With Everyone On Coronavirus Lockdown, Here are Lessons From 5 Years of Online Classes

With Everyone On Coronavirus Lockdown, Here are Lessons From 5 Years of Online Classes

So, your school, work, etc. is sending everyone in to quarantine and you’re being asked to conduct classes online. Before you set off into the world of online teaching, let me give you some pointers on teaching a class entirely online for those of you who’ve never had to do that before. As a software…

Linked: How managers can best help employees with mental health issues

Linked: How managers can best help employees with mental health issues

I found this tidbit pretty interesting, we often hear that our employers have an Employee Assistance Program, but how often do you hear from someone who has actually used it? “”If you’ve never called that number, do it, so you can look employees in the eye and tell them about your experience with the service…

Linked: Companies who Adopt Remote Work will Replace Every Company who Doesn’t
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Linked: Companies who Adopt Remote Work will Replace Every Company who Doesn’t

I don’t know that everything claimed in this piece by Chris Herd will come to fruition, but this one is absolutely true: A physical office means you can hire the best person you can afford in a 30-mile radius, disqualifying you from 99.9% of the world’s talent.   Remote teams can hire the best person…

Linked: Fake audio like email phishing is ‘threat waiting to happen’

Linked: Fake audio like email phishing is ‘threat waiting to happen’

So now we need to be wary of phone calls too? Well, yeah. ““It’s on the rise, and something to watch out for,” says Vijay Balasubramaniyan, the CEO of Pindrop, a company that offers biometric authentication for enterprise. Balasubramaniyan demonstrated during a security conference how easy it is to take audio from the internet and use…