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- 20 great questions to ask instead of “How are you doing right now?” — Quartz at Work
Good suggestions on questions to ask colleagues to connect in a more meaningful way during these times. There are some good ones here. I'll admit I've probably asked the generic…
- How to create a good onboarding experience for new hires — Quartz at Work
I really like the areas of focus that this article highlights. A good onboarding experience has many dimensions. I also agree that many companies do this poorly. One of the things…
- Mobile phone apps like Citizen aim to curb neighborhood crime — Quartz
I call BS on all of these apps. The marketing angles for services like NextDoor are all about preying on your fear. Add Ring to that as well. People have always been curious about…
- How to manage up with your boss — Quartz at Work
There isn't a ton written on this topic, or at least I haven't read a lot of it. This is short and sweet, and pulls in references from some of my favorite business writers.
- The best cycling hack is a pool noodle — Quartz
I've done my share of riding on rural highways and this is a pretty great idea!
- Is Facebook evil? Everything bad about Facebook is bad for the same reason — Quartz
You are the product. But the imperative to “connect people” lacks the one ingredient essential for being a good citizen: Treating individual human beings as sacrosanct. To…
- Microsoft has leapfrogged Alphabet to become the world's third most valuable company — Quartz
Under Nadella's leadership Microsoft is doing interesting things. In the last 2 years the market has taken note.
- The ultimate Bill Gates book recommendation list — Quartz
Bill Gates reads a lot, and he regularly recommends books. Quartz put them all in one place for easy reference. 📚
- Why am I unhappy? A new study explains Americas unhappiness epidemic — Quartz
Another study suggesting that the increase of time spent in the digital world correlates strongly with unhappiness. Every year, teens are asked about their general happiness, in…
- The two mental shifts highly successful people make — Quartz
This is an interesting read and challenges many thought patterns. I like the model it suggests of two shifts, and how different those shifts may be. Give this one a read and…
- These are Google's tools for effective management — Quartz
I fully believe that Google is probably doing more data-driven analysis of how companies and teams work than any company has done ever before. They need to do it, it’s in their…
- Tracy Chou, leading Silicon Valley engineer, explains why every tech worker needs a humanities education — Quartz
This is a start, but I think we need to go further. Code: And Other Laws of Cyberspace by Larry Lessing makes this point in a big way. If technologists are creating the worlds in…
- Netflix (NFLX) now has more US subscribers than cable TV — Quartz
I cut the cord on cable TV several years ago. It’s not surprising that the Netflix subscriber count has grown and surpassed. The surprising part to me is that cable TV numbers are…
- The code that took America to the moon was just published to GitHub, and it’s like a 1960s time capsule
When programmers at the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory set out to develop the flight software for the Apollo 11 space program in the mid-1960s, the necessary technology did not…
- Airbnb just acquired a team of bitcoin and blockchain experts — Quartz
Home-rental company Airbnb has “acqui-hired” the majority of the team behind ChangeCoin, a startup that runs a bitcoin-based micropayments service, according to four people with…
- You won’t be happiest until you turn 65 years old - Quartz
Will you ever be happy? The answer, it seems, is yes. Likely when you’re a bit older.
- Millions of Facebook Users Have No Idea They’re Using the Internet
It was in Indonesia three years ago that Helani Galpaya first noticed the anomaly. Indonesians surveyed by Galpaya told her that they didn’t use the internet. But in focus groups,…
- Why I left being CTO of The New York Times, joined a startup, and am pledging 20% of my equity to charity - Quartz
I love The Times and its vision, and cherished my four years there. But, there was something missing in my career. I had been in CTO roles at four major media companies, with…
- Amazon Web Services is a $5 billion business, and it’s growing 50% a year
Amazon has just revealed the size of its near-decade-old cloud computing business for the first time: Amazon Web Services generated $5.2 billion over the past four quarters, and…
- Here’s why you only have a 0.2% chance of getting hired at Google
Google gets around 3 million applications a year now, according to HR head Laszlo Bock, and hires 7,000. That means only one in 428 applicants end up with a job, making it far…
- Why major creative breakthroughs happen in your late thirties Quartz
Innovators have been peaking slightly later in life as the 20th century has progressed, in part because todays scientists have more to learn than their predecessors did:
- 29 of the worlds largest bike-sharing programs in one map
Very cool map and concept. The maps above show the locations of all docking stations for 29 bike-sharing programs around the world. They are drawn at the same scale and arranged…