Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Oculus Rift Gets a Release Date
Oculus Rift, arguably the most prominent virtual-reality headset at the moment, will apparently ship in the first quarter of 2016. Oculus VR, the Facebook subsidiary that builds Oculus Rift, anno… -
Apple Watch Survives Consumer Reports Dunking
Consumer Reports recently subjected the Apple Watch and 10 other smartwatches to a gauntlet of warranty-violating tests, all in the name of figuring out which one is best with regard to durabilit… -
Should You Learn a Little-Known Programming Language?
Ask a group of developers to rattle off the world’s most popular programming languages, and they’ll likely name the usual suspects: JavaScript, Java, Python, Ruby, C++, PHP, and so on. Ask which… -
Steve Jobs' Lessons for Growing a Business
What’s the key to growing a lasting tech business? According to Guy Kawasaki, a Silicon Valley executive and one of the first Apple evangelists, there are actually 10 of them—all of which he lear… -
Let Microsoft Guess How Old You Are
Feeling good? Ready for the weekend? Pumped about life? Microsoft can change that in a hurry: Just upload your photo to the tech giant’s How-Old.net, so its algorithms can attempt to guess how ol… -
Bad Manager? Blame the Peter Principle
The Peter Principle suggests that all employees manage to rise to the level of their incompetence; that is to say, everybody is promoted until their skills and strengths no longer align with thei… -
Tech Hiring Trends Q1 2015: Unemployment Dips (Again)
Employment data from the first quarter of 2015 suggests that the technology industry’s hiring momentum continued virtually unchecked into the new year, with the unemployment rate averaging 2.3 pe… -
At Build, Microsoft Pushing Windows 10 Hard
Microsoft’s Build 2015 conference, which runs from April 29 through May 1 in San Francisco, has a singular purpose: Sell independent developers on the concept of Windows 10, due later this year.… -
What's the Best Font to Use for Resumes?
Over at Bloomberg, there’s a very interesting discussion among a group of “typography wonks” about the best (and worst) fonts for a resume. The consensus? Helvetica, considered the most professio… -
Apple Watch Teardown Reveals Its Big Secrets
Today is the official launch day of the Apple Watch, although many people will need to wait weeks—or even months, depending on the model they preordered—for their device to actually arrive in the…