How To Make Your 'non-relevant' Degree Relevant To Any Internship
Below is a revised and expanded version of my selected blog title as part of the 2016 EY Summer Internship Programme's Blogging initiative. This summer I undertook a 12 week #internship in the...
View ArticleHere’s 3 Reasons Why You Should STAY Away From YouTube Networks.
PewDiePie says “No” to Networks for YouTubers… This morning I was unchained and released from my YouTube Fullscreen Partnership contract. In this short medium post I’m going to go over the reasons why...
View ArticleMicrosoft: Sorry Windows 10 Anniversary Update Killed Your Webcam
There is currently no workaround for Windows 10 Anniversary Update's habit of breaking webcams. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto Microsoft has apologised for the way that the Windows 10 Anniversary...
View ArticleThe Future Of Marketing Is Behavioral Psychology
Today’s world is more filled with advertising and methods to steal your attention than ever before. As our days have become cluttered by ads on social media directly targeting us from our past...
View ArticleOur Favorite Tools For User Research
A growing list of awesome tools for user-centered design. Before building anything, it’s critical to understand the the story behind the product: who you’re making it for, why they need it, how...
View ArticleColor Switch’s 100 Million Downloads Shows Indies Can Still Thrive In Mobile...
Above: Color Switch screen shots. Image Credit: Fortafy Games Color Switch has joined a rarified club in mobile gaming, as the colorful puzzler has been downloaded more than 100 million times since...
View ArticleRedefining How We Develop Talent
Focus on strengths, not weaknesses I had the opportunity to attend Gallup Accelerated Strengths training this summer – something I’ve had on my wish list for a few years now and it finally bubbled to...
View ArticleProperty Partner’s Journey To Become The ‘stock Market Of Real Estate’
“As an entrepreneur it’s my job to know where I’m an expert and when I need to speak to experts.” This is the last thing Dan Gandesha said to me this week when I erroneously suggested that ‘all’...
View ArticleJohn Wooden On Values, Victory, And Peace Of Mind
“Those who depend on dreams, they live in a dream world,” says Coach John Wooden. He's making a point about putting in the work, what he calls industriousness. Wooden was a player, and then became a...
View ArticleA Look Inside Microsoft’s HoloLens Holographic headset
Above: An exploded view of Microsoft's HoloLens holographic computer headset. Image Credit: Dean Takahashi Nick Baker doesn’t get out much. The distinguished engineer at Microsoft helped create the...
View ArticleHow Big Data And Analytics Helped Deliver Olympic Top Performance
Across all sports, athletes and coaches are increasingly working with big data and analytics to squeeze every last insight out of every drop of data available. Nowhere is this more true than at the...
View ArticleFormer Facebook Live Product Manager Launches Alively For Private Video...
Image Credit: Alively Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are just some of the services encouraging us to broadcast what we’re doing at this very moment. Whether your content is live or recorded, these...
View ArticleTinkers, Barterers, Dealing, Disability: Underground Economics In The Largest...
A man on dialysis, sucking ice in his tent on a 93-degree day, survives on “food stamps and God.” As he does, he imagines buying a home with tens of thousands from a Social Security Disability lump...
View ArticleWhat Is The Foundation Of Innovation?
Stock image from dreamstime.com provided by The Edison Awards.It was my privilege to serve for over 30 years the customers, employees, and shareholders of one of the most respected Fortune 50 brands...
View ArticleHumanity Tears Itself Apart In Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Above: Adam Jensen is the hero of Deus EX: Mankind Divided. Image Credit: Square Enix Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is a sci-fi video game with a story that is disturbing because it reminds me so much of...
View ArticleGoogle Search Removes ‘mobile-friendly’ Label, Will Start Negatively Ranking...
Google today announced two updates to mobile search results: an aesthetic one rolling out now and an algorithmic one coming next year. The former consists of removing the “mobile-friendly” label in...
View ArticleMindSpark Puts Autistic Adults To Work As Software testers
Above: MindSpark's employees include autistic people, who can be good at spotting bugs. Image Credit: MindSpark More than 50,000 Americans with autism become adults each year, but more than 80 percent...
View ArticleAliens In Orbit? Probably Not. $100K On A Kickstarter To Check? Oh, Sure
Yesterday, astronomer Tabetha Boyajian revealed the first data from her telescope survey of a very special star. For almost four months, she’s been using the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope...
View ArticlePOKEMON GO IS A HUGE GO FOR LOCAL BUSINESS
You’ve heard of Pokemon Go right? If you haven’t then where have you been for the past couple of weeks? Mars? Jupiter? Pokemon Go is one hell of an almighty craze that has swept the planet,...
View ArticleAn Introduction To Social Media For Business
Despite the growing popularity, social media for business is still put on the back burner for a lot of organizations. There’s skepticism around its effectiveness for local or small businesses because...
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