18 Jul 09 More Tips To Go Green At The Office

Going green in the office involves more than just conserving power while you’re at work. That’s all well and good for helping the environment, but that doesn’t help with the amount of trash you’re producing. Not to mention the amount of new products coming in that don’t comply with good recycling standards. Which is exactly why to really go green at your office, you need to keep an eye on everything that you’re doing, throwing out, and bringing in to your workplace. Sounds like a daunting task, but it’s not as difficult as you may think.

Start out by just paying better attention to the label on the products that you buy. Most stores, like Office Max or Office Depot, will offer a list of products located at the store that are considered more environmentally friendly. Try to stick to these lists for anything you purchase, as these products are usually much less harsh on the environment to produce, and tend to biodegrade faster.

For your printer, either use a reusable printer cartridge, so that you can just refill it when you run out of ink, or purchase remanufactured printer cartridges. Either option is recycling and will save a ton of extra plastic from being just wasted and dropped into the local landfill to rot.

Concerning the paper for your printer, try to stick to PCR, post-consumer recycled, paper. This way you are using paper that is almost 100% recycled content, and as long as you remain good about recycling the paper that you use, you are greatly reducing the amount of resources lost producing and then maintaining that paper.

Finally, try to cut out using paper at all. Purchase an external hard drive, or even a big flash drive, as a back up device for your important information. This way you can protect your information without burning through a lot of paper to keep your sensitive info on file.

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07 Jan 09 Useful gadgets for mobile computing

So you have packed your suitcases for a short trip away from your conventional office, it is your first time leaving your reference point and you have absolutely no clue as to what to take with you on this trip. Apart from the traditional laptop you want to take something that will guarantee extra advantages on your trip.

The Wifi Finder Plus created by Kensington is one little cutie that you will not want to leave behind. It eliminates the need of having to take your laptop from it´s case to test signal strength in hot spots.The Wifi Finder Plus is able to indicate signal strength if a 802,11b or 802,11b/g network is close by. It is small and detect less so there is not need to worry about extra weight in your luggage. The main disadvantage is that it does not indicated if the network is encrypted or not so one has to think if it is worth taking the risk.

The USB port blocker is another small gadget that you will not want to leave off your list if you intend to protect yourself from the possibility of viruses being introduced on you computer in the event you happen to be distracted. This tiny devise basically locks off any access to your USB from unscrupulous people. It is simple to use and acts as a extra bodyguard against viruses, spy ware etc.

Do not forget your battery charger after all you do intend to get some work done on your trip. Its is important that one does some research to identify the best charger for his needs. It would be best to choose one serves for many other gadgets thus reducing your luggage load.

Maybe you are not going on a secret mission and much less working for an international spying agency, nevertheless a Fingerprint Reader USB flash drive is an excellent way to guarantee that your data does not fall into the wrong hands. It is exactly was the name says, and can recognize up to 10 authorized fingerprints.

If your job involves a lot of paperwork and you happen to have a deadline to hand them in upon arrival at you destination, but you you are still working on it, then take a Portable Printer with you .There are quite a few on the market such as Pentax PocketJet3 Mobile Printer,HP Deskjet 460wbt Mobile Printer,Canon Pixma i90 Mobile Printer.

There is also the USB Watch drives that allows you to take your data with you wherever you go. It is basically a watch and USB in one, another cutie that one should definitely have.

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