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Arcol aims to do for building design what Figma did for UI design

TechCrunch

Through all of this I saw firsthand how bad the tools we use to design buildings are and I thought that architects, engineers and contractors deserved better tools,” O’Carroll told TechCrunch. The product is currently in development and will be released later this year, and O’Carroll said the waitlist just passed 8,000 people.

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Check out these startups from Pear’s Demo Day (there’s usually a breakout or two in the bunch)

TechCrunch

As notably, despite introducing a far smaller number of teams to investors than Y Combinator and more renowned accelerator programs, there always seem to be at least one or two projects in Pear’s Demo Day mix that turn into actual, sustainable and, sometimes, sizable companies. It has some others it can, and does, boast about, too.

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When, why, and how to stop coding as your day job

Puppies, Flowers, Rainbows and Kittens

After university, I got my dream job writing 3D graphics code. Today, I am a Chief Technology Officer, leading software development organizations. If I am writing code on the product, it is probably a bad thing. I may have a good day or a bad day, but I have to measure my success based on quarters or years. Why is that?

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What Are the Required Skills for Today’s Digital Workforce?

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Working out loud allows one to let the network do the work ( see below ) and breaks down the silos that have rebuilt up with virtual workplaces and today’s far-flung multinational teams. This includes the team and project levels, all the way up to the very business itself and its relationship with suppliers, partners, and customers.

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CIO 100 Award winners prove the transformative value of IT

CIO

That’s the message at the core of this year’s CIO 100 Awards for IT innovation and leadership , which recognize standout technology projects that meet such objectives. In partnership with OpenAI and Microsoft, CarMax worked to develop, test, and iterate GPT-3 natural language models aimed at achieving those results.

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Technology Trends for 2024

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Remember that these “units” are “viewed” by our users, who are largely professional software developers and programmers. Software Development Most of the topics that fall under software development declined in 2023. Software developers are responsible for designing and building bigger and more complex projects than ever.

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What is the Future of Work?

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Supply chains, talent management (hiring), customer service, product development, and just about every function of business is being transformed by things like 3D printing, social recruiting, customer care communities, crowdsourcing, to only name a few of the more important examples.

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