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Linked – How the weird power dynamics of job interviews can brainwash you into putting up with bad behavior.
At this point in my life, I’ve seen and heard so many of these kinds of stories, that almost nothing surprises me, though some of the stories in this article are very strange. That kind of behavior would stop though, if we could remind ourselves of this, and not put up with it. “There’s something…
Linked – Pixar Studios Offers Free Storytelling Lessons Online
Storytelling is a big part of training and public speaking. Who better to get some tips from than Pixar? “Currently only Lesson 1 is online, but others will follow throughout the year. Even if you do not desire to make an animated film, the lessons — especially those related to structure and visual language coming…
Linked: Facebook releases Quiet Mode so you can take a break from social media
This is interesting, and kind of goes against their own interests, so I’m suspicious, but I also think turning off FB notifications for a set time might be a good idea. “To access Quiet Mode, you go to your settings menu on Facebook and click Your Time on Facebook. Then you go to Manage your…
Linked: Crowd-Sourced Suspicion Apps Are Out of Control
I’ve been thinking about this a lot over the last couple of years. We tend to think of the “Big Tech” apps and social networks as being the problem in the digital world, but really it’s all these little places too, because, as they describe, they don’t just keep us informed of actual events in our neighborhoods, they keep us informed of every single instance of something that someone finds suspicious.
This, in turn, makes us go from living in a relatively calm neighborhood to believing we are just one or two days away from the Purge.
