricity. In places like Indonesia, Bolivia, India, and Nepal, however, expect to step back in time to the days when a dial-up connection was as good as it got.

5. What are the rules and regulations for businesses?

Although it may seem like a no-brainer, it’s still very important to mention that business owners should make sure that they thoroughly understand business rules and regulations of foreign countries before attempting to do business there.

The Most Business Friendly Countries

With the five points above in mind, which countries are the most business friendly in the world?

1. New Zealand

It’s far away from everything, but that might be one of the reasons why New Zealand’s so globally connected. English-speaking, close to Australia but also to Asia, New Zealand’s government has worked hard to attract businesses over the last two decades.

2. Canada

Americans like to think that Canadians are basically just Americans of the distant north; Canadians like to remind Americans that the two countries are very different. One of the ways in which they are different is that Canada came out almost unscathed from the recent global economic crisis, at least when it’s compared to Europe and the United States.

3. Singapore

There’s hardly a place in the world more international than Singapore. Distinctly Asian but with a British sensibility, the city-state is thriving economically and is poised to continue to do so for years to come.

4. Denmark

Denmark is high-tech, green and a global shipping power. Like Canada and New Zealand, its government and business policies are Western and modern.

5. Hong Kong

Not unlike Singapore, Hong Kong is a crossroads between East and West. One of the advantages of locating a business in Hong Kong is its proximity to the emerging economic giant, China.

The Least Business Friendly Countries

Just as the five countries listed above are ideal environments for starting a business, the five countries listed below are like business kryptonite. Don’t start a business in one of these places unless there are no other choices. Even if there are no other choices, business owners should still think twice before starting a business in one of these places.

1. Russia

It might come as a surprise to see Russia on the list, but it’s actually the hardest place in the world for a business to get hooked up to public utilities. Blackouts and other energy problems have been plaguing Russia for a few years now.

2. Brazil

Brazil might also be a surprise, given that the nation has been making headlines for a few years now for its growing economy. However, Brazil also places one of the highest tax burdens on businesses in the world, and the bureaucratic red tape is so bad that big firms can spend the equivalent of three months in man-hours every year just filling out paperwork.

3. India

Although it has the fourth largest economy in the world, India also has some of the worst government corruption on Earth to contend with.

4. Indonesia

It may have some very beautiful beaches on some of its islands, but the business environment isn’t nearly as postcard-perfect.

5. Greece

The country that nearly brought down the European Union with its debt crisis rounds out this list of bad places to start a business. Perhaps in the future, this historic and picturesque country will once again be an inviting place to start a business.

Conclusion

Doing business in a new country always requires more know-how than doing business in one’s native home. Think carefully about the points given above before jumping into a business in a new nation; what might seem like ideal conditions at first could turn out to be the calm before the storm. To get a broader picture of which countries are easy to do business in and which countries are particularly difficult to do business in, check out the chart at the top of the page on the ease of doing business in countries around the world.

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Put a room full of interesting and productive people in a coworking space and you’re bound to generate a little noise; it’s only natural. But sometimes calls get too loud, rings aren’t on vibrate, and some just talk more than others want to hear. Part of the magic of a coworking space though is that noise generated by the collaboration and interaction of thirsty minds fuels its energy. The responsibility of the coworking space is monitoring that perfect level and keeping happy coworkers. Each space has a slightly different policy, so it may be a factor in picking the one that is right for you; but overall, each still has a pretty similar view when it comes to harnessing the magic that is the coworking space. Check out what these coworking space managers had to say about how they feel about noise.

We’re a co-working space, not a library.

“We tell our visitors that we’re a coworking space, not a library. Everyone is welcome to chat, talk on the phone, and take meetings. However, if someone’s volume level gets loud enough that fellow co-workers start complaining, we’ll politely ask the noisy worker to tone it down.”

Ashley Gallman Williams – Client Relations & Events Manager, Wix Lounge

Take it elsewhere.

“We don’t have a stated noise policy. We know who we’re welcoming into the office, so companies that are likely to make a lot of noise such as companies that make sales calls, are usually not invited in. Of course, phone conversations and meeting are a part of any normal business day, so people tend to go to one of our soundproof meeting rooms to have conversations that could get loud. People also take their phones out into the lunch area or hallways to reduce sound. The space is also designed to put developers (usually quiet) in between two zones of founders (usually loud) to reduce noise pollution.”

Ilan Nass – Chief of Marketing, The Fueled Collective

Noise is energy.

