I have watched, read, written and took part in the great resignation (joining a new company 6 months ago remotely, only seeing my new colleagues in person for the first time last week. The software development world has changed and overall developers have benefited. Software development has increased, demand for developers has gone up and developers have moved more for better jobs. What happens next? Will developers continue to move jobs at...

PEORIA, AZ — The San Diego Padres announced today they have extended Major League Spring Training invitations to 24 players. Among those 24 players are 10 minor league free agents that will be new to the organization, including infielders CJ Hinojosa and Domingo Leyba, outfielders Jose Azocar, Luis Liberato, Nomar Mazara, Thomas Milone and Trayce Thompson, and right-handers Jordan...

The most interesting segment of Apple’s March 8 Event dealt with the M1 Ultra chips — plural intended and explained below. Today, we’ll focus on what this latest member of the M1 family means, on what it portends for future Apple products. A brief history: the M1 chip was announced at Apple’s June 2020 WWDC (it’s yearly developers’ conference) with an overall theme and several promises. The new member of the...

The other day, I finally decided to have a free session to discuss my new book, Making Numbers Count, with readers. It was small and very informal — a group of people discussing numbers, asking about different ways to present data at work. Twenty minutes in, a woman, Lauren asked a question about an upcoming presentation. “I only have one slide, but I have oodles of data. How do I choose what to put on the slide?” It’s...

This week, in a Variety profile, Kim Kardashian thought she was giving women of the world invaluable advice on how to succeed in business. “I have the best advice for women in business,” Kardashian told Variety. “Get your fucking ass up and work. It seems like nobody wants to work these days.” Unfortunately, this advice was not taken kindly by a majority of women who are overworked, underpaid and, in many ways, simply...

Let me paint a picture of what e-learning days in my house look like. We found out last night that this will be an e-learning day because of cold weather. So this morning, the kids are on their second breakfast by 9 am and they’re keyed up and itching to get started. By now they’ve caught on to the fact that e-learning actually means they’ll have a very small amount of work and then a full day of play. Both my sixth grader and...