Different work cultures have different problems. In bureaucracies, there is often a problem with a culture of “no”. New ideas are met with negativity, and objections of “that’ll never work” and “that was tried already”. However, in the startup world we see the other extreme. Everything is awesome. Every idea …
Read More »Amazon Business Has Painted a Bullseye on the Industrial Supply Market
As it currently stands, the market for industrial supply is incredibly fragmented. There exists a plethora of companies operating in this space, supplying and distributing everything from hoses and pipes to screws and motors, serving customers big and small. This industry-wide fragmentation leaves this age-old sector extremely vulnerable to disruption. …
Read More »6 Tricks To Make Yourself Utterly, Completely Indispensable
Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek. I want you to want me. I need you to need me. So I spend my days scouring the earth to find things that I know will be helpful to you, …
Read More »Black Mirror’s Biggest Twist? An Actual Happy Ending
Last week Netflix released six new episodes of the hit show Black Mirror. Since earlier episodes involve such grim scenarios as a politician being blackmailed into having sex with a pig on live television, fans of the show, like screenwriter Rafael Jordan, had a pretty good idea of what to …
Read More »Skyrim Publisher Gives Up on Game Reviews—and It Won’t Be the Only One
The blockbuster videogame is now officially Too Big to Fail. Bethesda, publisher of Skyrim, Fallout, and Dishonored, said this week that it will stop providing advance review copies of its games to the media. This is an inconvenience for the likes of WIRED. But it’s a far bigger problem for you, the consumer who …
Read More »Security News This Week: Ukrainian Group Leaks Emails From Top Putin Aides
A Ukrainian group calling itself Cyber Hunta released emails October 28 from aides close to Vladimir Putin that show Russia heavily influencing the separatist movement in Ukraine. The incident could be retaliation by the United States for Russian political hacking, which would be big enough news on its own, but …
Read More »The MacBook Pro’s Most Important New Feature? Touch ID
Apple’s new MacBook Pro is thinner and faster than its predecessor. It comes in a sleek space grey color. It even has an OLED touch bar that can conjure up everything from emoji to Photoshop shortcuts to (let’s be honest) more emoji. The most important MacBook Pro upgrade, though, is …
Read More »Review: Misen Chef’s Knife
Among all the tools and gadgets that can fill a kitchen, knives are without a doubt the most personal and indispensable. Admire one in a chef’s collection and prepare for an unsolicited earful of its history, but do not expect an offer for you to try it. My own collection …
Read More »The AIDS Healthcare Foundation Launches a Campaign to Fight HIV Amongst Young Women and Adolescent Girls
KAMPALA, Uganda–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The campaign Girls’ ACT (Awareness Campaign Tour) is largely informed by the compelling fact that young women and adolescent girls account for one in five new HIV infections in Africa
Read More »The Republicans Giving In to Donald Trump
Plenty of Republicans claim to have found Donald Trump’s boasts of groping women reprehensible—but increasingly, many seem willing to vote for him all the same. GOP elected officials in particular have done some awkward maneuvering: After righteously denouncing the Republican nominee’s comments in a 2005 Access Hollywood recording—wherein Trump bragged …
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