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Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There’s plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward,...
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A haiku from the article: A Case for Getting Far, Far Away
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Oh hey my #Ouya arrived! #gaming
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Saul Bass’s Bell System Logo Redesign (Pitch Video): ...
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rock bottom is when youtube comments are more intelligent than your government
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Bobby Cannavale on Prince Street.
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Cool time lapse video of the Washington Monument earthquake scaffolding construction project, from March 20 to May 13, 2013. Video shot from the...
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“Most people do not openly force us into roles, they merely suggest that we adopt them through their reactions to us, and hence surreptitiously...”
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Julianne Moore - Rika #8 by Helena Christensen, Spring/Summer 2013
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“…[T]he percentage of graduate-degree holders who receive food stamps or some other aid more than doubled between 2007 and 2010. During that three-year period, the number of people with master’s degrees who received food stamps and other aid climbed from 101,682 to 293,029, and the number of people with Ph.D.’s who received assistance rose from 9,776 to 33,655, according to tabulations of microdata done by Austin Nichols, a senior researcher with the Urban Institute.”
Though women make up half the U.S. workforce, they hold only 25 percent of jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics—a disparity that’s especially disconcerting given frequent complains from tech executives who can’t find enough qualified applicants.
To help connect companies with talented women, the Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology released a report containing specific and actionable advice for companies. If you’re in any kind of hiring position in the tech world, you should read it and start correcting the common mistakes it identifies, whether a narrow recruiting process that fails to reach qualified candidates or a company culture that doesn’t welcome female employees.
I contacted my friends at the Tech Ladymafia to put the report in perspective. The group, which was founded in Washington, D.C. but exists primarily online, brings together and supports women interested in technology work. Here’s an edited collection of their ideas about the report, getting women into tech jobs, and how dudes can help.
(via poptech)
On Wednesday, Thiel announced the appointment of twenty-four Thiel Fellows. It’s a diverse group of tinkerers, troublemakers, entrepreneurs, scientists, and idealists. Sorting through the more than 400 applications for the program “made me a lot more optimistic about this country,” Thiel says.
The common denominator: they’re all under 20, and they’re all opting out of the college experience as we know it. Instead of sitting through college lectures, they’ll be exploring on their own. During their two-year tenure, each fellow will get $100,000 from the Thiel Foundation. Perhaps more valuable: they’ll get access to Thiel’s network. This is the guy Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg calls for advice.
The most successful of my friends - an exec with a music firm in NYC - dropped out of college. We all thought he was crazy at the time, of course. Also, as someone still paying off student loans for a degree in a field I’m not even working in, I look forward to seeing how this works. God, I wish I could go back and do it all over again…
