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Waiting on lines is terrible, but a seemingly unavoidable fact of life, right? Think about this, though: 20 years ago, the Internet was nascent, and finding an effective way to search was hard, but an unavoidable fact of life. (Cue… Continue Reading
There’s a whole culture in business / hiring around development vs. poaching. The idea is rooted in the belief that, if you have an open position and 3-4 internals who can fill it, you should still look elsewhere. Part of that is… Continue Reading
There were no shortage of things written before the World Cup began about the marketing efforts therein, especially as relates to NIKE vs. Adidas. Here’s one I read on a plane in May, and here’s a recent goal-tracker for their… Continue Reading
There are some statistics you run across in the course of consuming information that just straight up blow your mind. Here’s one example: The most staggering statistic in @VaclavSmil’s new book: http://t.co/2N6cpXQsJ5 pic.twitter.com/QPcBscSLXj — Bill Gates (@BillGates) June 13, 2014… Continue Reading
This is all pretty much a moot point, since assuming the United States will beat Belgium and Argentina in its next two games is a wide stretch. But … think about it. Anything is possible. There’s a lot of consternation around legitimate… Continue Reading
I had a lot of focus on organizational development and base HR practices in graduate school, and as such, I write about it a lot. For a long time now, I’ve been thinking that HR is handled wrong in most mid-size… Continue Reading
There’s a cool post over at Buffer about surprising social media statistics, and while a few different things stand out — for example, about 91 percent of your mentions on Twitter will likely come from a user with less than 500 followers… Continue Reading
Sprawl’s a big issue — one with ties to politics — so when new research comes out around it, it’s always interesting. Here’s some new stuff about areas where cities are growing faster than suburbs; overall, in 19 of the… Continue Reading