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The Infinite Scroll Is Eating the World
Prior to 2006, you would read to the bottom of a web page, and that would be it. The end. Unless you clicked on some link to surface more content. And then, an entrepreneur named Aza Raskin introduced the infinite scroll to his Humanized Reader app and social media feeds were never the same. Pages…
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What I Couldn’t Throw Out
When I cleaned out my office, I threw out as much as I could. I had amassed so much paper, some of which I hadn’t looked at in 20 years. You know what I didn’t throw out? A drawer full of hand-written notes. I couldn’t. I love getting a nice text or a kind email….
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Musk’s $44B Distraction
Tesla shareholders woke up on April 4, 2022 on top of the world. $10,000 invested a few years earlier could buy a condominium in most American cities. Elon had made good on moonshot promises, rescuing the company from the brink of bankruptcy and gaining first-mover advantage in the EV and autonomous vehicle race by something like…
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Do Nice People Finish Last?
Umpires ejected manger Leo Durocher from 95 baseball games. No wonder he was dubbed “Leo the Lip.” He feuded with the press, baseball commissioners, and anyone else who crossed him. His teams won three pennants and a World Series, and they didn’t do that by being nice. The saying “Nice guys finish last” comes from…
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All Night Long: Lionel Richie and the Quest for Happiness
One January 1985 morning, Lionel Richie rolled in from an all-nighter just in time for breakfast with the family. The prior night, he had hosted the American Music Awards, performed two of his hits, and won AMAs in six categories. His competition had included the biggest one-name icons in pop music history– Michael, Prince, Madonna,…
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When did it become OK to lay people off via email?
In the past year, the who’s who of tech companies hit send to lay off tens of thousands. Someone in Security or HR must have determined this to be the safest approach. Or Operations optimized the process with so many working from home. And when you lay off thousands of people, logistics are important. But…
Andrew Hilger
Andrew Hilger writes and speaks about leadership, AI, the future of work, and digital transformation.
Andrew Hilger
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