A Developer at Slack on the Importance of Diversity in Tech

While tech giants such as Google and Facebook have been transparent about sharing their diversity statistics and efforts to increase minority representation, the low numbers of women and minorities at work in Silicon Valley’s thriving tech industry have, in the words of a recent Atlantic cover story, “barely budged” over the past few years. According […]

The secret to mastering your time is to systematically focus on importance and suppress urgency

Flickr/outcast104 “The secret to mastering your time is to systematically focus on importance and suppress urgency.” Oliver Emberton said that. It’s profound and so true. Urgency wrecks productivity. Urgent but unimportant tasks are major distractions. Last-minute distractions are not necessarily priorities. Sometimes important tasks stare you right in the face, but you neglect them and respond to urgent but […]

Man United star ready to pen contract extension: Club value off-field importance

The midfielder was rewarded today with a testimonial to commemorate his 11 years of service at the club. A United XI from the 2008 Champions League winning squad will take on a Carrick All-Stars team on June 4 at Old Trafford. But the 25-year-old’s future has remained under serious question. Carrick admitted he will consider […]

Lincoln Center Publishes Statement on the Importance of the National Endowment for the Arts

Yesterday, Lincoln Center — the world’s largest performing arts center, which famously hosts the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Ballet, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Juilliard, and much more — published an open letter defending the National Endowment for the Arts against Donald Trump’s threats to defund […]