Today's Office
19,435 words by 50 writers in Kamakura, Tokyo & elsewhere
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Goodbye, Today's office
A temple with a view
by Craig ModTsuruoka-shi — The view was good. There isn’t much to crave when sleeping in a temple — a decent futon, reasonably new tatami, a bath. Everything else is icing — great food, and of course, a view. I think this is the first real “view” I’ve had in any temple I’ve stayed at in Japan. I’ve stayed in dozens now. Many have views into gardens, but not into valleys. Inns, perhaps. The inn at Kiri-no-sato Takahara alon...
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Craig Mod
Daisuke Horie
Jan Chipchase
Vivien Leung
Christine Herrin
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Today's office, Talks, Ping pong
Readmill talk, with accidental publish
by Craig ModBerlin — Hello Dear Subscribers (DS). You may have received a Lorem Ipsum message from me earlier. Apologies. Apologies. This is what happens, DS, when you are demoing a product and forget that things are li...
Today's office, Culture, Coffee
Barefoot Cafe
by Charlie GrossoHanoi — I roam around Hanoi on my 125cc motorbike (Sylvia is her name) and alternate cafes for offices. Today’s office is actually called The KAfe. The crowd is a mixture of Vietnamese and expats. The blond w...
Retreats, mountains, Today's office
Pre-publish Banff views
by Craig ModBanff — And now post-published. Snow finished, mountains dusted. Clouds lifted. All the trees little matchsticks. A billion pins in rock. Not quite a billion words, but a few million, from this wonderful com...
Other Stories
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Goodbye, Today's office
A temple with a view
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Fiction, chairs, Today's office
Lawn chairs
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Retreats, mountains, Today's office
Pre-publish Banff views
by Craig Mod in Banff -
Books, Publishers, Today's office
Today was my last meeting as a board member of indie press champions Inpress Books.
by Steve Dearden in Sheffield -
Today's office
The Internet was down. In such desperate times my iPad to the rescue.
by Ben Brooks in Lakewood -
Today's office, Books
Welcomed by books
by Etaoin Shrdluc in Tel Aviv-Yafo -
Creative writing, Conferences, Today's office
Balotelli's T-shirt
by Steve Dearden in Bristol -
Cycling, Maps, Today's office
Hills like sleeping dogs
by Steve Dearden in Ilkley -
Today's office, Street Food, Culture
It's all about eye contact
by Charlie Grosso in Hanoi -
Today's office, Coffee, work
Work is not always WORK; how you get to what is next is well...keep on going.
by Charlie Grosso in Hanoi -
time, Today's office, Outdoor Online
Notes on Living Outside Cultural Norms. Corporate etiquette & Personal hygiene.
by James Gibson in Ikeda -
Today's office, Culture, Coffee
Barefoot Cafe
by Charlie Grosso in Hanoi -
Today's office, Marketing
Apple users and their offices
by Vivien Leung in Toronto -
Today's office, Today's Commute, camp every day
Notes on Living Outside Cultural Norms. New Habits, Old Habits.
by James Gibson in Maibara -
Today's office, camp every day, Today's Commute
Notes on Living Outside Cultural Norms. Hard to go, sad to leave.
by James Gibson in Hakuba -
Today's Commute, Today's office, camp every day
Notes on Living Outside Cultural Norms. Walking up Questioning & walking down Answering.
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camp every day, Car Danchi, Today's office
Notes on Living Outside Cultural Norms. Not so bad after all.
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Today's office, Coffee
clack clack clack…the tumbler is shaken across the room and deftly poured into awaiting glasses freshly pulled from their icy home.
by emile denichaud in Tokyo -
camp every day, Today's Commute, Today's office
Notes on Living Outside Cultural Norms. #Wind & #Snow.
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Today's office, new New journalism, writing
Today's new new office
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Today's office, Work life, poetry
Anatomy of a work-in-progress.
by Lia Pas in Saskatoon -
Today's office, commute
Sometimes it's better to begin before the start of the journey, than start at the beginning.
by Jan Chipchase in Dehong -
Today's office
Communal Bathing. Social Bonding.
by Jan Chipchase in Mazandaran -
Today's office
Today’s office is a ryokan halfway up a mountain in Japan’s northern island ofHokkaido.
by Jan Chipchase in Niseko -
writing, Today's office
A day of writing
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Today's office, Trains
Amtrak workstations
by Christine Herrin in Berkeley -
Today's office, New Music, Grants
Collaborating on a grant application is easier than I thought it would be.
by Lia Pas in Saskatoon -
Today's office, Workspaces, cubicle
Rearranging Desk Chairs on the Titanic
by Carl Holscher in Washington -
Today's office, ghost
How to file an expense claim for a ghost.
by Jan Chipchase in Kalaw -
Today's office, treehouses
Meeting Room: Butterfly Treetop
by Jan Chipchase in Kalaw -
blossoms, Today's office, nature
Small things make me happy
by So-Shan Au in London -
City views, Today's office
In Dublin today. We are putting together a social media policy for organisations that work with young people.
