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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin These days, nearly all companies assemble digital platforms so they can better compete in the marketplace. Platforms enable companies to better serve their customers and their employees as well as orchestrate their ecosystem. A platform integrates technology and services in a way that allows a company to operate differently. Hence, the platform world is vastly different from the current IT paradigm. Let’s look at the differences in aspects, including the cost to build, cost to maintain, cost of engineering and IT talent requirements, and need for retiring technical debt. Cost to build and maintain The current IT paradigm is that a company builds an application (or buys components), then implements it, then maintains it. Once it’s up and running, the cost to maintain it is a fraction of what it cost to build or buy it. It’s like building and maintaining a house. But platforms are different. They are not single … [Read more...] about Understanding Digital Platform Costs

LedgerX co-founder Paul Chou is building on the sale of the company he created by raising capital for a new kind of cryptocurrency that can be spent on Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond. I t’s just before midnight on a rainy autumn Friday. Paul Chou and his entourage dodge puddles on the runway of the Teterboro Airport in New Jersey as they board a Gulfstream private jet bound for Las Vegas. The flight attendant cracks open a bottle of champagne and with a nod welcomes the passengers aboard. The girls disappear into the back and emerge minutes later wearing sequined cocktail dresses and feather boas. Sensing she’s in for a party, the attendant offers a round of tequila shots just as the inertia from the plane taking off to the Bellagio Hotel & Casino forces her laughing into her seat. Ostensibly, Chou, 38, is celebrating not only his birthday but the sale for an undisclosed amount of LedgerX, the ground-breaking bitcoin derivatives firm he co-founded with his wife in … [Read more...] about Bitcoin Trailblazer Raises Capital To Create Interplanetary Cryptocurrency

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The metaverse – everyone is talking about it, but no one is exactly sure what it actually is. This makes it a bit difficult if we want to put together a list of platforms or experiences that represent the best of what it could be. But if we take it to mean persistent, connected digital environments which focus on providing immersive experiences for users, we can have a go at highlighting some projects – existing and on the horizon - which stand out. Not all of the projects highlighted here involve virtual reality, or decentralization, or cryptocurrency. Although those are all technologies that are likely to have a place in the metaverse , it isn’t strictly essential that they are part of every metaverse. So rather than focusing on examples that tick all of the boxes, today’s best examples tend to be those that do one or more of the core elements particularly well. Not all of these are fully functional yet (and one … [Read more...] about The 10 Best Examples Of The Metaverse Everyone Should Know About

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Antonio “Tony” Valdovinos dreamed of the day he could enlist in the U.S. Marine Corp. Though only a 6th grader on 9/11, he vowed to defend his country while watching the day’s tragic events. On his 18th birthday, he attempted enlisting but uncovered a secret which crushed his ambition. Valdovino’s parents never told him he was born in Mexico — or that he was an undocumented immigrant. Though the DREAM Act never passed into law, young immigrants who lack papers and were brought to the United States as children are often called “Dreamers.” So are those granted some protections through Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which permits them to stay in the country, provided they fit certain criteria. Now, Valdovino’s life story has become a new off-Broadway musical. Called “¡Americano!,” the show is presented by Quixote Productions along with Chicanos Por La Causa, an Arizona non-profit which works to end … [Read more...] about How A Dreamer’s Secret Inspired The Creative Team Behind ‘¡Americano! The Musical’

Today's workplace extends beyond the physical office -- particularly as companies roll out mandatory work-from-home policies amidst the Covid-19 outbreak. As new developments continue to unravel surrounding the global pandemic, it's likely that employees will need additional support to maintain their personal well-being and levels of performance employers are asking them to achieve. Though it's true that many employees are unfortunately getting laid off, companies need to be cognizant of the fact that employee turnover is still a possibility during these times. A recent report from Limeade (an employee experience software company) surveyed 1,000 full-time U.S. employees and found that there's one overarching factor that can be the antidote to unwanted employee turnover: organizational care. Dr. Laura Hamill , Limeade Chief People Officer and Chief Science Officer, discussed with me the realities of care in the workplace. Specifically, how employers fall … [Read more...] about 3 Major Causes of Recent Employee Turnover, According to New Research

