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May 25, 2016
How To Make Chatbots That Are Actually Worth Talking To
An advertising copywriter's perspective on the new bot era.
The bots are coming. Every day now there's a new announcement of a major media or technology player betting big on the future of chatbots powered by artificial intelligence, that will do everything from helping us book trips to controlling our ever-smarter homes.
This New Neighborhood Will Grow Its Own Food, Power Itself, And Handle Its Own Waste
ReGen Village, outside of Amsterdam, doesn't need a grid or food systems. It's a model for a future, fully closed-loop settlement.
If you live inside one of the houses in a new neighborhood being built in an Amsterdam suburb, your dining room might be next to an indoor vegetable garden. Outside, you'll have another seasonal garden. And down the street, almost everything you eat will be grown in high-tech vertical farms.
How You Should Answer The 10 Most Common Interview Questions
We talked to hiring experts to find out which questions trip up most job candidates, and the better answers that could win you the job.
Going on a job interview can make you feel like you're back in school taking an exam. Instead of the "test" having one clear and right answer, however, responding to questions feels like hopeful guesses mixed with uncomfortable posturing.
Cameras At The Water Cooler: Inside The Company That's Always Watching Employees
Could this startup's "radically transparent" internal communications system with cameras trained on all employees be the future of work?
The very first thing Ryan Smith says to me is, "it's probably the furthest thing from the big brother app that you could ever think about." He knew where my mind was going.
This One Thing Gives Women The Edge In Crowdfunding
The use of language and the ability to tell a story helps level the playing field for women entrepreneurs seeking funding through Indiegogo.
From glass ceilings to wage gaps, women in the workforce are often at a disadvantage. For female entrepreneurs, the challenges are sometimes even greater. But recent research has uncovered something that is working in women founders' favor: storytelling on crowdfunding platforms.
Gut Check: These Are Four Things You Don't Owe Your Boss
Pouring yourself into your job isn't necessarily a bad thing, just as long as you set boundaries.
A recent study conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health found that "more than one in every four Americans say they had a great deal of stress in the previous month." That would come out to about 115 million Americans, give or take.
May 24, 2016
In Quest To Organize Gig Economy Workers, Unions Sometimes Clash
As labor changes, so too will labor organizations. Many unions are still trying to understand exactly how.
This weekend, the 3,000 member delegates of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the organization's highest governing body, gathered together in Detroit for a convention the union hosts every four years. At the meeting, the SEIU sets its goals and priorities. One of those new goals, agreed upon through a floor vote, includes, "Becoming a Technologically Advanced Organization." The SEIU also plans to hire a "Strategic Technology Director" and build a network of thought leaders, which it has termed "the Innovation Center," to experiment with new ways to organize labor.
Twitter's New Tweaks Make The 140-Character Limit Less Limiting
At long last, Twitter is eliminating a bunch of things that got in the way of expressing yourself in the space it supposedly gave you.
In a move that people have suggested for years—and that Bloomberg's Sarah Frier got wind of last week—Twitter is about to open up some elbow room in its 140-character limit. The service is going to stop including photos, videos, GIFs, polls, and quote tweets and its count, as well as @names in replies, leaving more space for words. (Links will still count against the total.)
The Devil Wears (Rented) Prada: Condé Nast Adds Rent The Runway To Its Employee Perks
The publisher, a Rent the Runway investor, is subsidizing monthly subscriptions to the startup's Unlimited service.
Statement dressing is part of the unofficial job description at a fashion institution like Condé Nast, publisher of Vanity Fair, Vogue, and other legendary magazines. Now a partnership with Rent the Runway is helping square that expectation with the reality of shopping on a media gig salary. For six months, Condé Nast employees will be able to subscribe to Rent the Runway's Unlimited service for $90 per month, $49 less than the standard monthly price. Subscribers gain access to three rental items at a time, from ball gowns to blazers.
Why GoPro Just Signed A New Exclusive Content Partnership With Red Bull
GoPro CEO Nick Woodman on how the global deal will impact content production, distribution, product innovation, and more.
Talk about branded content, and inevitably two brands will dominate the conversation. GoPro and Red Bull. Both have used action sports and adrenaline to take their brands far beyond little cameras and caffeine juice, to become full-blown media giants. And often, their work has been mutually beneficial—just count the Red Bull logos in GoPro videos like these.
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