Hi, Welcome Welcome back By Michael Grothaus September 25, 2023 If you sometimes feel like your older or younger coworkers are speaking another language, that’s because, well, they are. No matter your age, the generation you belong to has unique vocabulary—slang—that makes perfect sense to you but can leave others scratching their heads. And … Continue reading Generational slang divide at work makes communication hard for Gen Z, millennials, Gen X, and boomers
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How to Write Quality Content for E-Commerce Website 10x Faster
How to Write Quality Content for E-Commerce Website 10x Faster Andrei Gorichenskii / Sep 22, 2023 Content is one of the pillars of any e-commerce platform. Whichever products you sell, they at least need proper descriptions so that your customers can find them and understand what they are looking at. Writing hundreds of descriptions … Continue reading How to Write Quality Content for E-Commerce Website 10x Faster
Are performance reviews useful?
By Julia Herbst September 24, 2023 Most of us are used to the annual (or semi-annual) cadence of performance reviews. You sit down with your boss and go over what you’re doing well, discuss any weaknesses, and agree on your goals for the upcoming year. At best, it can be a good chance to … Continue reading Are performance reviews useful?
5 Ways to Reduce Customer Churn
5 Ways to Reduce Customer Churn Gilad Maayan / Sep 22, 2023 What Is Customer Churn? Customer churn, often referred to as customer attrition, is a business term that describes the process when customers stop doing business with a company. It’s a critical metric because it’s often less expensive to retain existing customers than … Continue reading 5 Ways to Reduce Customer Churn
How Shopify’s anti-meeting, anti-mandatory-office experiment is going
By Jared Lindzon Andy Wood never loved big city life, though he accepted it as a career necessity. The native of Carleton Place, Ontario—a town of about 12,000, roughly half an hour southwest of Ottawa—had been living in Toronto for 13 years, spending the previous 6 working for e-commerce giant Shopify, where he currently … Continue reading How Shopify’s anti-meeting, anti-mandatory-office experiment is going
Building Responsive Layouts for iOS Apps: A Step-by-Step Guide
Building Responsive Layouts for iOS Apps: A Step-by-Step Guide Vikas Kaushik / Sep 22, 2023 Ever tried fitting a square peg into a round hole? That’s what designing mobile apps feels like without considering layouts for iOS apps. You want it to work on every device, but it doesn’t. Many others have encountered the … Continue reading Building Responsive Layouts for iOS Apps: A Step-by-Step Guide
These entrepreneurs in Pakistan are moving the country’s massive secondhand clothes market online
By Javeria Khalid September 23, 2023 Iqra Anwar, a resident of Lahore, the second largest city of Pakistan is a frequent thrift shopper. Though her favorite brands—American fast-fashion staples like H&M, Zara, and Victoria’s Secret—don’t have outposts in the city, she still manages to buy their preloved versions at dirt cheap prices by thrifting. … Continue reading These entrepreneurs in Pakistan are moving the country’s massive secondhand clothes market online
What could disrupt the future of generative AI?
Believe it or not, genAI actually relies on humans to be able to do its work. And through regulatory measures, including those designed to protect content creators’ rights, humans may throw a spanner in its works. Kim Davis on September 22, 2023 There’s a lot of talk these days about how generative AI could put … Continue reading What could disrupt the future of generative AI?
Hate speech on social media can significantly damage brands: Study
20% reported liking an advertiser less after seeing ads on social media alongside user-generated hate speech. Constantine von Hoffman on September 22, 2023 Hate speech on social media can significantly damage brands advertising on those platforms, according to a new study. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of … Continue reading Hate speech on social media can significantly damage brands: Study
3 things to know about why authors are suing OpenAI
By Brittany Loggins September 22, 2023 While you may think of ChatGPT as an incredibly capable AI bot, some authors are arguing that its capabilities have been built on their lives’ work. Along with the Authors Guild, more than one dozen authors filed a lawsuit against ChatGPT’s parent company, OpenAI, on Tuesday, September 19. … Continue reading 3 things to know about why authors are suing OpenAI