Kourtney Kardashian posted photographs of her very private wedding on Instagram on Monday, and the simple, classic images reflected a very different perspective than fans are accustomed to seeing. Kardashian’s wedding was a seemingly stripped-down affair that was clearly about the vows and not at all about the material frills that many famous couples fixate on. Her photos , posted on Instagram in black-and-white, oozed classic vibes. Forever commemorating her wedding vows in a timeless manner, Kardashian strayed from the spectacle that most Kardashian weddings entail and seems to have successfully pulled off a low-key, intimate affair . She wore a Dolce and Gabbana mini-dress said to be worth $1,890, according to Page Six . View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kourtney ❤️ (@kourtneykardash) The photographs served as a candid catalog of the couples’ nuptials rather than the overly-posed, media-tailored … [Read more...] about Stripping Down Kourtney Kardashian’s Wedding

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Poor Curiosity. Exploring Mars since 2012, NASA’s rover is constantly getting overlooked in favor of the newer Perseverance rover, which landed in 2021 and has been sending its Ingenuity drone out on incredible reconnaissance missions. That was until a few days ago when Curiosity discovered what looks like an “alien doorway” in the Mount Sharp region it’s exploring. The photo it took on May 7, 2022 (main image, above) went viral on social media with claims that it looked artificial. Except that, of course, the gap in the rocks in this photo (main image, above) isn’t really anything to do with aliens. It’s just a crevice. Sure, it looks odd. It’s those straight edges. However, look more closely and you can see the back of the gap. It’s obviously not a door. In fact, it’s most likely the result of natural erosion. It’s also really small in a vast landscape. “The team’s scientists underlined just how small [the … [Read more...] about In Photos: The ‘Alien Door’ On Mars Is Just One Of Some Spectacular New Images From The Red Planet

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin There have been several successful biographies of Erwin Schrödinger, the Nobel Prize winning scientist who contributed impressively to quantum physics, chemistry, electrodynamics, molecular biology, and color theory. Schrödinger in Oxford differs from the others in focusing at least initially on Schrödinger’s years in Oxford, where he was employed in 1933 after abruptly fleeing Berlin and the developing Nazi maelstrom. It also raises skeptical questions about the evidence of Schrödinger’s pedophilia that was reported in two earlier biographies. (For a quick summary, see the January 24, 2022 Forbes.com article, “Schrödinger’s Pedophilia: The Cat Is Out Of The Bag (Box). ” Author Sir David Clary is a fellow of the Royal Society and a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford. His look at Schrödinger ‘s life and career is more history book than science text. Clary foregoes mathematical equations and explanations of … [Read more...] about Book Review: ‘Schrödinger In Oxford’ By Sir David Clary FRS

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Nearly every company is increasing its investment in technology and attempting to create new competitive advantage by assembling technology into platforms that transform how they serve their customers, service their employees, and coordinate their supply chains. Platforms automate existing activities and functions, fundamentally changing how leaders run an organization. Platforms cut across traditional organizational boundaries, incorporating many departmental functions, thus forcing a restructuring of process, organization, and technology. That creates a real challenge for organizations. Platforms automate existing activities and functions. Companies use their platforms broadly to both compete and run the organization. Digital platforms emerged when companies recognized they could dramatically improve customer or user experience by increasing the level of automation to achieve desired end-to-end process results. … [Read more...] about Engineering Challenges For Technology Platforms

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Although companies are experiencing growth now, the signs are clear that a US recession is coming and likely will be upon us within a year. The Fed is starting to take measures to reduce liquidity and raise interest rates. Typically, recessions cause companies to pivot from their growth agendas into cost-saving agendas – including layoffs of staff. But layoffs would be a mistaken approach to a recession this time around. This blog shares my advice for handling the labor situation in the recession we now face. The Talent Shortage Duration Some people believe a recession would cool off the hot labor markets companies now must navigate because of the talent shortage (especially in IT and engineering skills) and the high attrition rates from the “ Great Resignation ” following the COVID-19 pandemic. Some even believe the current talent shortage is short term and situational; they believe companies just need to get … [Read more...] about Hiring Advice In Light Of Potential Recession