Tips for building connections in a distributed design team When I joined Zendesk in 2017, my biggest challenge was adjusting to working in a distributed team. Yes, the product set was complex, but wasn't dissimilar to the complexity I've dealt with…
The Boston Globe
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By Dan Shaughnessy
– Feb 21, 3:46 PM
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Nick Cafardo worked in a profession peppered with competitive souls, jealousy, and millionaire athletes accustomed to being praised unconditionally. One of the best baseball writers of his generation, Nick managed to cover…
The world's capacity to produce food is being undermined by humanity's failure to protect biodiversity, according to the first UN study of the plants, animals and micro-organisms that help to put meals on our plates. The stark warning was issued by…
The Otherlab Blog
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Saul Griffith
– Feb 20, 9:04 PM
The conversation about a Green New Deal is bold, timely, and necessary. The most important component of the Green New Deal as currently drafted is its commitment to complete decarbonization. That is the destination, the moon for our moonshot. The…
MIT Technology Review
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Antonio Regalado
– Feb 21, 7:20 AM
The brains of two genetically-edited girls born in China last year may have been changed in ways that enhance cognition and memory, scientists say. The twins, called Lulu and Nana, were modified using CRISPR, a new gene-editing tool, by a Chinese…
