Award-winning photojournalist Paula Bronstein shares what’s in her camera bag, from SLR to software.
Anyone can take a photo: just point your camera and fire away. Taking a photo that transcends language to communicate dread, happiness, or heartache is, however, a singular talent. It requires compassion, a patient eye, and a lifetime of practice.
With its massive catalog of images, Firehorse Films reveals a more human side of life in a tumultuous region.
Now more than ever, we need to better understand life in the Middle East. In the news, images of horror and desperation predominate: black flags, bombed-out buildings, shell-shocked refugees. But in the background and often out of view, there are reminders of hope—in art, in history, in the daily beauty of gathering over meals with friends and family.
Games that incorporate the physical world can short-circuit the dissociative aspect of online gaming: “You’re not just avatars on a screen.”
On a recent Friday afternoon, dozens of Pokémon Go players are swarming outside San Francisco’s Beach Chalet pub—rumored to be the best spot in the city to catch a Pikachu—and at least one-third of them are women and girls.
Even the scientists who make our most complicated software are sometimes baffled by how it works—and, more frighteningly, by how it breaks.
Remember a few months ago when Microsoft produced a friendly AI chatbot named Tay, designed to interact like a 19-year-old? It was a social and marketing experiment that quickly morphed into a social nightmare. Within a day, bombarded by hateful Twitter trolls, Tay had turned into a white supremacist—tweeting racist and offensive statements—and Microsoft had to shut it down.
Flying over volcanoes, buzzing off cliffs, and floating over sunbathers—these are some of the best photos taken by drone this year.
Anyone who’s seen a drone buzzing around a park or public event has probably felt a bit violated—what is this robot doing taking photos of me? But as I look at the winners the 2016 Dronestagram contest, I’m feeling more patient with our new photographic overlords.
This “tech tsunami” is now ending, leaving some tech companies hoping for more precious time between waves.
It’s easy to assume that since personal computers have been around for 40 years, and have been available and affordable for nearly two decades, everyone in developed markets already owns and uses one. In reality, the market of people who own PCs purely for personal use isn’t that old.
Employees who are thanked for a job well done are more engaged, plus expressing gratitude to others makes us happier.
Most of us learned to say thank you at an early age. Our parents, caregivers, elementary school teachers, and other adults would often tack on a “what do you say?” after we received something. While the drills should make saying thanks an almost involuntary response in any situation where you are the recipient, an expression of gratitude—especially at work—can be hard to come by.
Two Instagram influencers explain how even finance professionals can network on the platform.
In some industries, employers aren’t just turning to LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to vet job candidates. They’re also checking out Instagram in order to try and understand potential hires beyond the scope of their resumes. And while Instagram may not be as universal a job tool as LinkedIn, it’s becoming increasingly useful for savvy professionals.
Is it actually possible to keep spirits high while slashing a budget? What leaders can learn from The Washington Post.
It’s tough to be a business on a budget—even tougher when cuts have to come.
The same force behind Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, and Brexit should make the Clinton camp think twice about painting Trump as risky.
It’s been a strange year in politics—have you noticed? Republican voters turned up their noses at what might have been the most diverse group of presidential hopefuls the Party has put on offer, settling on (way) outsider Donald Trump, who’s headlining a riotous convention in Cleveland this week. Democrats will officially nominate Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia next week, concluding a fierce challenge from self-described democratic socialist Bernie Sanders that she and most observers hadn’t anticipated gaining nearly as much support. And if the drama on this side of the Atlantic weren’t enough, Brits narrowly voted to part ways with the European Union.
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