Showing all articles in the M-Theory category
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'Tis the season to raise a toast to the work partner
12 November 2015 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
A close work companion can help you enjoy your workday more and feel more at home in your environment. Read more
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Layoffs are bad enough; botching them is worse
29 October 2015 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
We’ve all been laid off from tech companies, some of us more than once. We’ve been survivors of more rounds of layoffs than we can count, and been the ones laying off our teams. So we know layoffs are… Read more
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Let's do more than imagine a new world for women entrepreneurs
15 October 2015 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
M-Theory author Melanie Baker sheds light on the many inequalities women entrepreneurs face through various stages of their company. Read more
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No free lunch: The hidden costs of perks for tech workers
01 October 2015 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
M-Theory author Melanie Baker sheds light on the unseen negative impacts of employee "perks". Read more
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Death, taxes and our digital afterlife
17 September 2015 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
Time have really changed, there is now an almost zero chance that there is not a photo of you somewhere. With increased life expectancy and increased literacy, there is more time for the general population… Read more
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Ashley Madison hack just the latest to shatter online privacy illusions
03 September 2015 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
Ashley Madison got hacked and millions of user's data got leaked. This breach of data truly revealed the potential lack of privacy and the concern of sharing personal information. Read more
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Why Amazon has no reason to apologize
20 August 2015 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
Amazon has a very specific culture, "You either fit in or you don't..." While this is jarring to many of us, Amazon has no need to apologize as we still benefit and use their services. Read more
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If memory is cheap, what will we come to value?
06 August 2015 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
"Memory is cheap" can mean a lot of different things to different people. Technology is evolving, changing memory as we know it. Things can last forever, and move faster than we can process. Read more
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The conundrum of charitable giving among young people in tech
23 July 2015 | By Melanie Baker in: Ecosystem, Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
Philanthropy is an interesting topic, as much of the older generation engage in it, but many young folks do not. Being charitable is not often discussed as a 20-something, but perhaps the millennials are… Read more
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The value of experience : What tech can learn from the guild system
09 July 2015 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
People in tech tend to be more meritocratic, valuing and respecting experience rather than arbitrary hierarchy, similar to the guild system. Perhaps the return of apprenticeships could be valuable. Read more