In both our personal and our professional lives, the very definition of the term "communication" has proven to be quite fluid over the last decade. There was a time where, if you wanted to get in touch with someone, you simply picked up the phone and gave them a call. Then, Steve Jobs walked across a stage in Cupertino in 2007 and introduced the iPhone to the world and changed everything for all...
It seems like we've been discussing Nextiva's next biggest move for some time now: four years to be exact. And that's because Nextiva's next biggest move has been in development for roughly four years. That is, until today. We finally come to you with news that Nextiva has rolled out their new NextOS platform, and delivered the solution to the market. Considered to be the next step for cloud...
If you were to see a human brain, you would see a 3 pound, walnut-shaped, most unlikely candidate for the complexity that is the source of human knowledge and understanding. The human brain utilizes about 100 billion neurons and trillions of synapses to process external stimuli and communicate information to the body.
For every neuron, there are about 10,000 synapses, or connections between...
The stories of famous inventors, innovators, writers, entrepreneurs or any other creative may appear to be a glamorous overnight success. What is not obvious are the countless hours that were dedicated to their craft and how many years their efforts were met with rejection and failure. In Silicon Valley, this success fallacy has been coined the “ten-year overnight success,” because although...
If you find that public bathrooms are a stressful experience, you likely also have very particular views about bathroom etiquette. However, for some, it seems that the office bathroom is the gateway to another dimension where generally accepted rules of conduct no longer exist. Most people would argue the same respect should be applied when using the office bathroom as when using your home...
Negative feedback can be difficult to hear but can also be an especially difficult subject to discuss with a colleague, friend, or family member. While the person giving negative feedback probably believes it to be constructive, the recipient may disagree. If there is anything that can be done to eliminate this discrepancy, it is through internal understanding, reflection, and procedural...
The unemployment rate in the United States currently sits at about 4.1 percent, the lowest it has been in nearly two decades. That has put job seekers back in control of the job market, particularly in the tech industry. While there are reports that salaries are finally on the upswing after years of stagnation, it’s not just about the money for many employees.
Career site Glassdoor reports...
In 1975, two Swiss designers, Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffmann came out with the font Helvetica. Since then, it has been used on some of the biggest brands in the world, such as Verizon, 3M, Kawasaki, Jeep, Tupperware, Target, Panasonic, and Apple.
What is it that makes this font and others so alluring?
For most of us, unless you are a designer in some capacity, the font choice on reading...
The intricacies of human psychology are made evident through these glitches in perception, otherwise known as cognitive biases. A cognitive bias is the distortion of reality through irrational discernment of the information being received.
Cognitive biases span the spectrum from seemingly harmless to truly detrimental. For example, the IKEA effect is when someone places a higher value on...
