Fake Reviews and Fake Products on Amazon
Fake Reviews I get email spam like the following – soliciting my purchase of an Amazon product, whose price will be refunded if I post a positive review. In other…
Facebook’s algorithms promote posts featuring “outrage” and “sensationalism”, leading to more outrage and divisiveness
Facebook curates your “news feed”. FB promotes posts that have likes, comments or shares, or which are from people you have previously interacted with. The posts from friends with whom…
Google VP to work remotely from New Zealand while regular staff denied remote work options
The rancor intensified last week, when Urs Hölzle, one of the company’s longest-tenured and most senior executives, announced plans to work remotely from New Zealand, according to an email he…
STEM: Software development was “dominated by women”- No it was not
Article about software engineering makes the untrue claim that the field was previously "dominated by women". That claim is false; however, the percentage of women working in the field prior…
Case study: How not to run a Great Clips hair cut joint
A case study of how a "no show" at a Great Clips hair cutting place led to a cascade of errors resulting in a ditzy stylist giving me a completely…
Study finds VCs would get better returns investing in startups with age 45-50 year old entreprenuers
A new study found the average founder of the fastest growing tech startups was about 45-years-old — and 50-year-old entrepreneurs were about twice as likely to have a runaway business…
Optimum age to be a successful entrepreneur is 45
The tech industry, and tech VCs, act as if the most successful age for starting a tech business is someone in their 20s. The tech sector tends to view most…
The role of the CIO in the future
With high tech readily available “off the shelf” and probably from an outsourced cloud service, what is the role of the CIO in 10 or 15 years? A world where…
Why on-the-job training has mostly vanished
Is On-the-Job Training Still Worth It for Companies? – Businessweek. The relationship between employers and employees is such that jobs are rarely long lasting anymore. As a result, employers do…
US GAO’s full report on HealthCare.gov management failures
Here is the full report: Ineffective Planning and Oversight Practices Underscore the Need for Improved Contract Management (PDF) I do not have time to read it just now but look…