Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Stop, take a break for five minutes


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Marcus Messner has advice for anyone about to post, tweet, share or re-tweet on social media:

Stop. Take a break for five minutes.

Then, if you still think it's a good idea to share your thoughts in cyberspace, go ahead.
Reference: Posting to social media? Think first.
 

Monday, November 23, 2015

Diversity "egg" on Twitter's face


Leslie Miley
At best it's ignorance and at worst it's discrimination: Regardless, it's egg on Twitter's face!
Twitter Engineering Manager Leslie Miley, the only Black engineer in a leadership position at Twitter, just publicly announced that he has left the company. In his post, he says his reasons for leaving have everything to do with the way Twitter is addressing diversity and inclusion.
Reference: Twitter Engineering Manager Leslie Miley Leaves Company Because Of Diversity Issues.