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April 22, 2016
How To Subtly Encourage Your Colleagues To Be More Confident
Are your coworkers self-sabotaging? Here's how to help them help themselves.
Have you made an effort to remove "weak" words from your vocabulary?
Three Reasons Why Your Creative Work Needs An Audience
"Any fool can make a point," says writer Jeff Goins. "The truly creative person makes a connection."
Most of us value creativity even if we do so for different reasons. Maybe you're an entrepreneur trying to hit on your next big idea. Or maybe you're somebody with a creative side hobby. So even while many of us are looking for our inner artist, only some think to ask themselves what's the actual value of creativity in the marketplace—a question that isn't always easy to answer.
April 21, 2016
Alphabet Scores Big In Q1, But "Other Bets" Are Still A Tiny Fraction Of The Company
The company's stock is down 5.64% in after-hours trading.
Alphabet had a very strong first quarter, posting revenues of $20.28 billion, up 17% year-over-year—but Wall Street wasn't happy that the tech giant missed earnings estimates. The company's stock is down 5.64% in after-hours trading.
How Twitter Is Mourning Prince's Death
Grieving together online, fans express disbelief over the death of pop icon Prince.
Twitter is how we collectively mourn now. Since the sudden death of Michael Jackson in 2009, the service has become a virtual public vigil every time the world loses well-known, beloved, and creative figures. This afternoon is no exception.
Definitive Proof Prince Is The Best Guitar Player Who Ever Lived
Mourning not just a cultural icon, but one of the greatest musicians the world has ever known.
Prince died today. That alone probably has you digging through your record collection and/or iTunes playlists to tear through Sign o' the Times and Around the World in a Day—and all number of tributes to the importance of Prince as an icon have already been crafted in response to the Artist's death. And while we're certainly sitting at our keyboards having just changed clothes so we're dressed head-to-toe in purple and figuring out where exactly to get our "Love Symbol" tattoos as we reflect on what having drawn breath at the same time, on the same planet, as one of the most vital and transformative pop culture figures in memory—we're also remembering that in addition to what he meant as a personality, he was also maybe the best guitar player to ever live.
Should Mental Health App Developers Back Up Their Claims With Clinical Evidence?
We asked three experts to weigh in.
Millions of people with mental health disorders, including depression and bipolar disorder, are not getting the help they need. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that up to 50% of people in developed countries and 85% in developing ones lack proper access to treatment.
What Middle-Aged Career Reinvention Looks Like
When your career starts to get frustrating, sometimes it's best to think small.
It was when Bruce Lee was working on the bent-penis project that he started to wonder about the direction of his career. It was 2011. Lee, an adman who happens to share a Kung Fu master's name, had opted to go freelance in recent years, which had proven lucrative enough. But the projects were frustrating.
How One Blind Marathon Runner Is Using Technology To Run Solo
By collaborating with IBM, Simon Wheatcroft wants to give blind runners the tools to run independently.
Of the 27,487 runners who traversed the city of Boston this year for the marathon, 39 were visually impaired.
I Spent A Week Talking To A Millennial Chatbot Character On Facebook
Chatbots as entertainment are a surprisingly compelling new art form.
For the past week or so, I've been engaged in a running Facebook Messenger conversation with an impulsive, irresponsible twentysomething named Jessie. She uses all caps when excited; chats with me during job interviews and dates; consults me about her bad decisions; and sometimes even follows my advice. She is also, I should mention, a chatbot—an automated script being served to me by a computer program. But don't judge me too harshly for spending time with her. Our conversation is also a game and a story, and Jessie is a narrative vehicle with whom, like a character in a novel, it is possible and even enjoyable to empathize.
Your Office Has Its Own Microbiome, And It Comes From Your Coworkers' Skin
You spend 25% of your life inhaling your coworkers' bacteria.
With the rise of cheap gene sequencing, scientists have spent the last decade exploring the previously unknown microbial communities that live in and on the human body. One study last year actually found that people have unique microbial "fingerprints" that can identify us as individuals.
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