“We see noise as energy, which is a good thing, so we’re not terribly strict about noise. That said, we’ve zoned each our spaces so that there is an area more conducive to conversation and collaboration, and other areas more geared toward quiet and focus. And if all else fails, we tell people who need to be noisy to book a private conference room.”

Don Ball – Founding Partner, CoCo Minneapolis

We like noise.

“We like phone calls, chatter, and general office noise. Collectively they build white noise that generates that “buzz” people like when they’re here.”

Jerome Chang – Founder & Architect, BLANKSPACES

Just be considerate.

“Keep it considerate of others. ‘Inside Voices’ are good. Otherwise, do your thing! Calls and conversations are okay here; they’re part of business. The group seems to mirror and adapt to each other — so phone calls layer into a babbling brook, but folks whisper if the room is library-quiet. I’m amazed by how considerate people are, and how willing they are to affectionately tolerate each other. It’s normal to get bellow-y during a business call, forget that your ringtone is irritating to others, or that your fancy business shoes are like hammers on the wood floor. We’re open plan, and sometimes we all crack up when someone’s noise is accidentally hilarious. When it keeps happening, I’m happy to nicely let folks know, as many times as they forget. I’m always happier to have to enforce the noise policy than the smell policy!”

Eva – Community Manager, Green Spaces

We have a noise sweet spot.

“Our noise level is always somewhere between a cafeteria and a library. That’s our sweet spot. Talking and communicating with team members or fellow Grindists in our main work areas is heavily encouraged. That said, we also promote the use of ‘inside voices.’ We’ve got plenty of environments within each of our locations that are great for meetings, phone calls, and louder conversations including conference rooms, phone booths, and smaller chat rooms. If members are in need of a truly silent space, we even have a library at our new Broadway space.”

Anthony Marinos – The Position Formerly Known as Sales and Marketing, Grind

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These questions remain to be answered, but if Google has its way, the answers will be “Yes,” “Yes,” and “Yes.” Google thinks that Glass will soon become an indispensable part of our lives, just as cell phones and then smartphones did a few years ago. According to Google, Glass will connect us to our world and to each other in ways that we never thought possible before. Recording pictures and videos of our experiences are just the beginning of what Glass can do. We’ll be able to use it in essentially the way that we do a smartphone, except this will be a computer that’s so close to us that we’ll be able to see it and talk to it without moving our hands or even our heads. The only way a computer could get closer to us than Google Glass would be if it was implanted inside our skulls — no doubt Larry Page and Sergey Brin have that planned already for future Glass upgrades.

There’s one part of our lives in particular where Google predicts we will eventually find Google Glass essential: travel. We already use our smartphones in all sorts of ways when we travel; we use them to help us find restaurants, to help us navigate unfamiliar cities, to rent cars, to check onto our planes and so on. Google Glass will be able to do all of the things a smartphone can do to help us travel, but it will also be able to do much more. Here’s a closer look at both the pros and the cons to using Google Glass when it comes to travel and to the rest of our lives.

The Advantages to Wearing Those Crazy-Looking Glasses When Traveling

1. A new Field Trip app is being customized for Glass.

Google recently redesigned the Field Trip app for Glass. Imagine that you’re a tourist wandering around New York City. As you look at a particular feature of the city with the high-tech glasses, you’ll be able to see certain information about what you’re looking at. For example, you might look up at the Empire State Building. The glasses will recognize the building and start feeding you facts about it, such as when it was built or how many stories it has. If you get hungry as you walk the streets of the Big Apple, all you need to do is look at a restaurant and Field Trip will offer you reviews. You can scroll through the information with your eyes, or you can have the information read into your headset. If you want more information, you simply talk to Glass, like you would talk to Siri, and ask whatever questions occur to you.

This “augmented reality” aspect to Glass is part of what sets it apart from smartphones. Yes, you can find restaurant reviews or learn when the Empire State Building was built with an iPhone, but with Glass, you won’t even have to stop what you’re doing to punch a question into your smartphone; all you need to do is look at an object and Glass will be able to tell you about it.

Although you might feel awkwardly disconnected from the people around you when using the Google Glass Field Trip app while with your family through New York City on vacation, the Glass Field Trip app is perfect for the solo traveler going to a new city for the first time. It’s possible to imagine a businessman in town for just a few days, for example, using the Glass Field Trip app to quickly find the perfect place to eat after a long day of meetings. Likewise, Field Trip for Glass will allow individuals and groups to create their own “walking tours” of cities and famous landmarks. Say “good-bye” to guidebooks; say “hello” to Google Glass.

