Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Ageism in Job Interviewing: How to Face It Down
Ageism remains a pervasive issue in tech. It’s not unusual for job candidates over the age of 40 to tweak their applications and CVs to appear younger, and there are many reports of “salary ceili… -
Did Open Offices Backfire on the Modern Business?
Cubicles might have started out as a good idea theory, but in practice, between the isolation and long expanse of grey walls, they have driven generations of office works into depths of despair.… -
32 Tech Certification Categories: Which Pay the Most?
Certifications take a lot of time and money to earn, and you hope the payoff is worth it. Oftentimes, it is; numerous studies show that earning one or more certifications translates into a signif… -
Is Alphabet’s DeepMind in Deep, Deep Trouble?
DeepMind, the A.I.-centric subsidiary of Alphabet, is bleeding money: last year, it lost $571 million, according to the Financial Times. If that wasn’t enough, it owes its corporate parent roughl… -
Die, Desserts! Google Changes Sugary Android Naming Scheme
Well, it happened: Google finally ran out of cutesy dessert code-names for each new Android build. The next version of Android will simply be known as “Android 10.” And honestly, that’s something… -
Open Office Design: How Do We Make It Better for Workers?
Cubicles might have started out as a good idea, but the implementation (gray, soulless boxes stretching as far as the eye can see) has driven generations of office workers into the depths of desp… -
Waymo Opens Self-Driving Dataset to Researchers
Let’s say you’re a tech professional who’s really interested in autonomous driving. It hasn’t quite gotten to the point where you’ve stuck some sensors onto your Toyota and researched onboard pro… -
Good Mobile UX: More Vital Than Ever
More Americans than ever are only interacting with the web via their smartphones and other mobile devices. For web app designers and any tech professionals who work with UI/UX, that means it’s mo… -
New Android App Review System Could Drive Devs Nuts
Google has introduced a new, more stringent review system for Android apps, which is causing no small amount of irritation among a subset of Android developers. An updated page within Google’s An… -
Microsoft Cortana: First Casualty of the Digital-Assistant Wars?
Amazon has Alexa, Google has its voice-activated Assistant, and Apple has Siri. Anxious to compete in the growing digital-assistant wars, Microsoft rolled out Cortana—but that might have been a c…