by Davy Sims in Dublin -
Mathematics, Today's office
A first step in a new land.
by Etaoin Shrdluc in Münster -
technology, Today's office
Older than my pencil sharpener
by David Wade Chambers in Aireys Inlet -
Today's office
Today's office. Nice whiteboard
by Daisuke Horie in Tokyo -
Today's office
Numb-ers, the antithesis of creativity
by Joel Dueck in Minneapolis -
Today's office, love hotel, porn
Between us we are carrying enough video gear to shoot a documentary. Or porn.
by Jan Chipchase in Seoul -
Today's office
Today's office. Back in Tokyo.
by Daisuke Horie in Tokyo -
Today's office, Devices, Prose
Oldest Device in My Office
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Today's office
Today's office
by Daisuke Horie in San Francisco
Recent Moments
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Today's office, Goodbye, California
I'm sitting quietly in my mother-in-law's new condo in Vallejo, California. I'm quite sad to see Hi disappear.
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Goodbye, Today's office
A temple with a view
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Fiction, chairs, Today's office
Lawn chairs
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mountains, Today's office
Sayonara dinners
in Banff, Canada -
Retreats, mountains, Today's office
Pre-publish Banff views
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Today's office, kiss
#todaysoffice
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Books, Publishers, Today's office
Today was my last meeting as a board member of indie press champions Inpress Books.
in Sheffield, United Kingdom -
Today's office
The Internet was down. In such desperate times my iPad to the rescue.
in Lakewood, United States -
Creative writing, Conferences, Today's office
Balotelli's T-shirt
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Cycling, Maps, Today's office
Hills like sleeping dogs
in Ilkley, United Kingdom -
Today's office, Street Food, Culture
It's all about eye contact
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Today's office, Coffee, work
Work is not always WORK; how you get to what is next is well...keep on going.
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Today's office, Blogging
Today's office. Okay, not quite. But a decent temporary setup after work.
in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom -
Today's office, Culture, Coffee
Barefoot Cafe
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poetry, Video Art, Today's office
We like to think that Gertrude would be pleased.
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Today's office, Marketing
Apple users and their offices
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Today's office
Notes on Living Outside Cultural Norms. 70%/30%.
in Otsu, Japan -
Café, Coffee, Today's office
A cafe that's worth biking uphill for 40 min.
in Montreal, Canada -
drawing, Today's office, Coffee Shops
people drawing #30dayssketching
in Toronto, Canada -
time, Today's office, Outdoor Online
Notes on Living Outside Cultural Norms. Corporate etiquette & Personal hygiene.
in Ikeda, Japan -
Today's office, Coffee
clack clack clack…the tumbler is shaken across the room and deftly poured into awaiting glasses freshly pulled from their icy home.
in Tokyo, Japan -
Today's Commute, Today's office, camp every day
Notes on Living Outside Cultural Norms. Walking up Questioning & walking down Answering.
in Inabe, Japan -
Today's office, drawing, Coffee Shops
A 2min rough sketch hoping to relieve my frustration as I await the Wi-Fi to connect
in Toronto, Canada -
Today's office, Today's Commute, camp every day
Notes on Living Outside Cultural Norms. New Habits, Old Habits.
in Maibara, Japan -
Today's office, new New journalism, writing
Today's new new office
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Salt flats, fixer, Today's office
A fixer, a car, 8 days at altitude.
in Pacajes, Bolivia -
cafes, Today's office, Bookstores
Books, coffee and crepes? My new favorite spot. (But no wifi. Maybe for the better!)
in San Francisco, United States -
Publishing, Today's office
The back end of print publishing, I suppose! Drowning in ISBNs.
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Today's office, Work life, poetry
Anatomy of a work-in-progress.
in Saskatoon, Canada -
writing, Today's office
A day of writing
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Views from a train, Trains, Today's office
Bridge views
in Crockett, United States -
Trains, Views from a train, Today's office
Blink and you'll miss it
in Brentwood, United States -
Trains, Views from a train, Today's office
All in a row
in Woodbury, United States -
camp every day, Today's Commute, Today's office
Notes on Living Outside Cultural Norms. #Wind & #Snow.
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Today's office, Trains
Amtrak workstations
in Berkeley, United States -
Today's office, ghost
How to file an expense claim for a ghost.
in Kalaw, Republic of the Union of Myanmar -
Today's office, treehouses
Meeting Room: Butterfly Treetop
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Today's office, Workspaces, cubicle
Rearranging Desk Chairs on the Titanic
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camp every day, Car Danchi, Today's office
Notes on Living Outside Cultural Norms. Not so bad after all.
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Today's office
Today's office is up in the pines. Popup studio set up includes installing a satellite dish, and daily deliveries from the local village bakery, plus fresh fruit, yoghurt and milk.
in Kalaw, Republic of the Union of Myanmar