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August 24, 2016
LinkedIn Enters The Gig Economy With An Upwork Competitor
A new feature that helps employers find freelancers aims to boost LinkedIn's premium subscriptions.
A new feature that helps employers find freelancers aims to boost LinkedIn's premium subscriptions.
LinkedIn has created a freelance marketplace. Launched on Wednesday, "LinkedIn ProFinder" asks employers to submit contract jobs in categories such as design, writing, or financial services and promises to send them up to five free quotes from LinkedIn users in response.
Your Garbage Data Is A Gold Mine
An increasingly diverse array of geospatial, network, and time-series data is being used to generate new perspectives and insights about us.
An increasingly diverse array of geospatial, network, and time-series data is being used to generate new perspectives and insights about us.
One of the lesser understood aspects of what you can do with massive stockpiles of data is the ability to use data that would traditionally have been overlooked or in some cases even considered rubbish. This whole new category of data is known as "exhaust" data—data generated as a by-product of some other process.
5 Timeless Design Lessons From The Bauhaus
The Bauhaus is nearly a century old, but it still has a lot to teach today's designers.
The Bauhaus is nearly a century old, but it still has a lot to teach today's designers.
Of all the influences from the past 100 years, the Bauhaus—the venerable art and design school founded in 1919—has had the most enduring impact on the world, from the modern products and furniture we buy, to the graphics we see, and the architecture we inhabit. Yet while scholars have pored over the school and deconstructed its teachings for decades, many untold stories still wait to be unearthed.
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
As more cities try to improve walkability—from car-free "superblocks" in Barcelona to heat-protected walkways in Dubai—a new report outlines the reasons behind the shift, the actions that cities can take to move away from a car-centric world, and why walkability matters.
Introducing The First Voice-Activated Hotel Room
With Aloft's new system, you'll never need to get out of bed to change the thermostat or switch off the lights again.
With Aloft's new system, you'll never need to get out of bed to change the thermostat or switch off the lights again.
Here's my pet peeve when staying at hotels: I hate having to get up in the middle of the night to adjust the thermostat. But the thing is, I really need the room to be the right temperature to get a good night's sleep. Between a cold room and thick, fluffy blankets, it's easy to be off by a few degrees. Then I'm wide awake, fiddling with various knobs on the wall or calling the receptionist to figure out why it's so darn chilly in here.
What Happened When I Pretended To Be Outgoing For A Week
Being outgoing can boost your career. Here's what happened when this shy writer faked it 'til she made it.
Being outgoing can boost your career. Here's what happened when this shy writer faked it 'til she made it.
I've always been shy. I tend to keep to myself, and I'm rarely the first one to talk to a stranger. I also hate talking in large groups; I usually just listen, and only give my opinion when asked. I'd resigned myself to the fact that I was an introvert and shyness was part of my personality, but I've always envied people who are friendly and outgoing.
How I Quit My Job And Finally Wrote That Novel
The steps and missteps one person took to achieve a dream, and how you can make it work, too.
The steps and missteps one person took to achieve a dream, and how you can make it work, too.
It's often been said that everyone has one novel in them—and the thing that separates novelists from everyone else is that they have multiple novels in them. That, and novelists are willing to sacrifice their time, social life, and often part of their sanity to put their words to the page. But as I've found, it's not just sacrifice a novelist must embrace to write that novel and get it published.
Are You A Good Judge Of Character? Are You Sure?
On average, humans are pretty good at assessing each others' characters, but those who aren't still tend to think they are.
On average, humans are pretty good at assessing each others' characters, but those who aren't still tend to think they are.
Most people won't admit it, but we size up other people's characters all the time. In fact, research suggests that it takes just 30 seconds to make up our minds about someone's intelligence and personality (we make other assessments even faster) and that these evaluations are surprisingly accurate.
Three Ways To Unlearn Old Habits Faster
Talk about "lifelong learning" often doesn't include what it takes to shake off obsolete ideas and ways of doing things.
Talk about "lifelong learning" often doesn't include what it takes to shake off obsolete ideas and ways of doing things.
There's something missing from the conversation about lifelong learning. Many of us already know we'll need to absorb new knowledge and pick up new skills in order to stay competitive in the future job market. But it's still easy to forget that that will mean forgetting—or rather, unlearning—the skills, habits, and ideas that got us where we are. This is a process psychologists call "proactive interference," and while you may have no trouble forgetting where you left your house keys, unlearning old data and ways of doing things isn't quite so automatic. Here's why, and what discarding old habits really takes.
How Working At Facebook, Google, And Pinterest Made Me A Better Storyteller
There are three stories every manager and entrepreneur needs to be able to tell, says this Silicon Valley and Marine Corps veteran.
There are three stories every manager and entrepreneur needs to be able to tell, says this Silicon Valley and Marine Corps veteran.
At Facebook, Don Faul and his team faced one of the more goliath tasks anyone in tech has ever faced. It was his job, as VP of online operations, to ensure a good experience for the site's hundreds of millions of users—including responding to reports of abuse, flagged content, and other bad experiences. This boiled down to supporting his intrepid team members—sometimes spending entire days dealing with the toughest of human issues—to do their best work and stay motivated against overwhelming odds. The skill that made the critical difference: Being able to tell good stories.
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