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  • Job interview red flags

    8 Job Interview Red Flags That You Need To Watch Out For BY PAULINE MILLARD, fastcompany.com Is 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… http://flip.it/OoW0B

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  • Changing the IT department from gatekeepers to curators

    The IT Department Is Dead. Long Live the IT Department Marcus Wohlsen, wired.com In 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. http://flip.it/I1CvM Related articles…

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  • Evolutionary, anthropological approaches to dementia, Alzheimer’s

    (via What Grain Is Doing To Your Brain – Forbes)

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  • Cognition as a service is the next OS

    Why Cognition-as-a-Service is the next operating system battlefield Nova Spivack, Bottlenose, gigaom.com The 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… http://flip.it/AEsmh Related articles Why Cognition-as-a-Service (CaaS) is…

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  • The dilemma of disability in the workplace

    (via Quandary of Hidden Disabilities – Conceal or Reveal? – NYTimes.com) Related articles Musicians with Disabilities (alifemoreinsured.wordpress.com)

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  • Cornell launches b-school for hackers

    B-School for Hackers BY Christine Lagorio-Chafkin, inc.com Cornell 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… http://flip.it/y22Ya Related articles B-School for Hackers (inc.com) Cornell’s New MBA…

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  • Making performance reviews less painful

    Performance Reviews Don’t Have To Be Absolutely Awful BY DRAKE BAER, fastcompany.com As 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… http://flip.it/qPmeJ Related articles Content curators…

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  • PubPeer, PubLons online peer review sites shake up science publication

    New wave of online peer review and discussion tools frightens some scientists Chris Lee, arstechnica.com Sites 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…

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  • Nagy retro steam punk executive keyboard

    Vintage Typewriter Keys + New Tech = Diesel Punk Keyboard? Michael Colombo, makezine.com Richard 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… http://flip.it/lvXwo Related articles Steampunk inventor Richard…

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  • White House spends millions to train more data scientists

    White House To Universities: We Need More Data Scientists BY NEAL UNGERLEIDER, fastcompany.com New 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… http://flip.it/i9VYj Related articles UC Berkeley BIDS Launch…

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  • Open offices: less productive or more?

    You’re Not Alone: Most People Hate Open Offices fastcoexist.com People 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… http://flip.it/WcFcH Related articles You’re Not…

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  • Why skilled writers are critical to the knowledge economy

    The Simplest Way To Know What Everyone’s Doing At Work BY JANET CHOI, fastcompany.com In 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… http://flip.it/YIFRR Related…

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