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You should call in sick more often — even if you’re WFH Role of companies Companies generally want to keep employees’ absences due to sickness as low as possible. Presenteeism is often viewed positively if the alternative is sick leave, as employees will get some work done and their role will not need to be covered by co-workers. But when researching this issue, I’ve also found that taking sick leave is not a decisionthat people take lightly....

You SHOULD wave at the end of video calls — here’s why Anyone who says otherwise is wrong Video calls are different from in-person meetings Waving at the end of a video meeting mightfeelodd because no one waves at the end of in-person meetings. And sure: it would be weird to wave at a bunch of people you’re sharing a conference room table with. But video calls aren’t like real-life meetings — at all....

Tammy Camp holds akiteboarding world recordfor consecutive back loops. She told me about this when she spoke at The Next Web Conference 2011 in Amsterdam. I was very impressed to meet someone with a world record. But you too can become a world record holder. In fact, it isn’t that hard. The hardest part? Coming up with a new record to set. See, when I explained Tammy how impressed I was with her world record she explained that it wasn’t all that hard to set....

On Thursday atThe Next Web Conferencein Amsterdam, TNW Co-FoundersBoris Veldhuijzen van ZantenandPatrick de Laivetook the stage to give out 3 brand new HTC Desire HD smartphones. [See our run down of the mobile phonehere.] Boris challenged the crowd saying, “Whoever says the nicest thing about Patrick on Twitter wins a phone.” One social media guy from the crowd namedNicolas Griffioentweeted, The next day, Patrick bought a razor set to 3mm and called Nicolas, who has a full head of hair from Buenos Aires, Argentina, up on stage....

Youku, China’s leading Internet television company, officially announcedSoku— a professional video search engine specializing in video search covering the entire Youku network, as well as all the other mainstream video sites. Compared with traditional search engines, the new Soku focuses only on videos as part of Youku’s “everything about video” strategy, covering all aspects of the video viewing experience — from producing and aggregating content to helping users find interesting videos....