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Who is the most thick-skinned person in your office? Probably your Office Shorts Guy. Why? Two reasons: 1. He doesn’t care what you think because he prioritizes comfort over fashion style. 2. He actually has thick enough skin to tolerate wearing shorts in frigid temperatures.

It’s not every day that you find a story that combines OK Go (the band that has made an art form out of one-shot videos), DNA, and being able to store all of human knowledge in the palm of your hand. And yet, as strange and unlikely as that story may seem, here it is.

You can feel it. That little burst of energy and excitement. Summer is almost here. And that means it’s almost time... for summer vacations. It’s baked into our culture. We take it for granted, but can you imagine a time without time off? Discover the history of how vacations came to exist.

How do you invent a brand new word? Hear the unexpected origin of the word, Podcast. (Hint: it was not invented by Apple or Adam Curry.)

What is your office-life secret? Hear the true story of one office worker who uses an elaborate ruse so he can play an hour of games in a bathroom stall every day.

xWe are inspired by people who take big career risks for the chance to find their true calling. Meet Clark Little, a guy who quit his job of 17 years to take photos INSIDE waves. Today, he has 1.4 MILLION Instagram followers and has never looked back.

Have you ever wondered how to make your podcast sound more like all your favorite podcasts - the really, really good ones that we all love? This is our audio cheat sheet and an homage to some of our favorite podcasts.

Coffee shops are full of people hard at work and we have some burning questions. What kinds of work are they doing? And why are they choosing to do it in a coffee shop? And most importantly, why aren’t there any businesses transforming their dull, corporate cubicles into a bustling, artsy coffee shop?

Traditional microphones capture sound waves as they hit a diaphragm and cause it to vibrate. Scientist Abe Davis realized that sounds waves hit all sorts of other objects, too. So he invented a way to capture sound from virtually any object, from a plant to a bag of chips.

The inventor of Creative Mornings, the TeuxDeux minimalist calendar app, the Swissmiss design blog, Studiomates co-working space and Tattly temporary tattoos shares her secret for turning tough problems on their heads to find creative solutions.