Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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'What’s Your Biggest Weakness?'
You know it’s coming: At some point, a job interviewer will look you in the eye and ask about your biggest weakness. The interviewer has heard them all before, of course. In a bid to keep things… -
Building a Game With a Tweet of Code
A standard video game relies on a mountain of code, painstakingly pieced together by an army of programmers and developers. Then you have Tiny-Twitch. Inspired by a challenge from Australian game… -
'So, Where Else Are You Applying?'
Picture this: You sit down for a job interview at a fairly prominent startup that builds mobile apps. Midway through the allotted hour, the interviewer asks you: “So, where else are you applying?… -
Wall Street: The New Silicon Valley?
The relationship between Wall Street and Silicon Valley has never been easy. Entrepreneurs and tech pros with big ideas about finance have spent years trying to create alternatives to traditional… -
Facebook Claims Positive Trend in Diversity
Facebook is the latest tech giant to release a 2015 diversity report, and the data shows a company still overwhelmingly white and male. In a corporate blog posting, Maxine Williams, Facebook’s Gl… -
The Key to Researching Your Top Candidates
It takes a lot of time and effort to craft the perfect recruiting message, especially since top candidates are regularly bombarded with emails and social-networking notes from recruiters. Everybo… -
Is the Internet of Things Just Empty Hype?
A lot of tech companies have made very big investments in the Internet of Things (IoT). Take Google, for example, which shelled out a cool $3.2 billion for connected-devices developer Nest in 201… -
North Dakota: National Hub for Drones?
North Dakota reportedly wants to become a national hub for drones. The state hopes to achieve this by building an extensive airport for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Northrop Grumman is the an… -
Can Machine Learning Improve Online Reviews?
Having assisted in everything from search engines and sentiment analysis to fraud detection and medical diagnosis, machine learning is getting a new use: diminishing the power of fake online revi… -
Puppet at 10: Still Popular... And Lucrative
As Puppet closes in on its 10th anniversary, it’s clear that the open-source configuration tool is here to stay. Systems administrators and tech pros all over the world use it to manage the confi…