This is my blanket category for the site; it’s an attempt to explain a concept in a deeper way.
A common refrain you’ll hear in networking/job interviews is someone telling you that one of the best parts of their job — “and of course, also one of the worst (laughter)” — is that every day is something different. I heard… Continue Reading
Hang tight with this one, because it gets confusing. Carrie Olson lived in Iowa and went missing in late December of 2013. Here’s the basic breakdown: Carrie Olson, 29, was last seen around 4 p.m. on Saturday, December 28th at… Continue Reading
The actual, official one — by Miley Cyrus — is above. There are about 10 million covers of this thing (Ryan Seacrest runs down about 32 of ’em here, with videos) and despite the fact that the original song came… Continue Reading
You can certainly make a case that the Internet/tech world is shifting a bit. Mobile is “the next big thing,” and that space hurts Google — phrased simply, there’s less space for ads; phrased in a more complicated way, Google does know what… Continue Reading
Ten years ago, no one knew what the concept of “un-friending” someone was, save for possibly not calling them or texting them back. Now it’s a fairly common part of the linguistic world in which we live, and it happens… Continue Reading
Go to about 2:30 on the above video, if you wish. Beyonce is doing “Upgrade U” live in Los Angeles, wearing a flowery yellow dress, and suddenly, Jay-Z — who is a part of that song if you were to… Continue Reading
Randy Olson — a true “data visualization” guy — put in some work on the diversity of every county in the United States. There’s some detail on it here, and on his own blog here. Here’s how the process worked:… Continue Reading
I’m finishing grad school right now and have been on a series of different interviews over the past few months, so this is just something I’ve observed that’s a little curious. By no means am I an expert on any… Continue Reading