David Lidsky's Blog, page 3184
August 26, 2014
Instagram Debuts Simple App For Creating Timelapse Videos
Hyperlapse corrects for hand motion to easily create timelapse videos.
Continuing Facebook's multi-app strategy, Instagram on Tuesday debuted a standalone app that turns video recordings into sped-up timelapses.
Meet Picdeck, The TweetDeck For Instagram
Instagram power users, rejoice!
Are you a TweetDeck fan? Do you find yourself lost and confused when you have to resort to twitter.com? Do you wish TweetDeck's columns and media-sorting superpowers could be applied to, say, Instagram?
Having Just One Black Friend Is The Sad Reality For The Average White American
Social segregation contributes to misunderstanding over events in Ferguson, and elsewhere.
Here's a quick question for our white readers: Have you discussed the Ferguson, Missouri, shooting of black teenager Michael Brown with a non-white friend?
What Jawbone Can Teach Us About Human Behavior
When the Napa earthquake hit, Jawbone's data scientists saw sleep patterns disrupted in near-real time.
This article contains interviews with Monica Rogati, vice president of data science at Jawbone, and Eugene Mandel, data scientist at Jawbone.
Why An Anti To-Do List Might Be The Secret To Productivity
If you start each day with a rigid set of must-do tasks, you're already doing it wrong.
I've gradually realized that my day is not occupied only by tasks from my to-do list. Often, there are lots of other tasks that deserve time in my day just as much as those I have in my to-do list. Previously, I found that these extra tasks detracted massively from my feeling of productivity and happiness.
How To Master The Art Of Giving Negative Feedback
Step away from the feedback "sandwich," stick to the facts, and three other tips to giving good feedback.
When you're a leader, giving feedback, both positive and negative, comes with the territory. But not everyone is comfortable giving it. Sarah Green, a senior associate editor with the Harvard Business Review, recently scoured HBR's blog for the site's best advice for how to give negative feedback. Here are her five tips:
How A Nonprofit Is Teaching Women To Run For Office
The Women's Campaign School at Yale is training more women to run for office--and win.
The numbers aren't pretty.
August 25, 2014
Lessons In Website Testing From A Master
Ronny Kohavi helped Bing Image and Amazon become titans. Here's how.
This article contains an interview with Ronny Kohavi, Microsoft general manager, analytics and experimentation at Applications and Services Group.
New York Review Of Books Critic Apologizes For Error In Zaha Hadid Takedown
Whoops.
Last week architect Zaha Hadid demanded that the New York Review of Books retract a June essay by critic Martin Filler, claiming that the "personal attack disguised as a book review" had "exposed Ms. Hadid to public ridicule and contempt."
Amazon Will Acquire Twitch For $970 Million
"The moment we launched, we knew we had stumbled across something special."
Twitch, a video-streaming site for live gameplay, announced Monday it has agreed to be acquired by e-commerce giant Amazon for $970 million in cash. Earlier reports said YouTube was acquiring Twitch for $1 billion.
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