Are you cool in your cubicle? If not you might want to try some
of these tips mentioned in this Startribune.com article.
Here are a few of the Tribune's suggestions for complete
cube coolness:
1. Don't hold meetings in your cube
2. Don't talk loudly on the phone in your cube.
Do talk loudly on your phone in your private office, if and when you get one.
4. Don't IM gossip. The cube mate behind you is reading your comments, even though you don't think they are.
Do IM important work questions, like "are you at your desk? Can I stop by?"
10. Don't have a boring cube.
Do make your cube suitable for all to enjoy.
Some of the tips sound like advice about cubicle etiquette. Apparently, following cube etiquette = cube coolness.