Yammering at work is not a waste of time, concludes The Economist. What is a waste of time, though, is calculating how much time is being wasted on social networks. And with that, we bring you a list of ten things we yammered over the past week or so in a post whose title rhymes with Les Miserables.

We were fascinated about all things iPad, of course:

iPad should bring comics into next dimension.

A financial adviser is only as good as his technology. And disruptive and countercultural technologies cut across different industries. iPad is on the radar of Black Diamond, a software reporting and portfolio management company increasingly popular among independent FAs.

iPad User Experience Guidelines.

Tablet-related TPM (tweets per minute) during the iPad launch event last week.

And a stick-on multitouch film that turns any surface — up to 9 feet! — into a giant iPad.

From the life-beyond-the-iPad department:

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman explains why he tweets.

How Pepsi Refresh Project approaches measurement, dealing with detractors, and cause marketing.

How to peel hard-boiled eggs without peeling.

A bookmarking tool for online videos including YouTube and Hulu.

The ad industry will use a new icon to indicate online ads served based on user demographics and behaviors.

(Yammered by David, Johnny, Eve, German, Mike, Jess, Baba, Jenna, Jude, Brian, Ryan.)