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Overcoming-burnout-in-software-QA-with-surfing

Overcoming burnout in software QA with surfing


Friday, June 14, 2024 by

Life has been changing and challenging as the future arises. Fear and anxiety is bringing risks to business owners, employees and to our families because of uncertainties of the future. With the technologies evolving rapidly with AI and the Cloud the Metaverse world becomes relevant in the near future. Life is supposed to be lived in happiness with a healthy lifestyle, ...


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Switching to a 4 day work week


Wednesday, October 12, 2022 by

Employees have increasingly voiced the value of their work-life balance throughout the past few years, and with Americans quitting their jobs at staggering rates, it’s becoming increasingly clear that employers will need to listen if they want to retain top talent. According to Gartner, a shortened workweek is the most-wanted recruitment and retention strategy by ...


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Mobile gaming report from Tapjoy


Wednesday, December 15, 2021 by

New market research from MobileVoice by Tapjoy shows that despite not having access to the internet until their 20s or 30s, Generation X is just as active on mobile as the younger generations. Nearly 60% replace their smartphones every 2-3 years to stay up to date with the latest technology, and 66% actually spent more time on mobile devices in the last year. Mobil...


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Gamer's habits changed during lockdown


Monday, June 14, 2021 by

PickFu (a qualitative feedback tool), has run a series of surveys regarding the effect that Covid-19 has had on gaming behaviors. When looking at the data, they found an interesting pattern regarding the effects of Covid-19 restrictions and the hours spent gaming throughout the day. They also were able to pinpoint the main reasons why people have turned to gaming during...


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Game developing from home in 2021


Tuesday, January 26, 2021 by

More Games Being Made at Home: With the growing ability to work remotely through the cloud, game developers around the world are looking at a scenario where they don’t have to be in the studio to make AAA games. This trend will fundamentally shift how studios approach hiring and developing talent, and how they help improve things like employee work/life balance. ...


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On-demand haircare app Shortcut launches web booking


Monday, January 27, 2020 by

Shortcut announced the availability of its web booking services at www.getshortcut.co. Both existing and new users can now access a uniform experience when booking an on-demand haircut or style whether using the app or their web browser. “The launch of web booking capabilities completes Shortcut’s platform suite,” said Co-Founder and COO Will Newton...


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National Coding Week is here


Monday, September 17, 2018 by

National Coding Week is upon us. That's why we thought it would be great to compile some quotes from industry experts to talk about what they think is most important about learning how to coding - a question seen through many different lenses. “Today, software drives business. So, if an organization wants to excel, it needs to become a software-powered jugg...


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Learning AI to stop the Terminator from taking your job


Tuesday, February 13, 2018 by

For me the mention of AI and machine learning shoots my thoughts right into the “Terminator” movies, and the great struggle to maintain human existence in the year 2029. The film series is based around a giant AI computing superintelligence named “Skynet”, which is essentially in control of the entire Earth, and a legion of robots that want to destroy anything that thre...


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The user centered revolution is happening now


Tuesday, December 19, 2017 by

It's easy for developers to get caught up into making their own platform, when they should be making the platform for the end target user. Often times, we - as developers - have a tendency to over saturate a product with features and over-complicate the process. Or worse yet - gasp! - we could even create a platform that no one can use intuitively, thus making it harder...


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The workforequity model as expounded by Loom


Wednesday, March 15, 2017 by

Critics of companies offering the “work-for-equity” model accuse them of being exploitative; in their minds, “work-for-equity” = work for free. Supporters of the model point to its opportunities for developers to gain a more significant business stake in something they believe in. No matter where you stand, there’s something everyone can agree on: the issue is polarizin...


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4 Ways Apps will Transform Enterprise Communication


Saturday, August 13, 2016 by

For most businesses, employees are their most valuable asset. And yet, a recent Gallup poll reported that in 2015, a whopping 60+ percent of employees were either not engaged or were actively disengaged from their jobs. So why do employees feel disengaged? And how can mobile app development improve engagement? Employees often don’t understand how their wo...