2. Glass has tremendous social media potential.

It used to be that we were unreachable during our vacation time. We left our phones behind, because our phones were all connected to land lines. We left our computers behind, because our computers were hefty things that we only moved when we left one home to move into another. We also left a message on our voicemail at work that informed our clients and customers that we’d be out for a week or two.

All of that has completely changed.

Not only do we not disconnect while on vacation anymore, some of us stay even more connected while we’re out-of-town than when we’re in town. From exotic locales, we take pictures of ourselves, our meals, our friends and our surroundings and immediately post them to Facebook, Google+, Twitter, YouTube, etc.

One fact that Google discovered from the 8,000 people who already have Glass is that people love using the device to take pictures and instantly send them to their friends. Google anticipates that Glass will become as ubiquitous on our vacations as our picture and video-taking smartphones are today.

3. Insurance companies might use Glass to decide how to charge drivers.

While a tourist on a road trip around the country might use Glass for its navigation abilities and to take pictures from the driver’s seat, insurance companies are thinking about Glass in more practical ways when it comes to how we travel: They want to see if they can use Glass to assess our driving skills and adjust our rates accordingly.

Wichita State University professor Jibo He used to work for State Farm and has spent most of his career studying driver fatigue. He thinks he can use Glass to save drivers’ lives. His interest isn’t just humanitarian; it’s also financial. When someone dies in an auto accident, insurance companies shell out as much as $100,000. If Jibo He can figure out a way to use Glass to alert drivers to dangerous levels of fatigue and thereby save lives, he thinks he’ll be able to help insurance companies save lots of money.

4. Expect Google Glass to help you check in and board your flight.

Both passengers and airline companies alike might be using Google Glass in the future to make air travel smoother. For starters, Google Glass can already provide passengers with real-time flight information. In one hands-free glance, passengers will be able to see whether or not their flight is delayed, where the gate is and when they’ll be boarding. In the future, the check-in apps that airlines have already made for smartphones will probably start showing up on Glass, too.

Airlines, meanwhile, also see potential uses for Glass from a customer service point-of-view. Flight attendants could use Glass to view the entire flight roster, seat assignments, special meal requests, other special needs and so forth. They’ll be able to do all this while still keeping their hands free to pour drinks, serve meals and push carts.

Let’s Talk About the Elephant in the Room

Despite all the potential uses of Google Glass for travel and other applications, an important question still remains: Will Google Glass truly catch on?

Granted, there are some future Glass owners who will buy the devices simply because they are the latest, coolest gadget on the market. Others might buy Google Glass devices because they belong to the generations in which staying connected to electronic gadgetry is as commonplace and socially acceptable as watching TV.

There are lots of consumers, however, who are viscerally opposed to Google Glass. They’re not opposed only because Google Glass is going to make us look a little dorky; their opposition is much deeper and more personal than that. They have concerns that Google Glass will take us one step closer to some sort of Brave New World or 1984 dystopian future, in which a combination of technology and oppressive ideology will steal our freedoms, our privacy and our ability to think for ourselves. Here are a few disadvantages of Google Glass, as these naysayers see it, where the devices are related to travel.

1. If you thought distracted driving was bad before, just wait until Glass comes out.

We’re not supposed to punch in addresses into our GPS systems when we drive, but many of us do anyway. We’re also not supposed to text when we drive, but many of us do that from time to time, too. Research has shown that we really shouldn’t talk on the phone when we drive, even with a hands-free device, but most of us pretty much ignore that research.

Some leery lawmakers are already preparing to ban the use of Google Glass while driving. In the United Kingdom, for example, lawmakers are already preparing to ban the use of Glass while driving. In West Virginia, the same thing is happening.

However, not everyone is so sure that Glass and driving don’t mix. Chris Barrett, one of Google’s 8,000 “Glass Explorers,” thinks that Glass will prove to be an excellent safety innovation. His argument is this: People are not going to stop using their phones while they drive no matter what kinds of laws and fines are created. Smartphones mean that being connected while driving is here to stay. Given that, at least according to Barrett, this point is a fact, Google Glass is an all-in-one hands-free device that will truly allow drivers to keep their eyes on the road. Barrett has published videos of himself driving with Glass on to show just how undistracted he is while wearing Glass.

