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8 data strategy mistakes to avoid

CIO

Undervaluing unstructured data Much of the data organizations accumulate is unstructured, whether it’s text, video, audio, social media, images, or other formats. The proper use of unstructured data will become of increasing importance to IT leaders,” says Kevin Miller, CTO of enterprise software developer IFS. “It

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Can social and e-commerce transform the future of the open web?

TechCrunch

For starters, WooCommerce is used by more sites than Shopify — which those same investors, press and analysts definitely know about. The strategy here is simple: Continue opening up larger swaths of the internet to open-source innovation outside of the walled-garden platforms developed by Amazon and Facebook. Why should they care?

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Draft.dev CEO Karl Hughes on the importance of using experts in developer marketing

TechCrunch

Developers can be a tough crowd. Coming up with relevant content that developers find interesting takes specific know-how, and this is where Draft.dev comes in. One of the survey respondents noted that developers are underrated as a target audience: It may be niche, but it is a large one. What inspired you to create Draft.dev?

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Greeks to Geeks: What Plato Says About Bettering Your Team Culture

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

Two and a half millennia later, we were now using the ancient basis for illness to describe employee personalities, and what we could do to better team culture in the workplace. They are usually the most social of the lot and tend to make a lot of friends easily. Hippocrates, who? The Greek physician Hippocrates (ca.

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Daily Crunch: After a transitional year, Apple announces its 2021 App Store Award winners

TechCrunch

Better.com shows how not to fire people : Here’s a small tip: If you announce that you have raised or otherwise managed to access hundreds of millions of dollars, don’t fire a bunch of your team right afterward. Not only is it bad PR — and it definitely is — it’s also just an awful thing to do. Hell yeah, tech being weird.

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Building Strong Leaders: The Importance of Leadership Development

Experience to Lead

While it’s great to have passionate, well-meaning people at the table, trying to get a definite answer or a solid plan of action from multiple contrasting viewpoints can become a near-impossible uphill climb. Let’s explore why leadership development is important, as well as the benefits and challenges of effective leadership development.

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How the ‘diversity hire’ accusation and other barriers remain for Black women in tech

CIO

Many of the women interviewed for this article were uncomfortable being named for fear of reprisal or stunted career development. “I Cybsafe Some organizations are tailoring their social policies to be more inclusive, such as at security awareness training firm Cybsafe. You haven’t got what it takes. I’ve heard that directly.”

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