The Parallax

JANUARY 23, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Your favorite Web browser is inching toward a more secure future, according to new research revealed at the cybersecurity conference ShmooCon here on Sunday. Browsers that security researchers at the Cyber Independent Testing Lab tested on Windows, Mac, and Linux computers have added more security features over the past year, says Sarah Zatko, a former NSA mathematician who heads up the lab she co-founded with her husband, famed hacker Peiter “Mudge” Zatko.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 25, 2018

Dear Karin and David, How do I stay motivated when my peers are lazy? I’m working twice as hard as them and I’m sick of picking up the slack. My boss doesn’t seem to notice. Signed, Tired and Frustrated #AskingForAFriend Do’s and […].

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Scott Berkun

JANUARY 23, 2018

On Tuesdays I write about the top voted question on Ask Berkun (see the lovely archive ). This week’s question came from Sam K. [via email]: I lead a team in a very political organization. It’s hard to make things stick. I want to focus my team but I struggle with how to defend priorities as my boss and her peers often change their minds and commit to more things than we can possibly do.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 25, 2018

Big Data and Technology Become Intertwined The technology revolution has arrived and it is only going to grow and grow. When Gutenberg invented the printing press, the dissemination of information grew at an incredible rate. Equally important was the printing press’ ability to store information. Informational repositories can be tapped for many additional uses.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2018

Digital technology continues to transform both the retail and consumer experience. To stay competitive, brands must innovate and transform. That transformation requires adopting new digital technologies in every aspect of business — from product design and operations to customer service and marketing. Some business leaders eager to keep a competitive advantage often invest in new technologies without fully understanding how to harness their potential or fully considering how digital technologies

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Toptal

JANUARY 25, 2018

Some products prove irresistible because they combine psychological design techniques that create an ultimate UX hook: anticipatory, persuasive, and emotional design.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 26, 2018

Big data is a megatrend, and one that has bulldozed its way into a variety of industries and causes. It’s not just a small chain of disruptions, but rather a complete evolution. Healthcare, aviation, education and job training are all excellent examples of how big data is changing the current landscape. Healthcare, in particular, will […].

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Steve Farber

JANUARY 23, 2018

There’s all sorts of science out there that supports the notion that gratitude is good for us. Psychology Today, for instance, ran an article not long ago that listed seven “scientifically proven” benefits of having a thankful attitude. Among them: You’ll be more physically fit, sleep better, and increase your mental strength. Plus, you’ll become fabulously wealthy.

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Career Advancement

JANUARY 22, 2018

“Entrepreneurs as ‘soloists’ will be replaced by orchestras playing a stronger, more credible tune.” ~Steve Case~. Tamara felt her department was too isolated from the rest of the organization. As she stepped into a higher-level managerial position, she talked with her mentor about how to change this situation. Her mentor advised her to develop a cross-functional team of people who worked together in close communication.

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Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Toptal

JANUARY 25, 2018

Price elasticity theory was once the haunt of classical economists, with loose applications in the real world. Today, companies such as Uber, with its sheer volume of data and surge algorithms, are able to continuously triangulate price elasticities in real time to manipulate demand, moment-to-moment. This article introduces the fundamentals of price elasticity of demand theory before taking us back into the real world, where theory will meet both big data and consumer psychology to create new p

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CTOvision

JANUARY 24, 2018

Towing is one of those industries where people imagine that every company is behind the times when it comes to technology. This might come from the stereotypical image of the past. However, today tow companies are using technology to make them perform better, faster, and cheaper. Companies in this industry that don't follow suit could […].

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2018

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

JANUARY 25, 2018

Up until this year, organizations could often afford to overlook the bigger picture for various digital upgrades, improvements, and modernization. In 2018, these threads will now become so connected that increasingly holistic digital transformation efforts will focus on more customer and worker-centric models for better organizing how they function to avoid disruption while creating value faster and more effectively.

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Toptal

JANUARY 24, 2018

In this article, Toptal Freelance Software Engineer Piotr Gaczkowski explains how to make the most out of command line tools and lists some of the best tools out there.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 23, 2018

Tech news over the last week confirms many trends you are already no doubt tracking. Globally, cybersecurity incidents show a continued evolution of tactics, techniques and methods, but the most sinister still seem to involve old fashioned deception tactics. Deception tactics are now being used to attack cryptocurrency wallets. If you have your own cryptocurrency […].

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Scott Berkun

JANUARY 25, 2018

Do you like to take photos? Do you own at least one of my books? Then this contest is for you. Take a photo that shows the books of mine you own, share it and you get a chance to win a bundle of all 7 of my books personally signed to you and a $100 Amazon Gift Certificate so you can buy even more books (or other nice things). To enter to win : Take a fun photo of your Berkun book inventory (you need at least one book :) Selfies are welcome.

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Zend

JANUARY 25, 2018

Avoid these three problems that managers often run into when developing and executing a developer training program. The post Three things you are doing wrong when training your developers appeared first on The Zend Blog.

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Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

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Toptal

JANUARY 23, 2018

Discover the eight key competencies critical to creating a sustainable blended workforce, and learn how managers can best adapt their businesses to the future of teams.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 23, 2018

Many business enterprises from small companies to big corporations find it hard to know the right timing to incorporate digital tools in their operations since technology is advancing at a breakneck pace. However, it is critical for a business manager or owner to realize that lagging to far behind these technological innovations of even failure […].

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Women on Business

JANUARY 23, 2018

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Lead on Purpose

JANUARY 22, 2018

A key focus of this blog—from its beginning—has been purpose. Leading on purpose, working with purpose; doing things intentionally, doing things for the right reason. Though topics have led in various directions, the core focus has been purpose.

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Scalability

Toptal

JANUARY 23, 2018

Discover a practical approach to designing results-oriented presentations and learn the importance of crafting a compelling narrative.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 20, 2018

Modern smartphones leak information everywhere they go. Those of us who track matters like this know it and try to minimize risk, but still it is a horrible choice we have to make. Do we bring the smartphone and give up privacy and allow ourselves to be tracked and monitored, or do we leave it […].

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CO2 Business Leadership

JANUARY 24, 2018

Artificial intelligence, or AI, has been dramatized in plenty of science fiction movies. In these films, the robots gain consciousness, realize that humans are their enemy or simply unnecessary, and attempt to destroy them. While it doesn’t seem likely that robots will be attempting to eradicate the human race anytime soon, they’ve begun to present us with some frightening dilemmas.

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LeanEssays

JANUARY 22, 2018

Every morning I pick up a small black remote, push a button and quietly say, “Alexa, turn on Mary’s Desk.” In the distance, I hear “Ok” and my desk lights come on. I never imagined that I would use voice control. I don’t like shouting at devices and don’t like announcing what I’m doing to those around me. My experience with voice in cars and smartphones has been mediocre.

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Toptal

JANUARY 23, 2018

Learn how CSR Limited, a global leader in the construction supply industry, partnered with Toptal to digitize a 150-year-old supply chain to optimize operations and delight customers.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 20, 2018

John Chambers is widely known as one of the great visionaries of IT, helping us all better understand the power and potential of what can be. He led Cisco Systems through exciting periods as they helped the world smartly transform to take advantage of wave after wave of technology revolution and did so with style. He […].

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CollabNet VersionOne

JANUARY 22, 2018

It’s no secret that software is king in every industry today, and it’s more challenging now than ever for organizations to keep up with customer demands. Whether it’s mobile apps, the GPS system in a car or having the ability to buy products with the click of a button, customers are demanding more, quicker and better. And, what is the key to success for any business?

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