We must stand for universal human rights
The world has now had a few days to react to Twitter's recent announcement that they will selectively censor tweets based on the local laws of countries. The responses range from people saying that it's a non-issue to downright outrage.
Twitter's actions are certainly well in line with other web titans like Google and Facebook when it comes to international freedom of speech issues. Twitter...
Who Benefits from Facebook’s $100B IPO?
Yesterday, Mashable published a piece on Facebook's potentially massive IPO. The numbers are absolutely astounding: if Facebook's IPO goes as expected, it will raise six times as much money as Google's. But even more incredibly, this will value the company at $100 billion.
For some comparison, let's look at a corporate giant like Pfizer. It's currently valued at around $168 billion, which...
The Dangers of Startups
A bird chirps and I can hear the distant sound of a soft tropical rain. It's night there even though it's day here. One person is beginning their day and the other is exhausted.
This is our morning/night meeting and we're on Skype.
Later on, it's night on the other side of the world and apparently the mosquitoes are out in droves. And then the bats swoop in with their radar and I can...
Are We Raising Kids or Machines?
For someone not in the education industry (word used on purpose), I spend a lot of time thinking about education. Just like work issues, the constant and daily reality of school tends to hit you over the head until you just have to pay attention.
The thing on my mind today is how much we force kids to record about their lives. Our schools today encourage and often require kids to monitor and...
Good Headhunting with The Headhuntress
If you've been a recruiter before and probably even if you haven't, watching Bravo's new headhunting reality TV show The Headhuntress is a lot of fun. The new show documents the daily work of Wendy Doulton, a headhunter in LA, as she screens candidates, works with clients, coaches candidates, and gets frustrated with her staff.
The Headhuntress stays true to the recruiting business. A...