A credible study, peer-reviewed, found that addictive cellphone behavior correlated with lower gray matter volume in parts of the brain, similar to drug and behavioral addictions. linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S…

"American Factory" lives up to its Oscar. Chinese company restarts a closed Ohio auto glass plant. Everyone has high hopes. It's harder than it seemed. The filmmakers do a great job of not making anyone the villain. netflix.com/title/81090071

Interviewing a few senior tech people, a theme emerges: Software people don't like to listen. We miss a lot of great ideas while trying to have them all ourselves.

A checklist for companies sending everyone home to work. blog.dropbox.com/topics/company…

I wonder how many workers sent home to work remotely will ever come back to the office.

We know who we are. babylonbee.com/news/nations-n…

I forgot that on social media one should always factcheck that a friend's Fitzgerald quote isn't actually from McSweeney's. 🤥

I'm enjoying seeing people 10-20 years older than me figure out Zoom no problem. Snapchat simply wasn't worth their time to bother.

The governor of New Jersey just put out the call on live TV that he is desperate for Cobol programmers right now.

I just published an article on CloudBees view on the big role for software in adjusting to a post-COVID world and how software delivery itself must adapt to rise to the challenge. #softwaresavingtheworld #COVID19 #DevOps #softwaredevelopment linkedin.com/pulse/accelera… via LinkedIn

In video meetings, the audio quality of your voice matters more than how you look onscreen. blog.dropbox.com/topics/work-cu…

Episode 1 of The Software Agents, a new podcast hosted by Christina Noren which I produce. We interview the people bringing software to everything from personal finance to pizza. cloudbees.com/blog/applying-…

Episode 1: Lucidworks - Will Hayes, CEO - Remaking Retail Overnight the-software-agents.libsyn.com/episode-1-luci…

Management wisdom from Charlene Li (she/her): Don't try to disrupt your company hoping to grow. Grow it so you can disrupt. nutanix.com/theforecastbyn…

This week on #TheSoftwareAgents: Dawn Aerospace's unseen innovation is their control software. It will let them fly remote-piloted rocket planes into orbit as regular traffic at local airports. cloudbees.com/blog/software-…

How to give a presentation on Zoom or other video chat, by a BBC correspondent who trains presenters. blog.dropbox.com/topics/work-cu…

Economist/Dropbox study estimates $1.2 TRILLION upside to restoring workplace focus. #1 WFH distraction is loneliness. Managers & execs are less likely to experience specific problems, but need to know what they are. blog.dropbox.com/topics/work-cu…

What it's like when everyone on the team truly wants to get the work done despite all obstacles. blog.dropbox.com/topics/work-cu…

The first two paragraphs spell out exactly why software dev is fresh and exciting for me again.