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Or, at least, there’s no way Word could handle this feat without Microsoft changing the way it approaches its product entirely. Iterating the aging word processor won’t be (and hasn’t been) enough to keep people using Word. They need to fundamentally rethink its purpose and innovate toward that purpose. Word needs to fix the impossibility of web standards as they once did our atrocious spelling. … [Read more...] about Why Microsoft Word Really Sucks: It Was Invented In A Paper-Powered World

Creative Strategies surveyed over 350 students at 40 colleges across the U.S. to find out what word processor millennials love most. Surprisingly, the results showed millennials had two favorites, depending on what project they were working on, reports Recode. When millennials write papers by themselves, they overwhelming prefer to use good old trusty Microsoft Word—with 80% of students saying they do so. However, when students need to collaborate on a document, they overwhelmingly prefer Google Docs, with 78% of students naming it as their collaborative word processor of choice. Interestingly, Creative Strategies found the results were not impacted by the type of phone they use. … [Read more...] about Here’s the word processor millennials love most

FACIAL RECOGNITION IN NYC Following the September 11 attacks, the NYPD spent $350 million in federal grants to develop surveillance infrastructure called the Domain Awareness System (DAS). It’s a sprawling network of license plate scanners, physical sensors, and 18,000 CCTV cameras, and it all feeds into a series of NYPD databases. In the years after its completion, the system was used for both counterterrorism and local law enforcement. It wasn’t immediately paired with facial recognition, but the surveillance hardware was in place. … [Read more...] about These crowdsourced maps will show exactly where surveillance cameras are watching

Reorienting towards humor is a fundamentally profitable enterprise that today’s leaders can’t afford to miss. One study found that adding a lighthearted line at the end of a sales pitch—like “my final offer is X, and I’ll throw in my pet frog”—increases customers’ willingness to pay by 18%. Another set of studies found that employees who rate their leaders as having a sense of humor— any sense of humor—are 15% more satisfied with their jobs and rate their leaders at 27% more motivating. A set of studies run by Brad Bitterly, Allison Wood Brooks, and Maurice Schweitzer demonstrate that when people use humor at work, they’re attributed 37% higher status, and seen as more competent and more confident . … [Read more...] about Humor is such an important leadership trait we teach it at Stanford’s business school

Project Include [finished] conducting our survey to research how working remote since COVID-19 has impacted employees of tech companies. Our early results are showing that tech workers are much more likely than not to be experiencing anxiety and mental health issues. Most people have more going on in their families, their jobs, and sometimes their health. It’s harder to know what is going on in someone’s life from remote work spaces, and it’s more difficult to read someone’s emotions over calls and email. For example, some people, like me, are less patient and more anxious.” … [Read more...] about 9 CEOs share their best tips for successful remote work