Society

This article is the sixth in a series on product management in an open source supply chain. In the previous articles, I covered the following topics:

What do traditional retailers own or control? The buildingThe inventoryThe relationship with vendorsData about who is shopping and how they shopTrust with vendors, customers, employees and landlord…

Hospitals, airports, and other public services are at risk of flooding due to climate change.

This guest post from Dr. Mark Plotkin (@DocMarkPlotkin) features an excerpt from his book Medicine Quest: In Search of Nature’s Healing Secrets. I loved the chapter so much that I published t…

We cannot support our employer’s decision to supply the Israeli military and government technology that is used to harm Palestinians

From the rise of reality TV to the "death" of the baby writer, the 100-day battle between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers had long-lasting effects.

Here they have NIMHY rather than NIMBY — “Not in my horse’s yard.”  And so the city is ringed by (protected) horse farms and the suburbs are further out.  This makes the downtown core denser and more coherent than you might expect, to the benefit of the visitor but perhaps not the resident? I was […]

It was "pure politics," Seamus Blackley says.

According to the poll from the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, 52% of Trump voters at least somewhat favor the idea of seceding from the US,

Some have begun waving all-black American flags, which is the opposite of the white flag of surrender.

The onset of streaming fractured Hollywood, leading to big media mergers like Disney-Fox and AT&T and Time Warner. So what happens next?

My life in six words: Hard is soft. Soft is hard.

For his new book, Douglas Wolk read more than 27,000 comic books. What he found was one single coherent saga: the Uncanny American Novel.

Here’s a business idea for you, feel free to build it if you’re interested. Don’t waste a waiting list The waiting list has value, and it’s also a source of frustration. There are peopl…

“What evidence would you need to see to change your mind?” The honest answer to this question is usually: “I need a new story that’s more immediate, more vivid and most of a…

A series of studies published in Social Psychological and Personality Science found that people of higher socioeconomic status (SES) score consistently lower on tests of emotional intelligence, especially when they perceive high levels of inequality in their community. The researchers suggest that high SES and high subjective inequality promotes increased self-focus and less motivation to attend to others’ emotions. ...

Black Panther is the highest-rated Marvel Studios film by critics. The themes of the film are powerfully and…

Philippines journalist Maria Ressa says social media firm is threat to democracy and failing to halt spread of misinformation

Facebook has had a nightmare week. So what exactly happened, and is it finally time to quit the data-hungry social network?

That’s not what we usually hear. To have “us” we often need “them.” To make a profit (or a commotion) in social media, the math is usually division, not addition. And …

At the start, we should recognize that letting governments pick economic winners and losers is wasteful, inefficient and corrupting

Let's start by admitting that it's wasteful, corrupting -- and, sadly, necessary

The chatter around breaking up Facebook makes it a great time to talk about why the last effort to break up a communications giant, AT&T, didn’t really work.

This post explains how Renault and its global data partner fifty-five approached measuring and optimizing the Core Web Vitals. The team analyzed data from 10 million visits on its landing pages, found a strong correlation between Largest Contentful Paint and conversions, and doubled up on its optimization effort. We will look at these data points and understand how the teams have organized for optimizations.

Sometimes people don't use items they purchase like an ordinary notebook or a shirt because they deem it too special to use. The "specialness spiral" keeps people from using things that they could otherwise enjoy.

The creator economy is providing new tools, pathways, and opportunities for creatives to create and share their work online. But it isn't helping their wallets.