How does one make something universally useful? In a way that both respects how people have used something in the past, and anticipates new behaviors?
If you are the front end engineering team for Gmail, you find compelling statistical data, …
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The origins of the telecommunications service provider industry evoke thoughts of stable, even staid, providers of commodity communication services. Not that long ago, it was not very easy to distinguish service provider A from B, C and D.
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Will Caldwell was sure he wanted to be a mechanical engineer. The 20-year-old had spent his childhood in Madison, Wis., building models of spacecraft and futuristic vehicles with whatever he could find around the house. He started a mechanical engineering …
The United States’ energy grid needs immediate attention and the federal government’s Quadrennial Energy Review can help if carried out correctly, says Alan Snook, president of Grid20/20, which makes sensors and software to monitor the grid.
In 2015, the Obama …
Three years ago, Jessica McKellar and a group of friends from MIT started stealthy chat startup Zulip. Less than two years later, it was acquired by Dropbox. And this wasn’t an anomaly. They’d done it once before, selling Ksplice to …
When I was a kid, we took a field trip to the planetarium every year, and our teacher would tell us: “The stars shine all the time, you just can’t see them during the day because the sun is out.”
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2016 is over. That feels crazy to type (and probably crazy to read). Rather than looking back on what you could’ve done differently, I’m guessing you’re more than ready to move on to 2017 and make it one of your …
I know how you’re feeling—somewhere between the holiday magic and the promising new year, you decided to set some pretty ambitious goals for yourself. Now that it’s time to get back into your old routine, though, you’re trying to figure …
You’re not completely sold that you’re on the right career path, but the idea of making a change is daunting. There are so many unknowns, and we all know the grass isn’t always greener on the other side. Plus, if …
