No Holds Barred
About six months ago, I was asked by the executive director of a prestigious but somewhat hidebound—I guess "venerable" would be the word—cultural heritage institution to join the next
Management
The Hacker Way
On December 21, 2012, Blake Ross—the boy genius behind Firefox and currently Facebook's Director of Product—posted this to his Facebook page:
Some friends and I built this new iPhone
Take me to your leader: The importance of knowing who's in charge
You've probably been there. A new job, a new project team, a new client. A great first meeting. Everyone is invited to talk, to listen, to contribute. Everyone is assured that
The long haul: Why do academics take so long to hire?
I got in a little bit of a friendly dust up yesterday on Twitter when I asked, "As I watch colleagues embark on the 2011 #jobmarket I have to wonder, why on
Alt-Conference Venues
A discussion today on Twitter about the rising costs of conference space, even on campuses, which in many cases charge their own faculty and staff for use of facilities, got me thinking that