Is Google’s answer to Siri and Alexa a reinvention of search, or just repackaging?
Among all the AI helpers from major tech companies, Google Assistant is the most mysterious.
How To Work Productively Without Good (Or Any) Wi-Fi
Preparation is everything. These are the backup plans you’ll need in order to get by in a pinch.
Years ago, Wi-Fi wouldn’t have factored into your plans to be away from your desk. But just like you wouldn’t go back to making calls from a phone attached to the wall, being without Wi-Fi (unless, of course, you paid to go somewhere and “unplug”) seems unfathomable.
The Introvert’s Guide To Being Alone Without Feeling Guilty
You don’t need to totally overhaul your schedule to give your introverted brain the space it needs to refuel.
We all need a little space to mentally process life and recharge so we can function at our best and enjoy time with others. It’s just that introverts may need more of it. For introverts, time alone is as essential as sleeping or eating. Not getting enough can cause frustration, resentment, and fatigue to set in.
How To Figure Out Which Kind Of Self-Employed Worker You Want To Be
There are more ways to work for yourself than you might think. Before you file that LLC paperwork, consider these options.
So you’ve decided you want to work for yourself. Seems straightforward enough, right? Your next step, so it would seem, would be to figure out the legal structure of your newfound self-employment.
How I’ve Trained Myself To Avoid Making Excuses
Before you can take full ownership of your work, you need to see things as they really are, and understand how they got that way.
I’ll never forget a tense conversation I had with my leadership team about the launch of a key tech product. We were discussing why we weren’t getting broad adoption among our users. One of my team members in the company, which operates in the home-improvement sector, offered this explanation: “This industry is just slow to adopt new technologies.”
Why American Policing Has Improved, And Why It Hasn’t
How to get from here to “democratic policing.”
The use of lethal force by police officers in Minnesota and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has once again sparked protests over the violent dynamic between citizens and the police. Meanwhile, the tragic, horrific shootings of police officers in Dallas has complicated the Black Lives Matter message and reinforced fears of racially motivated police violence.
Inside IBM’s New App-Building Training Ground
IBM is offering a space and a methodology for developers and companies to build enterprise apps. Beer and ping-pong included.
The space was a large, vacant, concrete-filled floor in a lower Manhattan office building. Plastic tarps covered many of the walls; wide columns held the building up; construction workers toiled away at various tasks. My guide pointed in the direction of a wall and said that a “public-facing” cafe would be there. The rest of the 50,000-plus square feet space would be generally open, a place for people to sit at a desk and work or talk with others about what they’re working on.
Three Steps To Get Up To Speed On Any Subject Really, Really Fast
You have just a few days to learn everything there is to know about a subject you know nothing about. Now what?
“Don’t boil the ocean,” Terry said as he slapped a tall stack of papers on my desk. “Just tell us what we need to know.”
This ChatBot Can Make Sure Your Resume Won’t End Up In A Black Hole
Mya, an AI platform from FirstJob, aims to make sure no applicant goes into the void—and no recruiter has to wade through a sea of resumes.
Eyal Grayevsky talks a lot about black holes, but he’s not referring to the ones in outer space.
Five Reasons Women Need To Talk More Openly About What They Earn
In one writer’s view, many women’s reluctance to talk candidly about money is muting their efforts to close the gender pay gap.
I was at dinner recently with some close female friends when the conversation veered into uncomfortable territory: Money. More specifically, what we currently earn versus how we’d like to be compensated.
