8 Job Interview Red Flags That You Need To Watch Out For
BY PAULINE MILLARD, fastcompany.comIs your interviewer late, or asking personal questions? Why can’t anyone describe the job you’re applying for? Yeah, you might want to rethink that offer.
Sure, job interviews are nerve-racking—especially if it’s a role you really want.
But…
The IT Department Is Dead. Long Live the IT Department
Marcus Wohlsen, wired.comIn the brave new world imagined by four Silicon Valley startups — Evernote, Box, GitHub, and Asana — the role of IT is changing. Instead of the people who say no, they will be the people who say yes.
Why Cognition-as-a-Service is the next operating system battlefield
Nova Spivack, Bottlenose, gigaom.comThe Semantic Web may have failed, but higher intelligence is coming to applications anyway, in another form: Cognition-as-a-Service (CaaS). And this may just be the next evolution of the operating system.
CaaS will enable every app…
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B-School for Hackers
BY Christine Lagorio-Chafkin, inc.comCornell is taking a gamble that a new program will help bring its business-school curricula into the information era. Only, do great programmers really need business degrees?
If digital and data are the future of business, science and…
Performance Reviews Don’t Have To Be Absolutely Awful
BY DRAKE BAER, fastcompany.comAs the end of the year approaches, so do annual performance evaluations. But the process doesn’t have to be painful and counterproductive. Here are your problems solved.
The (often dreaded) annual performance review is an inescapable part of…
New wave of online peer review and discussion tools frightens some scientists
Chris Lee, arstechnica.comSites like Publons and PubPeer hope to quicken the pace of scientific conversation. PublonsEarlier this year, I wrote a story about a new HIV/Aids detection kit that was under development. Since that time, the same group has published two more pap…
Vintage Typewriter Keys + New Tech = Diesel Punk Keyboard?
Michael Colombo, makezine.comRichard Nagy has designed and built The Executive Keyboard, taking design cues from vintage mechanical keyboards. Combined with a leatherette top and aluminum sides, it’s certainly a piece for computer gearheads to swoon over. But t…
White House To Universities: We Need More Data Scientists
BY NEAL UNGERLEIDER, fastcompany.comNew York University, University of California-Berkeley, and the University of Washington are launching a $37.8 million project to boost the numbers of American data scientists.
It’s official: America needs more data scientists. This week, a…
You’re Not Alone: Most People Hate Open Offices
fastcoexist.comPeople in cubicles and open offices long for privacy and probably get less work done. That this is surprising at all speaks to the current trendiness of open layouts.
The growing open office trend seems reasonable enough. The thinking goes t…
The Simplest Way To Know What Everyone’s Doing At Work
BY JANET CHOI, fastcompany.comIn the modern—often remote—workplace, sharing work is essential to an efficient and collaborative team. Writing is the simple, powerful tool that can foster that culture of sharing. Here’s why.
We share so much on our digital streams and fee…
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