Let’s start here: the status quo of software is generally disappointing. Every tool that I use either has too many features, and is overwhelming and confusing, or has too few features, and leaves me feeling like I’ve made a compromise. And it’s simple to see why this is: nobody builds software for me. Companies build tools for everyone. Or if not for everyone, they build for a type of person. Tools for developers. Tools for designers. Tools for investors. Tools for writers.
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Since the turn of the century, the FinTech industry has seen exponential growth that has been equally matched by the threat of payment fraud. As online credit card transactions and wireless payments gain popularity and demand across the world, new FinTech ventures have appeared. However, in this competitive market, those ventures which lack rigorous security standards will attract malicious actors.
The greater the challenge, the bigger the reward. At Flexport, we’re reinventing the over $1-trillion freight-forwarding industry to make global trade easier for all. It’s a big job, with huge upside. Are you up for it?
In ‘Creative Acts for Curious People,’ the Stanford d.school’s Sarah Stein Greenberg offers tangible ways to embrace creativity and work through obstacles.
Amazon on Tuesday announced its long-rumored home robot. It’s called Astro and will sell for $999. I had a chance to check it out in a demo with Amazon last week and wanted to share a few thoughts on what Astro is, what it can and can’t do, and why Amazon decided to build a home robot.
Clayton Christensen, a Harvard Business School professor named one of the best thinkers in the field of management, said that we don’t really buy products or services. Rather, we “hire” something to get a job done. Based on this, think about why you continuously waste your talent by watching other people share their craft instead of creating something yourself. Ask yourself, for what type of job you’ve hired social media?
Examining the design of interactive articles by synthesizing theory from disciplines such as education, journalism, and visualization.
Consider a typical firm or other small organization, run via a typical management hierarchy. At the bottom are specialists, who do very particular tasks. At the top are generalists, who supposedly consider it all in the context of a bigger picture. In the middle are people who specialize to some degree, but who also are supposed to consider somewhat bigger pictures.
The top six topics rising in popularity across Facebook and Instagram in Q2 2021 are shared in a new report.
