Articles by Elisabeth Greenbaum Kasson
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Cool Skin: An Internet Pioneer's World in Ink
Ted Beatie’s tech career started over 20 years ago when he entered the workforce as a sys admin for an imaging research lab in Boston. In 1995, he moved to UUNET, where he was propelled toward IP… -
How to Get Hired by Comcast
The global media and technology company Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator in the U.S., as well as one of the biggest mass media, home Internet service and telephone service provid… -
How to Land a Job at Zillow
Zillow, the online home and real estate marketplace, features an active database of more than 110 million U.S. homes with a range of data points for each listing, all accessible to homeowners, ho… -
Cool Skin: A Digital Librarian Tells a Story
By training Vika Zafrin is a digital humanist, a Ph.D. whose area of study is the humanities as they intersect with the confluence of computing, research, teaching and creation. Currently, the 36… -
Iceland: This App Will Keep You From Dating Your Cousin
“She’s my sister. She’s my daughter. My sister. My daughter. She’s my sister AND my daughter.” Those classic lines from Chinatown, uttered by Faye Dunaway’s character Evelyn Mulwray, have been of… -
Nicole Sharp: Taking Fluid Dynamics to a Whole New Level
Nicole Sharp is a wind tunnel jockey. “What’s that?” you ask. The short answer involves crawling around in wind tunnels big enough for a human to get around in, but not hot or windy enough to bak… -
Interview Questions for Developers Over 18
Working in the business side of adult entertainment isn't everybody's cup of tea, but these companies are often among the leaders when it comes to aggressive use of technology and closely followi… -
Microsoft's Xbox Studios: Old School or New?
As Microsoft ramps up its Los Angeles-based Xbox Entertainment Studios, you have to wonder whether its goal is to bring innovative platforms to old-school media, or old-school media to innovative… -
Joseph Shoer: Space Battles and Imaginary Worlds
Joseph Shoer is a 28-year-old guidance, navigation and control engineer for a major commercial spacecraft company. He has a B.A. in physics with honors from Williams College and a Ph.D. in aerosp… -
Cool Skin: Life's Outlook in Japanese Ink
Erica Langworthy is an early-30-something animator for a video game company in New York. She uses a wide variety of programs, techniques and technology to execute her work, moving from 3D to comp…