Though it’s largely been lost to the fog of history, the inaugural scandal of Barack Obama’s presidency centered not on civilian-drone casualties or the bailout of a slumping economy, but on the incoming commander-in-chief’s Microsoft Zune.
The transgression came in late 2008, just after his election, while his transition team was busy readying the White House and the nation for the promise of h
Last month’s stock market volatility is looking like the calm before the storm. The NASDAQ has fallen more than 7% in the past month—and year to date, it’s down 32%.
The decline in the tech-heavy stock index is a barometer of the tech sector, meaning the unbridled growth of the past few years is contracting sharply as well. That’s been accompanied by
I just had coffee with Anthony, a friend who was just hired as the CTO of a large company (over 30,000 people). He’s cofounded several enterprise software startups, and his previous job involved building a new innovation organization from scratch inside another large company. But this is his first time working as the CTO of a company this size.
Good news and bad
His good news
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Until recently, I relied on a series of Dropbox folders and subfolders. Locating images for docs or presentations meant hunting through folders. As I accumulated collections of icons, graphics, illustration
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At some point, the development of solid-state batteries—in which ele
It’s lonely at the top. Or at least it can be. As a first-time CEO the biggest adjustment for me is knowing that I’m now where the buck stops. I’ve held other C-suite roles before this in which I’ve advised, made recommendations, but there was always someone else making the final call. Now that’s on me.
Yet no CEO is really alone. That’s where the board comes in. Due to the pandemic, this month I will meet my board of directors in person for th
Does your company have a compliance checklist for making your digital product accessible? Likely. But in so many cases, these are mostly a cop out.
Big enterprises often see reaching compliance as an end goal vs. a process. They outsource it, automate it, and hire specialists. Or, increasingly, they invest in “
Crypto investors are seeing red this morning as the entire cryptocurrency market appears to be heading off a cliff. At the time of this writing, major cryptocurrencies are down as much as 16% or more in the past 24 hours, according to data from CoinDesk.
Both Dogecoin and Ether are currently down 16%, Solana is down over 15%, and Shiba Inu is down over 11%. Other coins, including Tron and Ap
It might be surprising to think about browsing for therapists and ordering up mental health care the way you can peruse a menu on Grubhub or summon a car on Lyft.
But over the last decade, digital access to therapy has become increasingly common, in some cases replacing the traditional model of in-person weekly sessions between a therapist and client.
Apps for mental health and wellness range from mood trackers, meditation tools and journals to therapy apps that match users to a