CRAIG SILVERMAN

I recently added a Delicious feed in a sidebar to the right that features links to some of my latest writing. I would have simply added this story to that list, but the Globe And Mail chose not to put the story online. (Shocking!) So, here’s my recent Saturday feature about “unlimited vacation” policies in the workplace. Enjoy.
All the vacation …

I didn’t plan it this way, but I have work in the recent issues of both Writer’s Digest and Reader’s Digest (Canada). So October is all about the Digests, yo. The only hitch is that neither piece is online as of now. So you need to get the print editions. (Or buy the digital edition of WD!)

For Writer’s Digest, I …

It’s been a little more than two months since I joined PBS MediaShift as an associate editor, and that means I’ve produced two features for the site (in addition to my editing and site management duties). Below are excerpts from the articles. Enjoy.

Cats Sleeping with Dogs? Rival News Orgs Share Content, Revenues

by Craig Silverman, October 21, 2009

Next month, newspapers all …

I recently discovered that one of the world’s leading experts in procrastination is based in Ottawa. His name is Dr. Timothy Pychyl and he runs the Procrastination Research Group at Carleton University. I wrote an article about him for The Globe And Mail, and you can read it below.
This story looks at some of Dr. Pychyl’s most recent research. Ever …

I finally got my hands on a PDF of an article I wrote for Maisonneuve magazine last year. It’s a a personal story that recounts the dépanneur owners I’ve dealt with since moving to Montreal, and it’s one of my favorite pieces of work from the past year or so. You can download a PDF of the piece here, or …

Contained in today’s Globe And Mail is the latest issuse of TQ, the paper’s quarterly technology magazine. I wrote the cover story about wireless security hacker Brad “RenderMan” Haines. He’s a talented white hat hacker based in Edmonton, and the profile raises a lot of important issues about wireless security. The full text is up on the Globe’s website, and …

As an editor noted in an email to me yesterday, Monday’s Life section in the Globe And Mail was something of a “Silverman Show.” I wrote two features in addition my usual Monday Office column for the paper, which means my name was pretty much splashed on every page. Apologies.
The first feature was about the supposed productivity benefits of giving …

It’s been about nine months since I started writing The Office column and blog for The Globe And Mail, and my December 31 offering was a look back at the year in workplace stories. It’s online here and the full text is below.
The 2007 Office Awards
Looking back at a long year on the job
CRAIG SILVERMAN
December 31, 2007
From gun-toting co-workers …

Below is a feature I wrote for The Globe And Mail (link) about the exploding productivity industry.
Too busy organizing to be productive
The quest to find better ways to manage work and life may slow people down in a flood of paperwork, e-mails, blogs and books
CRAIG SILVERMAN
The Globe and Mail
September 24, 2007
Colin McKay begins most meetings by taking out two of …

I’m a bit late updating some of the recent work I’ve done. Below is a technology story I wrote for TQ magazine, which is published by The Globe And Mail. It’s also online at their site here.
Bonanza in the oil patch
A Calgary company hits pay dirt with a wireless ticketing system for its workers in the field
CRAIG SILVERMAN
April 11, …

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