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Why Is Configuration Management Important? Joe Townsend explains configuration management's importance to an organization. As CM managers, we can sometimes get so deep into the details of what we do that we struggle to answer the simple questions for our user base. |
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Getting a Sense of Disney’s Eerie New Audio Technology Bone conduction audio transmissions have been around for a long time, but a new creation from Disney definitely has people turning heads—to find out who stuck a finger in their ear, and why they can hear a recorded message being broadcast directly into their brain. Don't worry, we're confused, too. |
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How Tech Companies Can Make Gamification Go to Work for Them Gamification isn’t just about leaderboards and having fun at work. This technique has become an increasingly valuable business practice for understanding which behaviors will drive desired outcomes. From increasing sales to getting more feedback from users, gamification is establishing real worth. |
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Dealing with Competent Jerks and Lovable Fools in the Workplace Can you work with someone you don't like? Given the nature of today's workplaces, we are not asked these questions before starting to work with our subordinates or bosses. In most cases, employees or managers are expected to quickly get along with the teams to which they are assigned. |
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This Far-Reaching Wireless Platform May Support the Internet of Things An in-the-works project called Flutter provides an inexpensive, power-efficient alternative to Wi-Fi and covers an area a hundred times larger. Get enough transmitters to communicate, and you could cover whole cities. This is the future of controlling our connected devices in the Internet of Things. |
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What to Do When Your Team Isn't Meeting Expectations Steve Berczuk writes that it’s worth thinking about what your assumptions are when you feel like a person or a team isn’t meeting expectations. With the right context, you can focus on solving problems. Without it, the best you can do is try to establish blame. |
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Do You Want Facebook’s Facial Recognition to Remember You? When it comes to the growing use of facial recognition technology, some prefer that their face be forgotten rather than be digitally recognized, remembered, and used in random applications that they may not be aware of. Pamela Rentz looks at Facebook's use of facial recognition technology. |
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Faster Isn't Always Better: The Value of Slowing Down at Work There’s an idea called the Slow Movement that is designed to counteract the notion that faster is always better. It's not about being lazy or not getting anything done. Rather, it’s about seeking the right speed to do things, and doing them as well as possible instead of as fast as possible. |
