Every office has a cupboard of last year's Diwali gifts. The branded diary nobody wrote in, the dry fruit box that went home to a relative, the mug that became a pen stand. None of it was bad - it just was not useful.If you are choosing gifts for a team this year, here is what tends to survive past the first week.1. Something used at the desk, not at homeYour team spends most of its waking hours at a screen. A gift that helps with that day - tired...
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By six in the evening your eyes feel dry, your forehead is tight, and everything on the screen has a faint blur around it. If that sounds like your day, you are not imagining it - and you are not alone.What is actually happeningThree things, mostly.You blink less. Reading a screen cuts your blink rate by roughly half, so the tear film that keeps the surface of your eye smooth breaks up. That is the grittiness and the blur.Your focus never moves. The muscle that focuses your eye holds one...
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Gifting someone who works on a computer all day is harder than it looks. They already own the gadgets. They do not need another mug. And a box of sweets disappears in a week.Here is what actually works, based on what people who spend eight to ten hours on screens say they wish someone had given them.1. Something that helps their eyesDry, tired, itchy eyes are the most common complaint among screen workers. A heating and cooling eye patch, a good under-eye cream, or blue-light glasses all land well because...
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