The company INRIX has also posted video of driving with Glass. INRIX has already developed a navigation app that will allow users to choose routes, share their anticipated arrival time with friends and alert other drivers to road hazards, all without their hands ever leaving the steering wheel or their eyes ever leaving the road.

Will lawmakers win this battle over distracted driving and Google Glass, or will people like Chris Barrett and companies like INRIX? The jury is still out on the possible drawbacks to using Glass while driving.

2. Pay-per-gaze has already started.

Google makes its money principally by selling ads. While it appears to give consumers many services for free, these services are also producing ad revenue. In Gmail, for example, it’s not unusual to see an ad that has picked up on some wording from the email you’re reading.

To sell ads in Google Glass, Google has created a technology called “pay-per-gaze.” When consumers look at an ad displayed in Glass, advertisers will be charged “per gaze.” Although using an app like Field Trip while in an unfamiliar city might seem incredibly convenient, how long will it be before Glass users are hit up with location-specific ads everywhere they go?

Walking through the airport food court? “Go eat at Atlanta Bread!” your Glass device might tell you. Walking through New York City? “Buy tickets for a Broadway show!” Furthermore, how long will it take for Google Glass text ads to evolve into video ads? Just getting near a movie theater while wearing Glass might create an unwanted trigger for movie trailers; drive past a car dealership and you might suddenly find yourself unwillingly watching a used car salesman’s commercial.

3. Some destinations are already off-limits to Glass.

Perhaps your next vacation will be in Las Vegas. If it is, don’t get your hopes up for wearing Glass into a casino, strip joint or certain bars. Due to privacy and security issues, Glass has already been banned by some types of establishments.

Slyly taking pictures of strippers in Las Vegas, however, is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the privacy and security concerns that Glass devices raise. Imagine what could happen, whether you’re traveling or whether you’re at home, if your Glass device gets hacked. The hacker will be able to watch your entire world through your eyes. Whether it’s what room number you have in a hotel, what your credit card number is or how much money is in your wallet, a hacker will have instant access to whatever information you have gleaned about yourself, your family members and environment with your eyes.

It’s not just the criminal hackers we have to worry about, either, privacy advocates say. We’ve already learned that we can’t trust government agencies, like the NSA, around our mobile phones; will we be able to stop the government — our own or others — from tapping into our Glass devices as well?

Conclusion… Or Just the Beginning?

It will still be a while before the rest of us get to try out the device that the 8,000 Glass Explorers already have. Perhaps Google Glass will be the next natural step after smartphones for enhancing our travel and vacation experiences. Perhaps we will use them for traveling both in the ways mentioned above and in ways we haven’t even dreamed up yet.

On the other hand, the controversy surrounding Glass is really just getting warmed up. For some people, accepting the ubiquity of smartphones has been a stretch; just look at photos and videos already out there proclaiming the onset of the “smartphone zombie apocalypse.” There’s a very good possibility that Google Glass will make us even more dependent upon and addicted to our electronic devices than we already were. Yes, we’ll have instant access to information, media and people all the time, right in our field of vision, but is that a good thing or a bad thing?

That question remains unresolved and its answer largely depends upon who you ask. At any rate, Google Glass is coming whether you approve of it or not; it’s time to get ready.

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French-based Airbus is usually in the business of making airplanes, not luggage. Normally, the company is busy trying to stay ahead of its two big American competitors, Boeing and Lockheed-Martin. Recently, however, Airbus became the unlikely innovator of a product designed to make commercial air travel a whole lot easier: the Airbus Bag2Go.

Not Just Another Rolling Suitcase

On the surface, the Airbus Bag2Go looks like almost any other rolling suitcase. It has a hard-but-flexible plastic exterior shell, it has four “all direction” wheels and it has a telescopic handle that makes the bag easy to drag or push.

Don’t be fooled by its generic appearance, however. At the top of the Airbus Bag2Go is a little device that has led Airbus to claim that the Bag2Go represents the “reinvention of luggage.” What is it? The Bag2Go includes an RFID chip, barcode, self-weighing scale and GPS tracking device.

“RFID” means “radio frequency identification.” Often associated with a barcode, RFIDs can be used to identify and track objects. Have you ever considered implanting a chip in a pet to easily find it in case it ever got lost? The chip you were thinking of is an RFID chip.

