Dave Leeds

Kotlin/Android developer. Writing about all things Kotlin at https://typealias.com.

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Why Multitasking Is Bad For Our Brains
TNW - Ben Slater
Ben Slater is Sales & Marketing Director at Seed, a platform that applies marketing automation and data science to hiring. Follow @BenJHSlater. This post first appeared on the Seed Jobs blog. How many browser tabs do you have open right now? I’m guessing it’s over 10, maybe 20. Some may be for …
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Microsoft Is The New Google, Google Is The Old Microsoft
Forbes - Gordon Kelly
A year is a long time in technology, but the past 12 months has seen one of the most surprising and exciting shake-ups in recent history: Microsoft and Google have swapped places. In my opinion this is the current situation. In 2015 Satya Nadella led Microsoft has become a progressive, open, web …
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Oct 16, 2014
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To Get More Out of Science, Show the Rejected Research
The New York Times - By Brendan Nyhan
In 2013, the federal government spent over $30 billion to support basic scientific research. These funds help create knowledge and stimulate greater productivity and commercial activity, but could we get an even better return on our investment? The problem is that the research conducted using …
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Home Depot Security Breach May Be One of Biggest in History
Inc Magazine - Inc. Magazine
Home Depot confirmed that its payment systems were hacked in a breach that goes as far back as April. Shares of Home Depot sank before the opening bell Tuesday after confirming that its payment systems had been hacked, potentially exposing millions of shoppers who used credit and debit cards at its …
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Steve Jobs Was a Low-Tech Parent
The New York Times - By Nick Bilton
When Steve Jobs was running Apple, he was known to call journalists to either pat them on the back for a recent article or, more often than not, explain how they got it wrong. I was on the receiving end of a few of those calls. But nothing shocked me more than something Mr. Jobs said to me in late …