Category: Social
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Engineers Suck at Finding the Right Jobs
Engineers Suck at Finding the Right Jobs: I’ll show you why we are lucky bastards, why we aren’t so good at picking the right jobs and some hints on how to solve this issue. […] At least three things make “now” the best time to be a software engineer: demand, projects, prestige. Recommended reading for…
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Markus Perdrizat
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Antifragility: How disorder makes us stronger
Antifragility: How disorder makes us stronger: In his latest book, Nassim Taleb celebrates the strengthening effects of stress and chaos. […] Taleb argues that Switzerland is a model of stability precisely because it doesn’t have a big central bank or national government. Instead, its dozens of sovereign mini-states squabble and fight constantly. This turmoil actually…
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Markus Perdrizat
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Happy New Year, and Goodbye SPIN
A Message To Magazine Subscribers: Following the September/October issue, SPIN has halted publication of our print edition to invest more deeply in our digital properties, including SPIN.com, SPIN Play for iPad, and SPIN mobile. Goodbye SPIN, I used to buy you while you (and I) were still young… and I wouldn’t be surprised to see…
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Markus Perdrizat
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The 0th Trap of Teams
The 0th Trap of Teams: The zeroeth trap of teams is calling any old group of people a team and then expecting teamwork and collaboration. A team is a social organization, a group of people who work collaboratively to accomplish some goal. Every team is a group of people, but not every group of people…
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Markus Perdrizat
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Journalists’ Addresses Posted In Revenge For Newspaper’s Google Map Of Gun Permit Owners
Journalists’ Addresses Posted In Revenge For Newspaper’s Google Map Of Gun Permit Owners: A week after the Newtown massacre, The Journal News published an interactive Google Map with the names and addresses of gun permit owners in select New York cities. For those who are now saying that this is a prime example of how…
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Markus Perdrizat
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Everything You’ll Ever Need To Know About Gamification
So you want to know more about gamification? Maybe the following TechCrunch articles by Tadhg Kelly can help: The Gameplay Is The Gameplay. Always. Everything You’ll Ever Need To Know About Gamification Real Gamification Mechanics Require Simplicity And, Yes, Game Designers Can Do It
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Markus Perdrizat
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All the World’s a Game, and Business Is a Player
All the World’s a Game, and Business Is a Player: Congratulations. Reading the first paragraph of this article has earned you a badge. This article is also a game. You can win by exploring the elements of this page. The scoreboard below will keep track of your achievements. Gamification and the business.
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Markus Perdrizat
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Can Art be Games?
Can Art be Games?: The Musée de Louvre is a place in Paris. Every year over 8 million people visit the place, often to view art. Now, that’s not as many people as are currently subscribing to World of Warcraft or anything, but it’s still a lot. Mirroring the old argument… why not start the…
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Markus Perdrizat
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Why Marketing Internal Audit is Important
Why Marketing Internal Audit is Important: Four Rules: I have had more than one person question me about why I spend so much time reading, writing, and talking about marketing and promotion. Implied in this question is that auditors are wasting their time when they spend too much time in these areas. Same question gets…
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Markus Perdrizat
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The Elegant Email
The Elegant Email: For me, the amount of email that arrives is inversely proportionate to my amount of free time. This means the less time I have to read mail, the more mail that arrives. Greater minds than mine have attempted to tackle this unfortunate time management situation, so I’m going to keep it simple.…
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Markus Perdrizat
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