Airports are already starting to use RFIDs for self-checked baggage. The kiosks where we currently scan our own passports and print our own boarding passes could soon provide us with a scannable, trackable tag for our baggage as well. Thinking ahead, the Bag2Go is already equipped with a built-in RFID chip that can be associated with your name and travel itinerary. On top of that, an iPhone app couples with the bag and uses GPS to tell you exactly where your bag is at all times. The same app will tell you whether or not your bag has been opened and how much the contents of your bag weigh.

Door-to-Door Service

When you are taking an especially long trip, such as a trip with several layovers, pulling your bag around and keeping up with it can be exhausting. The Bag2Go hopes to eliminate that problem, too. With the iPhone app and a few clicks, the bag can be checked in from home and taken to the airport using a delivery service. From there, the bag is loaded onto the plane and flies to wherever it’s supposed to go. Another delivery service can pick the bag up from the airport and take it to the customer’s hotel or final destination. In other words, imagine traveling with checked luggage but without checking the luggage, claiming the luggage or carrying the luggage with you.

Airbus hopes to get into the baggage pick-up and delivery service, too. Right now, Airbus says, the average service costs around $40. Airbus thinks it will be able to offer much lower prices, perhaps as low as $13.

Look for the Bag2Go Soon

When can you buy your own Bag2Go? Airbus just revealed the product this summer and noted that it’s still very much in the development phase. However, the company expects that consumers should be able to start renting the bags from the airplane manufacturer in the relatively near future. Eventually, customers should be able to buy their own.

The problem the company is having right now is figuring out a business model that will be profitable for Airbus. After all, Airbus is an airplane manufacturer, not a luggage manufacturer. Its Chief Innovation Officer, Yann Barbaux, has expressed this concern in interviews and says that Airbus is still trying to determine how to make the Bag2Go a profitable product. He has noted that much will depend upon commercial airlines themselves, since they are ultimately the ones who handle and track baggage.

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Putting so many independent thinkers (all focused on separate projects) in the same coworking room would seem to cause many conflicts — but surprisingly, after talking with coworking space managers for this article — the overall theme was that conflict is uncommon. But as uncommon as it is, we can’t stop it from occasionally occurring. Here are seven of the ways some coworking space managers handle conflict between members.

1. Provide a Mediator

“Conflict is rare in the collective, since we’ve strived to build a community of like minded companies and individuals. We don’t just accept anyone who wants to join, they must fit our culture here. When conflict happens however, or someone has a complaint. We ask them to talk to our community manger, Ele, who will then try to settle the issues. Introducing a third party can quickly settle most issues.”

Ilan Nass – Chief of Marketing, The Fueled Collective

2. Tell Them They’re Welcome to Leave

“We’re lucky that as a free, first-come-first serve space, our community generally regulates itself. When a non-negotiable conflict does arise, however, we usually just explain that they are welcome to leave.”

Ashley Gallman Williams – Client Relations & Events Manager, Wix Lounge

3. Encourage Communication

“We encourage members to talk directly to each other if they have any problems. It’s only if somebody or something is a recurring source of conflict that we’ll intervene.”

Don Ball – Founding Partner, CoCo Minneapolis

4. Things Tend to Work Themselves Out

“They typically resolve amongst themselves. Sometimes they might simply use headphones. The front desk may intervene as required. Conflicts are dealt with on a case-by-case basis. The more experience a front desk has with those clients, and/or with the space, the better.”

Jerome Chang – Founder & Architect, BLANKSPACES

5. Remind Them Why They’re Here

“To date, we haven’t had to mediate any conflicts between members. Should the need arise, we would implement the ‘we are all here to make money’ approach. With this in mind, let’s be respectful of others and their needs.”

Nancy Gonzalez – Director, SoTechie Spaces

6. Treat It Like a Restaurant Host

“It’s a rare thing, and generally arises when members are stressed about their own work. But, I handle it like any host in a restaurant or at a party would handle a conflict between valued customers or friends. I talk with both parties, sympathize, remind everyone of the house rules, make policy changes if necessary, and urge the members to give each other another chance, because they may have quirks, but they’re all really good people. It usually goes pretty well.”

Eva – Community Manager, Green Spaces

7. Diffuse It Quickly

“Believe it or not, we don’t have conflict between members. We curate our membership to create a collaborative environment, not a competitive one. Grindists are often interested in working together to ultimately build stronger businesses. We’re also staffed 100% of the time with some of the most hospitable and kindest people on Earth, so if and when there ever is some form of a disagreement, we’ll be able to diffuse it quickly and easily.”

Anthony Marinos – The Position Formerly Known as Sales and Marketing, Grind

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