It’s that time of year where gift-giving is upon us, and if you have an Instructional Designer or E-Learning Developer in your life, I have a great list of prospective gifts that you can give!<\/p>\n
Tech Gifts<\/strong><\/p>\n Bose QuietComfort Noise Cancelling Headphones<\/a> – These are my number one gift suggestion for any Instructional Designer or E-Learning Developer. Whether they work from home, from a cubicle farm, or just like zoning out to music\/podcasts while they work, these are an amazing gift! I purchased a pair of these earlier in the year and I will never return to another type of headphone.\u00a0NEVER.<\/strong> Bose, I’m a customer for life now. Yes; they are expensive, but are they worth it? 150%! As someone who travels frequently, these headphones have also saved my butt more than once when I’ve had to fall asleep on a noisy redeye after an excruciatingly long week of conference travel\/participation, and work wonders for those who are anxious flyers.<\/p>\n Storage<\/a> – You can never have enough Storage. I like my storage in the form of the Apple Time Capsule<\/a> (which has been discontinued….wah!), external hard drives, and cloud based storage through Dropbox<\/a> and Google Drive<\/a>. There is no shortage of options, and there are some pretty good deals kicking around on Amazon this time of year.<\/p>\n Sonos Beam<\/a> – The Sonos Beam is on my wishlist this year, and it’s mostly because I enjoy working from my sofa at times, and while doing so I like to have background noise. Then, when I actually want to watch TV, I’d like to feel like I’m in the show I’m watching. Basically, this is just something I would like to have in my life!<\/p>\n Things to Make Work Easier<\/strong><\/p>\n Things that make my work-life easier include the following (outside of the headphones and storage previously mentioned):<\/p>\n Coffee or Tea<\/strong><\/p>\n Most Instructional Designers, E-Learning Developers, or humans I know consume some form of caffeine, and most often it’s in the form of tea or coffee.<\/p>\n Last year I sprung for the Nespresso Vertuoline<\/a> with frother because I was spending way too much money on lattes at a local cafe (annually). I chose the Vertuoline because they have a fantastic recycling program for their pods (the entire pod gets recycled and coffee composted), are very fairly priced per cup, and their coffee is pretty tasty.<\/p>\n Before purchasing the Nespresso, I had a little Cuisinart that did the trick, and I would purchase coffee subscriptions so I could get a variety of beans. My favourite subscriptions were:<\/p>\n On the tea front, I am very firmly planted in the Davids Tea<\/a> camp. Davids has an amazing selection of tea, and some of my favourites are: S’Mores Chai<\/a>, and Movie Night<\/a>. However, if you’re unsure what to choose, I would recommend the following gift packages:<\/p>\n It’s that time of year where gift-giving is upon us, and if you have an Instructional Designer or E-Learning Developer in your life, I have a great list of prospective gifts that you can give! 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