Articles by Nate Swanner
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WeWork Layoffs May Hit 5,000 Employees Soon: Reports
WeWork, once the darling of the tech world for its branded co-working spaces, is facing rough roads ahead. To lighten its load in these turbulent times, reports indicate WeWork may lay off up to… -
Weekend Roundup: Surfaces, Silly Requests, SoCs, and Shading Windows
Welcome to your weekend! While you were working, Microsoft had a big moment, releasing new Surface devices (and sorta-kinda admitted Windows is useless). Also, the government has feelings about s… -
GitHub Issues Open Challenge to Improve Code Search
Let’s not mince words: You use GitHub to find code to reuse within your own projects. We should also note that GitHub, while the largest and best repository for finding code you can pinch for you… -
Lambda School May Violate State Law, But Coding Classes Continue
Lambda School has a unique proposition: you don’t pay for the education unless you land a job. It’s a sensational promise underscoring the main issue with coding schools and bootcamps, which is s… -
Technologists Starting to Unionize (Sort of)
Late last year, we asked you if technologists should unionize. Your ‘yes’ vote was clear, and now it’s starting to happen. Well, kinda. In Pittsburgh, employees of IT firm HCL Technologies have c… -
Apple iPadOS: Smart Move for Developers During Cross-Platform Push
Forget your (likely dim) view of the iPad as a full-fledged "computer": Despite Apple's insistence that the tablet is actually a PC, it can't get around the clumsy keyboard folio, small screen, a… -
Don’t Look Now, But The Smart Glasses War Has Begun
While we ponder what Apple may bring to the table for augmented reality (AR) headwear, Facebook and Amazon are already staking claim to smart glasses in a big (and possibly bad, at least in terms… -
Weekend Roundup: A Lot of Alexa, Augmented Reality, App Store Subscriptions
Welcome to your weekend, the best two days of your entire week. Now is when you get to forget the tedium of meetings and code and user feedback, and catch up on Alexa, augmented reality (AR), and… -
Survey Results: Sorry, Apple, Tech Pros See Right Through Your iPhone 11 ‘Pro’
If Apple thought the iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max would get actual professionals to buy them, that plan may have backfired. Our latest survey shows an overwhelming number of technologists… -
What Technologists Do (and Don’t) Want From Recruiters
Sometimes, it’s an email. It may also be a cold call, or a social media message. Whatever the delivery method, recruiters find a way to reach technologists like you in an effort to recruit you fo…