You’ve probably heard this news, and thought, “Oh good, finally.” The reality is that while the FAA has approved expanded use of personal electronics, it’s now up to the airlines to show the FAA its airplanes can handle radio interference. And, naturally, not many airlines have gone through that process yet. From the portable electronics
Read More...Usually open letters are scathing public admonishments of a policy or some other corporate decision. Not this one. Chris Horst wrote Jim Sinegal and Craig Jelinek (CEO and President, respectively) a different kind of open letter. For his entire life, Matthew has been classified and known by his “special needs”. Since the day he began
Read More...Hewlett Packard recently announced that employees would no longer be working from home and Yahoo announced a ban on working from home back in February. These changes from flexible working options to the traditional model of yesteryear are especially surprising given an article recently published in the October issue of HR Magazine about The New
Read More...I’m going to tell you something you’ve probably been hearing a lot lately, but I’m telling you again in case you haven’t been paying attention. Breaking Bad is the best TV show ever put to print, and if you haven’t started it yet, you should. Very few times in life are you truly missing something
Read More...I don’t get into sports too much around here, but you have to see this. Here is San Jose Sharks rookie Tomas Hertl scoring a downright incredible goal against the New York Rangers: Two crazy things about this goal: 1. Well, just look at it. To pull off a trick goal like that in live
Read More...Tim Ferriss, writing for The New York Observer, talks about why pissing people off is both inevitable and necessary: Doing anything remotely interesting will bring criticism. Attempting to do anything large-scale and interesting will bring armies of detractors and saboteurs. This is fine—if you are willing to take the heat. There are good reasons to
Read More...Are the same requirements required to win in sports as they are in business? Absolutely! I was inspired to write this after Oracle Team USA won one of the greatest comebacks in sports history. CBS news reported, “Oracle Team USA caps stunning comeback to win America’s Cup.” An all but defeated team a week ago, Oracle
Read More...Artist Mica Angela Hendricks terms up with her 4-year-old daughter for some portrait artwork, and the results are fantastic and surreal.
Read More...Stephen Coles, contributing to Fonts In Use: In describing the new Yahoo! logo that launched today, CEO Marissa Mayer said it is based on “a sans serif font with scallops”. That font is Optima. The ‘O’s come straight from Herman Zapf’s typeface, while the other letters are derived from it. Setting aside the question of whether Optima is a good choice
Read More...Today, I received one of the most interesting signature blocks I have ever seen. Some people just include their name. Some include their full mailing address. Some include a witty saying that seems to capture their personality. And a few put it all together in a full social media statement. I tend to take the
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