Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Holacracy: Chaos, or Way of the Future?
Earlier this year, Zappos announced that it would move from a traditional management hierarchy to a “Holacracy,” with decision-making authority spread out among teams. At least on paper, Holacrac… -
When Google Staffers Revealed Their Salaries
Imagine a couple of employees at your company create a spreadsheet that lists their salaries. They place the spreadsheet on an internal network, where other employees soon add their own financial… -
Visual Studio 2015: What Devs Need to Know
Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2015, the latest iteration of its integrated development environment (IDE). The platform offers all sorts of bells and whistles for developers, including impr… -
What Makes a Great Developer?
What makes a good developer? That’s a question that could define your career. Learn the necessary skills and adopt the right attitude, and you could spend the next few decades happily developing… -
Google Prodding Devs to Use Go
Six years ago, Google launched Go, an open-source programming language with a C-like syntax, designed to make Web development both stable and speedy. Google uses Go for some of its internal devel… -
Will Security Fears Finally Doom Adobe Flash?
Well, that escalated quickly. A day after Facebook’s head of security suggested the Web would be better off without Adobe Flash, Mozilla executive Mark Schmidt announced that Firefox would block… -
Should Mobile Devs Focus Only on iOS?
Financial-news websites are aflutter this week over news that Apple has seized 92 percent of the mobile-device industry’s total operating income; that’s up from 65 percent in 2014. According to f… -
Will Devs Stay Interested in Smartwatches?
What if the tech industry threw a smartwatch party, and no developers showed up? While Apple has yet to release any official sales numbers for the Apple Watch, its first foray into wearable elect… -
iPhone 6S: What Tech Pros Need to Know
Every autumn, Apple’s top executives take to a stage in California to unveil the latest iPhone. Unless a massive asteroid strikes Silicon Valley in the next four months, this year will likely pro… -
What to Do If You’re Hacked
The high-profile hackings of Target, Sony Pictures, and other major corporations has led some executives to tighten up their security—but that might not be enough to spare their infrastructure fr…