People and Teams
People and Teams
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What the Internet of Things Desperately Needs Is Standards IoT is the latest trend that’s producing new connected devices that change how we interact with our environment. We’ve barely scratched the surface of what IoT can achieve, but before we can really hit our stride in this industry, all the different players needs to agree on a standard. |
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Why We Can’t Help Jumping to ConclusionsWe all jump to conclusions. It isn’t something we think about, and it's actually rooted in our biology. Still, even if we can’t avoid it, perhaps we can become more mindful of some of our conclusions once we’ve reached them. After having made an interpretation, we should occasionally pause and question it. | 
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How to Use the Mobile Revolution to Bolster Your Career If you’re a professional within the industry and fail to take advantage of a sea change like mobile, you’re wasting a valuable opportunity. Its growth curve continues to spike, and there are still countless ways you can leverage mobile to inspire fresh career opportunities. |
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The Secret Life of Team LeadsEngineering an environment that helps teams do their best work can be difficult. When the team works well, it can deliver better, and helping teams deliver more effectively is what being a team lead is all about. However, this role also comes with some responsibilities and challenges that aren't always clear. | 
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Language Differences and the Challenge of CommunicationMiscommunication happens all the time in our collocated teams, so you can imagine how much it happens when we communicate across international boundaries with people for whom English is not a first language. By understanding language differences, you'll have a better chance of communicating effectively. |
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The Merits of a Collaborative Manual and Automation Test TeamIn many organizations, the manual and automated test teams are separate. But the most successful test teams integrate manual and automation resources into a single, cohesive team. This allows them to fill in any gaps in the test case steps and to develop a more informed automation strategy. | 
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Google’s Arts & Culture App Brings the Art World to Your Phone The online cultural world launched in 2012 by Google has steadily expanded, and now the Google Cultural Institute and its growing list of partner organizations offer up even more artwork, interesting artifacts, and content from more than 1000 museums, archives, and organizations via website and app. |
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Benefits of Riding the Bleeding Edge of Software Acting as an early adopter isn’t inherently bad—if you look at this from a business context, it’d be like investing in a promising startup and hoping to double or even triple your money over time. But what’s critical here is avoiding pushing all your chips into the middle of the table early on. |
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