Lets start with a simple thought: What was the last meal that you had? How did you decide to eat a certain dish as opposed to anything else? Or if you were lucky, you would have had your meal cooked by someone you love. Every day we make thousands of choices subconsciously. Some of them are active choices but most of them are implicit defaults. The individual who influences your decision in the above context is called a choice architect....
Its a big day for Slack. Lets start with the former first, as (speaking personally) its the most exciting. Clicking on it will allow you to scroll through the document without having to download it to your gear. Plus, Word is a bit of a dog, performance wise. It often takes a while to open. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Files preview has been gradually rolling out over the past few weeks....
Stack Overflow today released the results of its2019 Developer Survey. Some findings arent especially surprising. The survey shows that Python remains a popular if not beloved programming language. It also highlighted meaningful shifts in the ages when people learn to code. Well talk more about both later. There were some surprises, though. Stack Overflow asked developers about how satisfied they were with their job. It’s free, every week, in your inbox....
The days when weed was an underground pastime are over. Hell, there are whole US states where weed is legal. The same process has happened with 4/20 (AKA that weird weed day). It used to be a niche concern, but now? Countries across the world hold massive smoking rallies and innumerable people light-up to celebrate the occasion. Here at TNW, we wanted to do something to help you celebrate 4/20 properly....
Thats why I believe there is perhaps no marketing buzzword more important than personalization. Try Googling it: a search turns up nearly 100 million results. Brands are spending millions on getting personal with customers. A recent Gartner survey found that CMOs across industries spendover 14 percentof their budgets on personalization. But for many brands, that spending hasnt led to maximum ROI. A recent survey shows thatover 80 percentof consumers think brands arent tailoring content....
For instance, what would happen if the world suddenlyturned into blueberries, as answered by physics recently. Or what color isthat dress? The debate has opened up some surprisingly deep questions like what actually makes a sense more or less valuable? And, are some senses fundamentally more important in making us human? The question was also put to a poll. But does this vote hold up when you take a closer look at the scientific evidence?...
Here are some of the seminal works from that dark age that you should check out. These games would inform the kinds of graphic adventures that managed to survive in the late 00s. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. In 2001, LucasArts released its final adventure game,Escape from Monkey Island. Sierra was no longer developing games by that point. In 2000, Erik Wolpaw wrote a piece on Old Man Murray titled Who Killed Adventure Games?...
Malware, phishing and other cyberattacks are an all-too-common occurrence especially following the implementation of newer technologies. What is an effective way to educate consumers about malware, phishing or other cyber attacks? Here is what they said: 1. Explain the potential negative impact 40% off TNW Conference! Joel Mathew,Fortress Consulting 2. Blair Thomas,eMerchantBroker 3. A blog post will be easy for consumers to bookmark and look back on. John Turner,SeedProd LLC...
Does this mean you should buy it there? Well thats a tricky question, with both sides having some reasonable arguments in their favor. Hey, your unwavering allegiance to Steam is kinda weird. You’re being weird. Borderlands, on the other hand, is a bonafide phenomenon. The whole series has sold tens of millions of copies. Its still being played by thousands of people daily. Thats a tricky choice, and not one I can make on my own....
The blockchain is a strange place. Everything includingorange juice,milk,almonds, andeven fridgeshave been put on the blockchain. But you could never put yourself on the blockchain and go for a walk, until now. Thanks toCryptovoxels, you’ve got the option to now take a walk on the Ethereum blockchain. According to its website, Cryptovoxels is a user-owned virtual world running on the Ethereum blockchain. Think of it as Minecraft with more cryptocurrency and less color....
Theres one important life skill they dont teach you at uni. University prepared me for a work environment where I have total freedom to plan my day as I just. Nine-to-five office life, on the other hand? The answers were disheartening. Lets just say I heard the joke What even is work-life balance? way too many times. Things werent looking good for my article or for my sanity. Here are the tips they gave me on working full-time and staying sane:...
If youre unfamiliar withthis creature, marmots are kinda like squirrels, but the size of a house-cat. Preston Byrneis a lawyer and self-professed blockchain nerd. OnTwitter, youll often find him subverting influencer-centric cryptocurrency discussion with talk of marmots. If it helps, the groundhog (fromGroundhog Day) is technically a marmot. Theres also an (imaginary) marmot-associated cryptocurrency, Marmotcoin. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Byrne explained that Bitcoiners in 2014 were none too pleased with Monax, apermissioned blockchaincompany....
Swarm robotics took offin the early 2000s, an early example being thes-bot(short for swarm-bot). Swarm behaviour in birds or robots designed to mimic them? EyeSeeMicrostock/Shutterstock A future where floating robots powered by plastic-eating bacteria could tackle ocean waste. For example, whales and dolphins can have distinctive foraging methods that are passed down through the generations. Bottlenose dolphin playing with a sponge. Some have learned to use them to help them catch fish....
