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Google Public Alerts Shows Need for Open Data in Disaster ResponseGoogle Public Alerts provides emergency information during natural disasters. But government agencies often store information in closed formats, making it harder to share and analyze data. Google.org is promoting the adoption of international standards of web data to speed up response efforts. | 
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Take Extreme Measures to Bring In Fresh PerspectivesFresh perspectives bring in newer ideas, provide room for growth, help solve exiting issues, and often break long built monotony and boredom in almost all disciplines. Rajini Padmanaban details the extreme measures being taken by two companies—Moz and SEER Interactive—to bring in new perspectives. | 
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Inertia Is Bad: How to Generate Momentum in Your Agile ProgramIn a large agile project or program, you know how hard it can be to keep things moving. To prevent inertia from slowing an agile program, there's one simple objective you can assign everyone at the start of an iteration to help the team build momentum. Read on for great advice from Johanna Rothman. | 
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How and When to Give FeedbackWithout feedback, it's hard for anyone to know where he stands, what he's doing well, and what he could be doing better. But a lot more goes into giving feedback than simply telling someone how you feel. Learn how to get your message across without mixed signals. | 
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July Hacking News RoundupIn this July roundup of interesting hacking cases, read about how Microsoft might be upset with a Google researcher who found a bug in Windows, Edward Snowden’s hacking skills have come to light, and hackers have been spying on South Korea’s military for four years. | 
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How Do You Inculcate the Habit of Reading in Testers?Reading skills for software testers are vital because the greater the awareness of how we read, the more it helps in the process of questioning and evaluation associated with software testing. Anuj Magazine looks at how to inculcate the habit of reading. | 
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"Adding Manpower to a Late Project Makes It Later" and Other WisdomYou probably know from experience that adding manpower to a late software project just makes it later. But did you know that's actually a maxim known as Brooks' Law? Read on for more whimsical, wise, and wacky principles named for people that you've come across (or proven) in your professional life. | 
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Should the CIO Know How to Code?The issue isn’t whether CIOs should actually do the coding but whether they should know enough to understand IT complexities and to represent IT to customers. With more senior IT leaders coming from other departments, it isn’t a trivial question. This story looks at both sides of the matter. |
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