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August 30, 2016
The Hidden Impact Of Domestic Violence On The Gender Wage Gap
Abuse and violence against women is one reason why some women don't earn as much as men for the same jobs.
Abuse and violence against women is one reason why some women don't earn as much as men for the same jobs.
Pay equity is about more than just gender equality at work. Violence against women also plays a role in the wage gap, according to a report from McKinsey & Company.
These Full-Time Employees Explain How They Make Time To Freelance
Sometimes work-life balance takes getting your work-work balance right first.
Sometimes work-life balance takes getting your work-work balance right first.
If you're in your first or second job, chances are, your starting salary isn't exactly blowing up your bank account. Rather than live on Nutella and hand-me-downs forever, maybe you've decided to pick up a side-hustle—or maybe you're just thinking about it. Smart thinking, you go-getter, you.
How To Turn Lame Networking Connections Into Useful Ones
Most people you meet while networking aren't immediately useful to you, but they may work with people who are.
Most people you meet while networking aren't immediately useful to you, but they may work with people who are.
Usually, you go to a networking event, shake a few hands, hear other people's elevator pitches or career backstories, share your own, then leave with a fistful of business cards. The next day you look at them, mentally pin a few faces to a few names (but not all)—and still don't really know how to use that stack of cards to grow your business or advance your career.
3 Terrible Habits I Learned At Apple--And Why I Unlearned Them
Matt MacInnis spent seven years at Apple, and says some lessons he learned there made for bad training in the startup world.
Matt MacInnis spent seven years at Apple, and says some lessons he learned there made for bad training in the startup world.
I helped build Apple during its renaissance in the 2000s. Surrounded by incredible people, I learned the value of relentless focus and of a brand powerful enough to drive consumer trends the world over. It was a phenomenal place to start my career. But it was terrible training for a startup founder.
Can This Startup Take 3D Printing From Plastic Gimmick To Design Sophistication?
Othr collaborates with world-class designers to 3D-print home goods in bronze, porcelain, and steel.
Othr collaborates with world-class designers to 3D-print home goods in bronze, porcelain, and steel.
Four years ago, on a whim, Joe Doucet decided to 3D-print a steel fork.
What Happened When I Moved My Company To A 5-Hour Workday
A little over a year ago, Tower Paddle Boards started letting employees leave by lunchtime and offering 5% profit-sharing.
A little over a year ago, Tower Paddle Boards started letting employees leave by lunchtime and offering 5% profit-sharing.
In every office, I've often felt, there are just a few people who do three times the work of everyone else, yet their reward is only marginally higher. As an entrepreneur, I've been managing my own productivity time—not on-the-clock-time—pretty effectively for over 15 years, and I've largely been able to work fewer hours than my friends in the corporate world. So when I started Tower, my company that sells stand-up paddle boards, I figured (or at least hoped) that I could hire just these types and give them a better deal in the process.
August 29, 2016
Fitbit's Charge And Flex Fitness Trackers Just Got A Lot Better
Fitbit is releasing updated versions of both trackers, adding new features that make them even better fitness tools.
Fitbit is releasing updated versions of both trackers, adding new features that make them even better fitness tools.
Last Thursday, former volleyball star Gabby Reece worked out with a bunch of tech journalists on a rooftop in downtown San Francisco. I only made it through half of the 20-minute workout, which says something about my personal fitness level or the workout's difficulty, perhaps both. The event was to show off some of the features of Fitbit's new devices. One of those features, a new Cardio Fitness Level function, is actually to determine whether I'm as fit as I should be for someone my age. With it, I can confidently say if it was just a hard workout or I'm a bit out of shape. Spoiler alert: The problem is definitely me.
At The Heart Of Fitbit's New Features: Your Heart
With its Charge 2 band's cardio and breathing offerings, Fitbit is putting its years-in-the-making PurePulse sensor to work in new ways.
With its Charge 2 band's cardio and breathing offerings, Fitbit is putting its years-in-the-making PurePulse sensor to work in new ways.
Behind a wall of privacy dividers in a common space at Fitbit's San Francisco headquarters, a young man in a surfing T-shirt and shorts—and an oxygen mask—is running on a treadmill. Its speed keeps increasing, compelling him to pick up his own pace.
Behind The Scenes At The Most Ambitious Man Build In Burning Man History
If Leonardo da Vinci were alive today, he'd be a Burner. And this is what it took to bring his Vitruvian Man concept to life at Burning Man.
If Leonardo da Vinci were alive today, he'd be a Burner. And this is what it took to bring his Vitruvian Man concept to life at Burning Man.
Deep inside a dark tractor trailer in the middle of North America's most remote piece of desert earlier this month, a doomed Man lay strapped down, waiting to be taken outside, mounted and spun around for all to see, and eventually be burned in front of hordes of screaming, ecstatic people.
You Can Design A Happier Office Culture. Here's How
Data from 10,000 Pebble users doesn't lie: Here are hacks to make your workplace culture happier and more productive.
Data from 10,000 Pebble users doesn't lie: Here are hacks to make your workplace culture happier and more productive.
In the 1960s and '70s, the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi gave pagers to study subjects, ranging from motorcycle gang members to sheepherders. When the pagers buzzed, the participants' job was to record their happiness levels. These studies ushered in the modern era of happiness research (and gave birth to an idea you've probably heard about—the times when productive hours float by like minutes in "flow").
"Meetings-driven culture is toxic."
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